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4BR Quiz: A little trombone tickler...

Thanks to our friends at Band Supplies you can get now get the chance to win a fantastic Rosetti Series 5 alto trombone.

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  There is a connection to be made to win the prize...

We will be posting regular quiz questions to win prizes over the coming weeks — some harder than others — but all a bit of fun to keep you in a good musical mood at home

Thanks to our friends at Band Supplies we have a fantastic Rosetti Series 5 alto trombone — the perfect instrument for children to learn on. It comes in a lacquered finish with black case.

All you have to do is come up with the link between the following — and explain why?

Question:

What's the link between a former husband of Marilyn Monroe, a character in the children's television programme 'Camberwick Green', the captain of the 1983 Aberdeen football team that won the European Cup Winner's Cup... and a famous American big-band leader played on film by actor James Stewart?

a husband of Marilyn Monroe, a character in 'Camberwick Green', the captain of the 1983 Aberdeen football team that won the European Cup Winner's Cup...and a famous American big-band leader played by actor James Stewart?4BR

Answers:

Answers with explanation to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com

Closing date for answers: 12.00 (midnight) on Friday 3rd April.

Yamaha Silent Brass winner:

We had a fantastic response to our Silent Brass cornet/trumpet mute quiz. The winner was Wendy McCormack from Northern Ireland.

Wendy plays with CWA Brass and is also a brass tutor at the Belfast School of Music — and plays trumpet when teaching and tenor horn when playing in the band!

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