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From:  Margaret Harrison <peggyh@i...>
Date:  Sun Apr 16, 2000  3:37 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] ATTN: All NATS adjudicators


"DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" wrote:

> >>In NSW there are about 30
> eisteddfodds a year. Usually staggered to enable performers to enter
> for more than one.
>
> I've never heard the word "eisteddfodd." What does it mean?

In Wales, I believe that's what they call their singing contests - the most
well-known of
which is the Singer of the World contest, which they hold every so many years.
(Bryn
Terfel came in second one year....to Dmitri Hvorostovsky.)

Peggy

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