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2010
Lights of Christmas, St
Mary's Cathedral, December
Alpha's Male Massed Voice Concert,
November
Remembrance Day, November
Leaving Party for Alan Thrift, November
Castle Hil RSL, October
St Brigid's Catholic Church, Dubbo,
& Central School, Dunedoo, October
11th Annual City
of Sydney Concert, Sydney Town Hall, September
Recording at ABC Studios, Ultimo, August
Central Leagues Club, Gosford, August
St
Stanislaus Chapel, Singleton, August
Christ Church Cathedral,
Newcastle, August
St
Joseph's Church, Rockdale, August
Dee Why RSL, August
Brentwood
Village, Kincumber, July
Brass & Voices,
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney, July
Concert with Orange Male
Voice Choir, Orange, July
Dooleys Catholic Club, Lidcombe, June
John Paul Village, Heathcote, June
John Marlow is awarded Life Membership, May
Little Sisters of the Poor, May
St Catherine's,
Gymea, May
Shoalhaven Music Club, Nowra, April
Macquarie Chapel
Presbyterian Church, Marsfield, April
Community
Hall, Blackheath, March
Chevalier
College, Burradoo, March
2009
2008
2007
Lights of Christmas, St Mary's
Cathedral
Thanks to Elizabeth Ramsay, Alan Conolly, Jann Eggins & Jan
Marshall for the photographs
The
Alpha's Males
concert of the massed voices of the
Male Choirs' Association of Australia was a
resounding success at the Sydney Town Hall on Sunday 14 November
A packed audience enjoyed a wide range of
choral music from -
Arcadians Lamplighters Male Choir
Australian rugby Choir
Canberra Men's Choir
Ku-ring-gai Male Choir
Melbourne Male Choir
Orange Male Voice Choir
Rembrandt Male Choir
Sydney Male Choir
Wagga City Rugby Male Choir
and special guest choir - Wellington Male Voice Choir (NZ)
The programme was presented by Marian
Arnold, presenter of 'Your requests' radio series on ABC Classic FM
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concert featured the consumate
musicianship of Peter Kneeshaw on the magnificent Town Hall pipe organ.
Peter played several solo pieces and also accompanied the choir.
Warringah Concert Brass with Musical
Director John Saunders, Jr added the great sound of a British- style
brass band and showcased the talents of their young player including solos from
Vaughan Price, Flugal Horn and a stunning duet on Euphoniums - or is it
Euphonia? - from Robert O'Brien and Matthew Hurditch.
 
Bringing it all together was the Guest
Conductor, Alpha Gregory who certainly got the best out of her Males!
Adding the accompaniment was the sensitive playing of Kylie Loveland on
the piano
More photographs can be seen by using the following links -
rehearsal -
http://gallery.me.com/alphagregory/100528 and -concert -
http://gallery.me.com/alphagregory/100538 . These photographs were taken by
Alpha Gregory's son , Tauri and are excellent.
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Remembrance Day
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The Cenotaph party arrives |
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Kristina Keneally, Premier of NSW arrives for the service |
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Terry and Don carry our wreath to the Cenotaph |
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Its Houston's first Remembrance Day Service with the Choir |
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The Sydney Male Choir Wreath |
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Leaving
Party for Alan Thrift - this will take you to another page
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Castle Hil RSL
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Guest soloist, Lotte Latukefu |
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St Brigid's Catholic Church, Dubbo
& Dunedoo Central
School
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St Brigid's Catholic Church, Dubbo |
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Winston explains some finer points to Damien |
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St Brigid's spectacular interior |
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There is nothing like a Dame |
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Tony, John & Wolf exchange views of the meal |
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Tony sings along after dinner |
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Betty, Adrian and Ron study the wine |
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Its been too much for someone! |
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Dunedoo pub - previously run by Des McEvoy |
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Wes & John know their trains |
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Sheltering from the elements |
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Jim & Des chat to the locals |
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Des needs some sustenance. |
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Betty & Ron picnic in the rain. Love the hat, Ron! |
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Lindsay and Alan prepare for Rhythm of Life |
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Rehearsing at the Central School, Dunedoo |
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Ready for the second half at Dunedoo |
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11th Annual City
of Sydney Concert, Sydney Town Hall
What a great concert! Even if it
was tinged with a little sadness as the Maestro Alan Thrift was too ill to be
able to attend what should have been a grand farewell to this remarkable man
after giving over 20 years of his life to the Sydney Male Choir. Happily Alan is
well on the road to recovery and was reunited with the choir over the long
weekend with great concerts at Dubbo & Dunedoo. Standing ovations at both venues
were a tribute to the quality of the choir's performance and to that Thrifty
magic!
Even with Alan's absence the 11th
Annual City of Sydney concert on 12th September was a huge success. The hall was
almost full, the audience were very receptive and enthusiastic, the Panorama
Chorus were stunning and the Sydney Male Choir performed at the peak of their
form. Great credit must go to our new Musical Director, Houston Dunleavy,
who stepped into the shoes left vacant due to Alan's sickness and brought out
the best in this great choir. We are very fortunate that Houston is now on board
and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.
Read more about our new Musical Director, Houston Dunleavy, click on his
picture!
