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While Mary was out practising her skit for choir after-concert party, I hopped over to a small theatre to see the 'Royal Opera House Bundeena' doing a medieval Christmas concert . Although an amateur group, one of the pianists is a composer who just won the Los Angeles
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Mary's choir soloists
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On Wednesday I was invited with other leaders, to a reception held by the current Prime minister, 'Scomo' for the launch of a big annual community fund raising event designed by a previous Federal minister, Bruce Baird, a good bloke, to assist community groups make money with least
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A leaflet with our council rates caught our attention as being a bit 'quirky', so we got tickets to this 'medieval' performance by the Royal Opera House Ensemble at a local small theatre. 'Royal' in this case means Royal National Park Opera , not THE
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Our Sutherland Shire community Concert band performed, with exhibition dancers and the public yesterday afternoon--to great acclaim! There were some smaller group performances as well and it was all fun. The flute group nearly descended into hysterical chaos when one of them almost fell off the back of the
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On Saturday we attended a truly happy and splendid wedding of friends Jabish and Amy. The church was packed with young people and the Indian sari's were stunning. It was a great service. Behind Jabish's parents, Ravi and Glada, Amy's parents can be seen
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At our rehearsal Monday night, a black euphonium, red trumpet and red tuba, all made a premier appearance. Could be a new trend ? I don't think so!
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On Sunday, The Shire Band performed at the Lugarno Lions fete, in great weather. ----------
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Today Mary's choir performed in a very modern church. The production included about 70 choir members, a professional orchestra and four soloists-Daniela Leska, Nyssa Milligan, Blake Parham and Hayden Barrington. The soloists agreed to a photo at the end. They were so serious in the performance but
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This weekend we stayed with cousin John and Penny in Blackheath, while joining our New Horizons band on tour and staying in Leura. One performance was cancelled as the conductor fell and broke her femur, one evening, which slowed her down a bit. During that interval, John took Mary and
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With such consistently high temperatures, our Thursday band has taken to having rehearsals outside, under the gum trees. So far we haven't passed the hat around the nearby blocks of flats!
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We gave our final performance for the year at Franck Vickery Village. About 30 of us took part--maybe the largest group we have had. Afterwards--lunch at a local Tradies Club!