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Vote earlier and vote plenty of times to get more brass bands on Classic FM...

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Following the success of the campaign led by 4BR to get Malcolm Arnold’s 'Padstow Lifeboat' included on Classic FM’se top 300 classical pieces in the UK (it eventually made it in at number 98, and gained an article feature in the Classic FM magazine), the chance has come around again to make a brass band mark on the station.

This year's voting is now open and 4BR readers can do their bit to try and get more than one brass band entry into their play list4BR

Now open

This year's voting is now open and 4BR readers can do their bit to try and get more than one brass band entry into their play list.

The website has suggested titles to vote on, but the voting system also allows users to add an additional piece of their personal choice.

Vote, vote, vote

So if you want to try and get more brass on the radio waves, got to:
http://www.classicfmhalloffame.co.uk/

Voting closes on February 11th at 11.59 pm.

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