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Watership ready for Euro test

Watership Brass is getting ready for their latest overseas tour to Europe.

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Watership Brass from Newbury in Berkshire is getting ready to head off on what will be their seventh overseas concert tour — but their first in three years.

The 40 strong party of players and supporters will travel across five European countries later this month to perform concerts in The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany.

Worked hard

Musical Director, Mark Picken, told 4BR: "The band has worked very hard this year in building up for this event.

We are really looking forward to taking our British brand of banding across to the continent and we hope the tour will be a fitting way to celebrate our 35th anniversary."

We are really looking forward to taking our British brand of banding across to the continent and we hope the tour will be a fitting way to celebrate our 35th anniversaryMD, Mark Picken

Organisation

He added: "Particular thanks go to band members Clare Chapman, James Cox and Lewis Anderson who have lead the planning and organisation of the concert tour."

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