With many thanks to our friends from Sydney and Newcastle Trade Union Choirs who came from their festival gig a little earlier to sing with us at the Blackheath Choir Festival. It was so fab to almost double the numbers on our last 2 songs. You sounded great. Thanks for watching me like a hawk and getting the dynamics right, as well as those pesky ever changing words!
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With many thanks to our friends from Sydney and Newcastle Trade Union Choirs who came from their festival gig a little earlier to sing with us at the Blackheath Choir Festival. It was so fab to almost double the numbers on our last 2 songs. You sounded great. 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