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Childs and Sykes link with Tongwynlais

Scottish Open champions Tongwynlais Temperance to link up with Dr Robert Childs and Steve Sykes this Summer.

Tongwynlais in action
 

July will be a busy month for Scottish Open champion Tongwynlais Temperance,as they take part in the popular Ironbridge Gorge and Pershore Midsummer Brass Festivals.

Pleasure

Band Chairman Jason Bevan told 4BR: "It was a pleasure to be asked to return to the Last Night of the Proms at Ironbridge again. The band loved being part of the event last year."

With the band still to announce a permanent replacement for former MD Philip Harper, well known freelance conductor Steve Sykes will be at the helm for the concert which will see the band participate in the ‘Brass the Baton’ initiative by performing the Paul Lovatt-Cooper work, ‘Going the Distance’.

Working with both conductors is a great learning experience for the band and we'd like to thank both of them for their supportChairman, Jason Bevan

Pleased

He added: "We're really pleased to have the opportunity to work with Steve and it's shaping up to be a great concert."

The band will then head for the Pershore Festival, where they will by former Cory MD, Dr Robert Childs.

Opportunity

Jason concluded: "This is a fantastic opportunity to work with Dr Childs, and we're really grateful of him stepping in at short notice for this concert. Working with both conductors is a great learning experience for the band and we'd like to thank both of them for their support."

The band will be taking a break after the Pershore event before they start on their preparations for the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall in October.

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