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Euro Brass announce impressive contest line up

There is an impressive list of contenders taking part in this year's Euro Brass competition at Drachten.

Euro Brass
 

There is an impressive list of competitors for the 2011 'Jubilee' Euro Brass competition to be held in Drachten in June.

The 10th running of the contest has attracted a record 24 bands from five different countries, including the USA, for the event which will be held on the weekend of the 3rd/4th June 3 in De Lawei.

A Group:

Brass Band Rijnmond
Brass Band De Wâldsang
Brass Band Heist
Provincial Brass Band Groningen
Metropole Brass Band
Soli Brass
Fountain City
Brass Band Schoonhoven
Brass Band De Bazuin – Oenkerk

B Group:

Veluwe Brass
Jersey Premier Brass
Oefening en Uitspanning
Brass a Musica
Heman
Brass Band De Bazuin B
Brass Band Panta Rhei
Spijkerpakkenband
Excelsior
Delta Brass

C Group:

Looft den Heer
Gereformeerde Brass Band
Cologne Concert Brass Band
Brass Band Constantijn Huygens
Braz’art Harelbeke

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