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Interview with Nigel Stevens

With the European Championships on the horizon we find out more about the progress being made towards the prestigious event.

Europeans
  The Championships take place in Birmingham in just a few weeks time.

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It's the Thursday interview on 4BR and we are joined by Nigel Stevens, who is part of the BBE organising team behind this year's European Brass Band Championships.

They are taking place in Birmingham at the end of April, and with the date getting ever close we thought we had better find out from him how progress if going.

To find out more about tickets go to: https://bmusic.co.uk/ebbf-2022

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