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July 04, 2009
Choirs take center stage on festival’s fourth day
Choir director Vizma Maksiņa leads the singers in a performance of "Roka roku rokā tur," a composition with words by Andrejs Eglītis and and music by Ilze Arne. (Photo by Andris Straumanis)Hundreds of singers squeezed onto the stage of Hamilton Place for the massed choir concert July 4, the fourth day of the 13th Latvian Song Festival in Canada. Other events during the day included a repeat performance of “Mazā zaļā varde jūrā,” a play starring pupils from the Toronto Latvian Society Saturday School; continuation of the exhibit of Latvian work in the Art Gallery of Hamilton; and balls for children and adults in the evening.
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