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Midlands Regional — Get your entries in!!!

The last call has gone out for bands who haven't got their Midlands regional entry forms in to do so — now!

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Tuesday, 08 January 2008

        

With the Midlands Regional Contest for 2008 booked into the diary for the weekend of March 8th/9th, the Regional Secretary Lesley Bentley has issued a last reminder to bands who have yet to get their entry form in, to do so — pronto!

Cut off date

The the cut off date is this Friday 11th January. If Secretaries have mislaid their entry forms they can be downloaded from the regional website www.mabbc.org

        

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