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Bonding process in place for early season success at Burry Port

Christopher Bond will lead Burry Port at the forthcoming Band Cymru and Welsh Area contests.

Christopher Bond
  Christopher Bond will lead Burry Port in their early season contest appearances.

Burry Port Town has announced that Christopher Bond will lead them at both the forthcoming Welsh Open and Welsh Regional Championship contests.

Band Cymru and Area

The televised S4C contest will be recording this Spring, with the RWCM graduate and Composer in Association with Cory also taking the helm as the west Wales band looks to return to the Albert Hall for the first time since 2014.

A spokesperson told 4BR: "Following a brief collaboration last year, we are excited that Christopher will lead us for the first quarter of 2018. We thoroughly look forward to working with him as we seek to develop new and dynamic repertoire."

I'm also looking forward to working with Burry Port once again on upcoming projects, offering focus, consistency and enjoymentChristopher Bond

Looking forward

In response Christopher added: "I'm also looking forward to working with Burry Port once again on upcoming projects, offering focus, consistency and enjoyment.

The band is fortunate to have a long-standing relationship with my friend Tom Davoren whom I'm sure I'll be calling upon for sound advice."

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