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A fantastic day at Manchester — but more are promised for bands if you book with Rayburn.

 

Rayburn Tours were delighted to be present at the National Youth Brass Band Championships at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester recently.

Fantastic Day

This was a fantastic day, with over 2,000 young people competing across a range of sections for the much-deserved trophies.

Our congratulations to all the winners, and to everyone who took part: simply getting to the finals is a tremendous achievement, and we were thrilled to hear some of you playing as we were in the atrium.

This was also a chance to catch up and chat with some of our groups who are touring this year – including some off to exotic destinations like New York!Rayburn Tours

New York

This was also a chance to catch up and chat with some of our groups who are touring this year – including some off to exotic destinations like New York!

We were also really pleased to give bands an exclusive preview of our new Brass Band Tours brochure, which was literally hot off the press the day before.

Return

We look forward to returning next year and seeing you all again, though in the meantime, if your band didn’t pick up a brochure at the Championships, just click on the link below to request your copy, to see where we might be able to take your band next!

Go to: http://www.iceberginternet.co.uk/rayburntours/

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