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After a great weekend in Butlins some lucky winner will get their hands on a Wallace Collection mute...

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Bandmaster Limited as has announced the winner of its Butlins Mineworkers Competition.

David Jones of the Thoresby Band was the lucky winner of a top of the range Wallace Mute, which we will be sending out to him.

Dave readily identified that the man on the Bandmaster Banner on the trade stand was none other than Ian Porthouse, MD of Tredegar Band, who conducted Thoresby at the contest.

Talking of mutes!

Bandmaster in working in partnership with Wallace mutes and has a fantastic new deal for bands that need them for the forthcoming Regional Contests – and First Section bands in particular!

The First Section test piece, ‘Mountain Views’ requires tenor horn cup mutesBandmaster Ltd

Mountain Views

The First Section test piece, ‘Mountain Views’ requires tenor horn cup mutes. Get this sounding brilliant and you could be on your way to Cheltenham – and it won’t cost you as much as you think...

Buy 3 tenor mutes and get 1 of them at half price.

Go to: http://www.wallace-mutes.com/index.php/offers/aluminium-alto-tenor-horn-cup-mute.html

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