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Harry's winning game

13 year old Harry Lear is leading Leicestershire Co-operative band to success.

Leicestrshire Co-op
 

The Leicestershire Co-op Band certainly enjoyed their trip to the seaside on the weekend where they claimed second place in the top section at the Weston Super Mare contest.

Best Cornet

The result was also boosted by the news that their 13 year old principal cornet player Harry Lear, claimed the ‘Best Cornet Player’ award for his contribution on their own choice selection of ‘Royal Parks’ by George Lloyd.

"This is a twelve year journey that has taken us from the depths of the Fourth Section to be competitive at the top level", explained MD, Graham Jacklin.

"The band is still improving and never look back, no matter how tough the opposition. After our promotion to the First Section in 2012, we knew we were in for a tough time, but our team ethics are built on hard work and that's exactly our approach to improvement. All our members are committed and that's what makes our community band so enjoyable."

The bonus of seeing Harry make such a wonderful mark shows our commitment to younger players. As a band we love to give them as much opportunity as we can and Harry's a great player alreadyGraham Jacklin

Bonus

He added: "The bonus of seeing Harry make such a wonderful mark shows our commitment to younger players. As a band we love to give them as much opportunity as we can and Harry's a great player already.

He has no fear and you only have to ask him once and he responds immediately. He is a pleasure to work with and we just know he will only get better."

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