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NYCGB 25th anniversary weekend

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

It’s been a crazy week since I got back from Birmingham that I’m only now getting around to writing about it. But what a superb weekend, packed with great friends, good food and much laughter.
Jane and I drove down on Friday, arriving in the city of a thousand trades in a little over seven hours, […]

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Off to Birmingham to sing

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’m off now for a few days to Birmingham to take part in the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain’s 25th anniversary gala concert as part of the exNYCgb choir.
I’ll not be blogging, but you can follow my goings on at Twitter: www.twitter.com/garethjms.

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Friday, July 28th, 2006

It’s going to be weird not being in Edinburgh for the Festival this year. And not having our house overrun with friends and lodgers for four weeks. I’m sure Jane is secretly relieved, as in previous years I’d say things like,
Oh yeah, I meant to say, we have seven people sleeping over tomorrow […]

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Please pray for Andy

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Andy Williamson leaning over a bannister at Darley Dale School, Derbyshire, December 1988.
Yesterday I got an email from my good friend Steve alerting me to the blog post of another friend from National Youth Choir days, Andy Williamson, where he revealed that he had suddenly discovered that he has Polycystic Kidney Disease.
This is the same […]

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