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Belleth. of years, and we still have a meme make it as accessible as ever. the long association he‘s had with "f Mustakas Will himself sing a ber of our board that founded this There’s even a new version of The the local 0&5 Society, which has ' favourite song or my) from his society. lohn Kerr and he‘s still Mikado tweaked to put it in the been fertile ground for developing going strong in his late 805, so we vocal register of high school stu- talent for the Drayton Entertain , thought this was a great way to kick dents to give them an introduction mem stage. ‘ 2 (from 40th season." to the work. “The fact that they are celebrat- “Idem Hill said she's seen a local resurr "They're funny and they are mg their 40th anniversary. 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