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THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS MUSIC ASSOCIATION

on National Programme Daventry

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77th Annual Festival Concert
Massed Choirs of 3,000 Voices
Conducted by R. Walker Robson
At -the organ, Willis Grant
At the pianos,
Ralph B. Hall , George Swidenbank from Alexandra Palace
The English Schools Music Association, which for many years was known as the Tonic Sol-fa Association, holds this year its seventy-seventh annual festival. For the performance to be broadcast this afternoon, the children who form the choir have been working hard for months past. The choir is drawn from schools of all types in London and districts and from the South and East Coasts, and the ages of the young choralists range from seven to eighteen.

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Conducted By:
R. Walker Robson
Unknown:
Willis Grant
Pianos:
Ralph B. Hall
Pianos:
George Swidenbank
Unknown:
Alexandra Palace

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