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4BR at the Europeans

4BR sets off for the Europeans this morning — so make sure you follow the action as it unfolds...

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4BR is setting off at 6.00am this morning to make the trip to the 32nd European Brass Band Championships in Ostend in Belgium.

Coverage

Join us there as we provide our usual unrivalled coverage of the event as it unfolds.

Read our preview coverage as you wait for everything to get under way.

http://www.4barsrest.com/results/euros.asp

Blog

4BR will be following Tredegar Band from Wales on our daily blog to see how the 2008 Welsh Champions get on, as well as providing our thoughts on the whole Festival atmosphere and the little things that tickle our fancy!

Join us there as we provide our usual unrivalled coverage of the event as it unfolds4BR

Live coverage

We will also bring you all the action as it happens in the Kursaal Complex — starting tonight with the Composer's Competition and opening Gala Concert.

Twitter

On Friday it's the turn of some of the side events and the set work for the Elite Bands, whilst on Saturday its the B Section and the all important Own Choice selections.

We will bring you our live coverage from the hall, plus action shots from the 4BR photographer Ian Clowes and pithy side comments on 4BR Twitter!

http://twitter.com/4barsrest

News and views

There will be news, views, and interviews too throughout the weekend, plus our on the spot podcast and retrospectives to follow.

Make sure you visit the pre contest coverage on the 4BR site to give you a feel of what is to come.

If we have time we may have a beer or two too!

Join us there!

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