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Judges announced for Stevenage

The adjudication teams for the 2017 London & Southern Counties Regional Contest have been announced.

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  The adjudication team for Stevenage in 2017 has been announced

The London & Southern Counties Regional Committee has announced its line-up of adjudicators for the 2017 Regional Championships to be held in the Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre on 18th and 19th March:

Adjudication teams

Championship Section: David Hirst & Steve Sykes
First Section: Roger Webster & Chris Wormald
Second Section: Roger Webster & Steve Sykes
Third Section: David Hirst & Alan Duguid
Fourth Section: Steve Pritchard-Jones & Alan Duguid

The Regional Committee are delighted to have secured their services and looking forward to working with them allRegional Secretary Kevin Williams

Strong panel

Regional Secretary Kevin Williams told 4BR: "We believe we have assembled a strong panel.

Knowing their respective musical pedigrees, our bands should look forward to impressing them with their performances next March. The Regional Committee are delighted to have secured their services and looking forward to working with them all."

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