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Law to head to Japan

Norman Law will be making another trip to the Land of the Rising Sun.

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Conductor Norman Law will visit to Japan this July.

Norman, who enjoyed his second visist to Japan last summer,was invited to conduct the Band of the Black Colt in Tokyo in January of 2008.

Success

The concert was such a success that the band asked him to conduct them again — which he accepted. spokesperson for the band told 4BR that although he visits Japan three times a year, he ie looking forward to seeing the band once again.

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BA (Hons), PGDipMus, PGCE
Conductor, Composer, Adjudicator (ABBA)


               

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