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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,716 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2024, 03:51 PM Dec 26

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Girls Join Historic Choir at St. Paul's Cathedral [View all]

https://www.newser.com/story/361505/girls-join-historic-choir-at-st-pauls-cathedral.html

For the first time in its 900-year history, St. Paul's Cathedral featured female choristers in its celebrated Christmas Day service. This historic moment came as two girls who joined the choir in June sang alongside the traditional choir comprising adult and child members. The performance took place under the iconic 365-foot dome, crafted by renowned architect Christopher Wren after the medieval cathedral was decimated in the 1666 Great Fire of London.

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Girls Join Historic Choir at St. Paul's Cathedral [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 26 OP

There's a good reason for this, musically Jilly_in_VA Dec 26 #1

Interesting St Paul's fact: behind the high altar is a memorial chapel for the Americans based in Britain who were... surfered Dec 26 #2

Same with the Wells Cathedral choir Blue Owl Dec 26 #3

beautiful BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 26 #4

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