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Grimey to go dutch

The National Champion is getting ready for a trip to the Netherlands at the end of this month.

Grimethorpe
 

Grimethorpe Colliery Band, the National Champion Band of Great Britain, will carry out two concerts over the week end of the 29th and 30th of March during a mini tour of the Netherlands.

20 year wait

It is the first time in over twenty years that the band as performed in the region.

The concerts will take place on Saturday at the "Oranjerie" Theatre Roermond whilst on the Sunday they will perform at the "Philharmonie" Concert Hall in Haarlem. The Band will perform under the direction of Garry Cutt.

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