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Best Perc prizes at Blackpool gain Centre Stage backing

Centre Stage to sponsor Best Percussion prizes in all five sections at North West Areas this weekend in Blackpool.

Centre Stage
 

There will be an extra incentive for success all the competing bands at the forthcoming North West Regional Championships in Blackpool on Sunday.

Best Percussion

Once again, Centre Stage is sponsoring ‘Best Percussion’ prizes in each of the five sections at the keenly contested Area contests taking place at the Winter Gardens.

Finest bands

Managing Director Martin Gernon told 4BR: “As this is our ‘home’ Area event we are delighted to be able to support the contest and the competing bands.

Centre Stage provides many of the world’s finest brass bands with their percussion needs, so we felt this was the ideal way to help us to do that in Blackpool too.

We wish everyone the very best of luck — and just remind them that if they need any advice or last minute equipment they know where to find us!”

Centre Stage provides many of the world’s finest brass bands with their percussion needs, so we felt this was the ideal way to help us to do that in Blackpool tooCentre Stage

Trade stand

Centre Stage Percussion and Uniforms will be providing customers with a double trade stand offering the very best in uniforms and percussion, so please come and visit to discuss your requirements.

Go to: http://centrestageuniforms.com/

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