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Interview with Elementary Section winners Gwynedd a Mon Junior Band

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks conductor Lois Eifion after Gwynedd a Mon Junior Band won the Elementary Section at the 2019 National Youth Championships in Warwick .

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  Gwynedd a Mon claimed the Elementary title under conductor Lois Eifion

4BR was at the 2019 National Youth Brass Band Championships at Warwick School, where we caught up with the celebrations for the Gwynedd a Mon Junior Band and their conductor Lois Eifion after they had won the Elementary Section title.

The prod band gave a Gold Award winning performance of 'Slaidburn', 'Rule the World', Jurassic Park', 'Eventide' and 'Eye of the Tiger' to take the BFBB Cup and banner back to North Wales.

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