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Smithills set for Irish return

Smithills School Senior Band will return to Ireland in 2016 — a decade after their last visit.

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With their last three Summers featuring highly successful concert tours of the United States as well as Disneyland Paris, Smithills School Senior Band has announced that they are return to Ireland in 2016.

Three concerts

Ten years after their last visit to the Emerald Isle, the band under MD Chris Wormald will perform three concerts during a week-long stay in Cork from July 13th to 20th.

A decade later it will be a thrill to return to such a fantastic country before we return to the United States once more in 2017MD, Chris Wormald

Fantastic country

Chris told 4BR: "Our last trip to Dublin in 2006 was a special tour for many reasons and our first visit to Eire. A decade later it will be a thrill to return to such a fantastic country before we return to the United States once more in 2017."

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