Interview with Simon Smith

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks Virtuosi GUS Band Manager Simon Smith after the band claimed the 2013 Butlins Mineworkers Championship title.

Monday, 21 January 2013

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4BR Editor Iwan Fox manages to catch up backstage with Virtuosi GUS Band Manager Simon Smith after they claimed the 2013 Butlins Mineworkers Championship title.

Simon talks about the hard work, consistency and settled approach that has enabled the Midland band to finally claim the Butlins title and bag the £10,000 cash prize for being crowned as 2103 champions.

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