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4BR at Regional Championships

4BR will be at Stevenage, Darlington and Swansea this weekend.

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The final leg of the 2012 Regional Championships takes place in London, Darlington and Swansea this weekend as over 160 bands compete to try and claim qualification places for the National Finals in London and Cheltenham later this year.

Titles

4BR will be at the Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, the Dolphin Centre and the Brangwyn Hall to cover the action and report on who takes the various titles on offer.

Twitter coverage

There will be twitter coverage throughout the weekend and our extensive news reports on Monday to give you the first views and opinions on how things were won and lost.

Full draws, results and twitter links on each region can be found at:

Links:

London & Southern Counties:
http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=14874

North of England:
http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=14875

Wales:
http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=14876

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Conductor, Band Trainer, Teacher, Adjudicator


               

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