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• "What a fantastic time we all had over two days. Great to catch 1664 teenagers being good and having fun singing. Check out the awards on http://thebigsing.wordpress.com/"

  on The Big Sing – Secondary Schools’ Choral Festival 8 months ago

• "We ended up with nearly 200 singers - another great event. Our hard working committee even managed to stop long enough for a photo!"

  on NZ Choral Federation May Workshop 2 years ago

• "Really looking forward to those competitions!"

  on Eventfinder Members - It's All About You! 3 years ago

• "This is such beautiful music - it deserves a full Cathedral."

  on Orpheus Choir perform "Cloudburst" 3 years ago

• "This is going to be a great chance for choristers to learn and perform this wonder work. See you there."

  on Come 'n' Sing Verdi Requiem 3 years ago

• "My four last songs are the ones I'd like played at my funeral. Not that I'm planning on needing a funeral for some time yet! They are sure to change over the years (If I'd died 40 years ago they would have included Beatles, Beachboys, Bach and Beethoven). However let it be known that my current list includes Nimrod from Elgar's "Enigma Variations", "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, Chiome d'oro by Monteverdi and just about anything by JS Bach - probably Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring because it was sung at our wedding. But please, I'd like a few more years yet! What a pity that Strauss died when he did, he could have written lots more wonderful songs."

  on Vector Wellington Orchestra "Four Last Songs" 3 years ago

• "It's not really a battle - just different ways of expressing what we feel or believe. Like magnets with their different poles, the attraction is in being different."

  on Italian Girl in Algiers 3 years ago

• "I remember one of our kids liking a group called Smashing Pumpkins. I'd really like to get a pile of over-ripe pumpkins and drop them from a great height - what a wonderful mushy mess!"

  on STOMP 3 years ago

• "It's very frustrating to make up things - only to find that one day they really exist, and you didn't patent the idea. I remember once (ok, back in the early 60's) sitting in the back of our car pretending to talk on a telephone that just happened to be sitting there - you know, the old sort with a dial - I really thought I had some people fooled, from the looks they gave me. I also 'invented' being able to pay bills over the telephone, turn on appliances and open doors by remote control, the list goes on. I've made up lots of things that don't exist yet but I won't be surprised when they do!"

  on Wayne Brady - Making S%!t Up (US) 3 years ago

• "Well when you live in Wellington, going south can only mean crossing that wild (sometimes) stretch of water. But it all depends on your point of origin - Aucklanders would naturally head south (to Welly) for a spot of culture. Even those living in Invercargill can head south - but most people never discover the delights of Stewart Island."

  on Southside Comedy 3 years ago

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