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Bandamonium appoints new trustee

Gregor Spence from the Flowers Band has been appointed a trustee of the Bandamonium organisation.

Bandamonium
  The organisation has welcomed Gregor Spence to the role

The Bandamonium organisation has announced that Gregor Spence, the Band Manager and tuba player of Flowers Band has been appointed as a trustee.

They stated that it marked, "an exciting step forward as the organisation sharpens its focus on fundraising and long-term sustainability to enable growth."

Welcome

Bandamonium founder Tim Williams told 4BR: "We're thrilled to welcome Gregor to the team. Having heard him speaking at the BBE Conference earlier this year it was clear his insight, energy and unique background in both banding and fundraising would be invaluable for us as we look to build for the future."

In response Gregor said: "I'm delighted. Bandamonium has grown incredibly over the past four years and I'm excited to join the team. The organisation is doing such wonderful things for the banding community in providing accessible events for people to experience the joy of mass music making, and I'm pleased to be able to support this work.

4BR was informed that extra trustees will be appointed soon.

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