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Neo highlight not to be missed at Butlins

There will be many musical highlights at Butlins this weekend — led by the debut performance of the Yamaha Neo Brass Ensemble.

Neo Brass
 

One of the many entertainment highlights of the Butlins weekend in Skegness is sure to be the first appearance of the Yamaha Neo Brass Ensemble.

Leading artists

Made up of leading Yamaha artists such as Armin Bachmann, Craig Farr, Eirik Gjerdevik, Stanley Westh, Margaret Antrobus, George Thackery, Steve Walsh and Simon Gresswell, the ensemble is led by Russell Gray.

The ensemble will flying into the UK on Friday before performing on Saturday and Sunday at different venues on the Skyline Resort — so make sure you catch them if you can4BR

Catch them

The ensemble will flying into the UK on Friday before performing on Saturday and Sunday at different venues on the Skyline Resort — so make sure you catch them if you can.

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