Here are some pictures from the Town Hall Concert taken by
Julia Trott
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Sydney Male Choir and the magnificent Town Hall organ |
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First performance in Australia of African Trilogy |
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Winston wows them with Bui Doi |
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A great choir in a great setting |
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Peter Kneeshaw at the organ |
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Recording at ABC Studios, Ultimo
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The imposing frontage of the venue |
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The guys wait to start their marathon |
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Gary does some last minute revision - & maybe writes some note on his hand? |
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Introduction of Eleanor & Alan to the recording crew |
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Just a bit of furniture removal - well done Jim |
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Alan tries out the Steinway |
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Jim gets close to Celeste Haworth, soloist in Standchen. Hope Elaine doesn't look! |
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bob and John can't get quite as close |
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Central
Leagues Club, Gosford
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Coastal aCapella want to return as men! |
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The informal look - strange lighting effects! |
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We finish off 'when the Saints go marching in' |
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St
Stanislaus Chapel, Singleton
Thanks to Sandy Walker & Jan Marshall for photographs
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Wonderful gardens of the convent |
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The lovely carved seats- empty at the moment |
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Noeleen and Beryl enjoy a pre concert chat |
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Relaxation before the concert |
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Preparing for bumper sales |
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Ladies in the sun - again! |
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Well I thought I knew this bit but..... |
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Harry explains how it should be sung |
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It those magic hands again |
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I think the angel is joining in! |
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We come into the beautiful chapel |
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Sit down, Winston, you're rocking the boat |
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John Moses reads the words of 'Blue Australian skies' |
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76 instruments of various sorts |
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Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
Thanks to Sandy Walker & Jan Marshall for photographs
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Some of the ladies enjoy the winter sun |
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Rehearsal - No! Don is not the new accompanist |
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The lovely Waratah Girls' Choir |
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The magic hands of Eleanor |
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Rhythm of Life starts..... |
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....and goes on with a disagreement..... |
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St Joseph's
Church, Rockdale
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Just a little light furniture moving to loosen up |
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Clive arrives at the venue |
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Beautiful day, beautiful venue |
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The Brigidine College String Quartet |
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Rhythm of Life two handed piano |
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Eleanor, Alan and the choir acknowledge the applause |
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Dee Why RSL
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Before the throngs arrived |
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What about the new uniform? |
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Brentwood
Village, Kincumber
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Ray & Denise advertise the Town Hall Concert |
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Wolf rehearses Standchen under Alan's watchful eye |
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Kevin introduces the next number |
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Intense concentration on the Maestro |
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76 Trombones get the treatment |
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Brass & Voices,
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney
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Alan looking after the guys |
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Eleanor keeps a watchful eye on Alan |
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Ross Johnston, new choir member and a great usher |
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Stan chats to one of the band players |
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These things take a lot of puff |
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David Clarke, organist extraordinaire |
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Ron, Louis and Neil putting all they have into it |
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Tom keeps an eye on everybody |
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David King, MD of National Australian Brass presents Alan with a bouquet |
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Alan responds to David's good wishes |
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Alan appreciates the band |
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The choir listens to the band |
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Alan conducts both the band and the choir |
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The youngest player in the band gets an award |
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Concert with Orange Male
Voice Choir, Orange
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Alo, alo oo ess zat homme Francais? |
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Look at the quality of this! |
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Now lets see, what can I taste in this? |
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Jan likes but Leoli is not so sure |
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Let Graham have a taste - see what he thinks |
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Ken Fishpool welcomes SMC to Orange |
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Jim responds to the welcome |
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Its that naughty girl again - last seen in NZ |
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We finally get to do some singing - Winston in full flow |
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Dooleys Catholic Club, Lidcombe
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Top tenors get into Mbube |
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Now its Damien's turn to wow them |
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Rhythm of Life is the encore |
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Alan & Eleanor and the rampant guys |
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John Paul
Village, Heathcote
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Jan, Betty & Anne enjoy the winter sunshine |
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The Hub is where it's at! |
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John Marlow is awarded Life Membership
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Jim Layton presents John Marlow with his life Award plaque at John's home |
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John with Jim, Ron Wiley & Nick Brown |
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Little Sisters of the Poor, Randwick
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Peter Grieve & John Bone relax |
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Eleanor & Peter Gair enjoy the sunshine |
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John Hughes checks his music |
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As usual its a tight fit for the guys |
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Mother Angela was charming in her thanks to the choir |
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St Catherine's,
Gymea
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Shoalhaven Music Club, Nowra
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The imposing facade of Nowra School of Arts |
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Alan has them under control - nearly |
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The excellent afternoon tea anjoyed by all |
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Macquarie Chapel
Presbyterian Church, Marsfield
Thanks to Bronwen Lyons and Tirta Hadinata for the
photographs
Click on thumbnail pictures to enlarge
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Bronwen with the throng buying cd's |
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Acknowledging the well earned applause |
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Alan leaves to great applause |
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Rhythm of Life - a fitting final number |
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Community
Hall, Blackheath
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Community Centre, Blackheath |
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The guys getting ready to rehearse |
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The audience is building up |
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Phoenix Choir plus Leura Singers |
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CD and DVD sales going well |
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Chevalier
College, Burradoo
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We've come to the right place |
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No crowds yet - but just wait! |
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Harry test drives the paino while Col supervises |
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Chaos, as usual results in the risers being assembled |
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Alan puts the guys through their paces |
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The excellent Chevalier College String Quartet |
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The ladies look after the sales desk |
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The choir with students and Welby Trust |
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Alan congratulates Nico on his first concert |
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