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All focus on Youth in Warwick

The brilliant youngsters taking part in the National Youth Championships will be gaining multi media attention this weekend.

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  The focus will be on the brilliant performers at Warwick School on Saturday.

All eyes and musical focus will be centred on the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, which take place at Warwick School on Saturday.

BrassPass will be present will be recording all four sections of the Youth Championships where they can be viewed from next Wednesday evening (April 3rd).

Interviews

4barsrest will also be present throughout to record on the spot interviews with performers and guests to add to the experience of the day, whilst the rest of the press is sure to be in attendance to bring other angles to the coverage — and not forgetting the Brass Band England team who will be adding to the social media.

Delighted

Speaking about the coverage, BBE Chief Executive Officer Kenny Crookston told 4BR: "We're delighted with the overall response to the 'makeover' we've given the Youth Champs, but we also recognise the importance of letting as many brass band lovers as possible worldwide get a taste of what we hope will be a very enjoyable and musically rewarding event."

we also recognise the importance of letting as many brass band lovers as possible worldwide get a taste of what we hope will be a very enjoyable and musically rewarding event4BR

Tickets:

Tickets for the Youth Champs, which begin at 10.00am on Saturday 30th March and are expected to finish around 8.00pm, are available from the BBE website at www.bbe.org.uk and at the venue.

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