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The Handsome Tim and the Silver Fox tag-team on air...

There will be a special afternoon live internet broadcast of brass band chat from both ends of the brass banding world this afternoon — as 4BR and Brassbanned.com join up for a new show...

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  We will be on the air on Facebook this afternoon...

Later today 4BR will once again be tag-teaming with the charismatic man of southern hemisphere banding, Tim Kelly of Brassbanned.com to bring you half an hour or so of video chat, opinion, views and news from both ends of the brass banding world.

4BR Facebook live page

We will be live on air on the 4BR Facebook page (Friday 28th September) at 2.00pm (UK time) to link up and talk about the recent British Open and Cheltenham National Finals, the forthcoming Bolsover Festival of Brass and Queensland State Band Championships — both of which are being live-streamed on the weekend — and who may win at the Royal Albert Hall...

We'll also find out more about the people and personalities making the news in both hemispheres as well as have a bit of a chat about things to come…4BR

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We'll also find out more about the people and personalities making the news in both hemispheres as well as have a bit of a chat about things to come…

So why not join Handsome Tim and the Silver Fox…

The broadcast will be aired at 2.00pm at: https://www.facebook.com/4barsrest

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