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Born and educated in Melbourne, Harold Lewis Plumridge served for 27 years as director of music at Mentone Grammar School.

Bracknell Rotary Club, celebrating Burns Night. A MEMBER of the Former Bracknell Rotary Club has thanked residents for their support over the years after it was announced the club would close at the end of 2020. Bracknell Rotary Club, which has raised funds for various local charities and organisations for decades, officially closed its doors on December 31, 2020 - according to the club, this is due to members ageing and a lack of recruitment of new, younger members. Dave Donaldson, former ...

January 8, 2021 The Monday before Christmas, Neil Diamond posted a “global singalong” of his hit, “Sweet Caroline,” on YouTube. With lyrics about the joy of “reaching out” and “touching hands” with another human being, the song is a perfect — if ironic — anthem for a world that’s grown weary of the imposed isolation of 2020. Earlier in December, Capitol Records (Diamond’s label) invited his fans to record themselves singing, playing, and dancing to the 1969 classic. Thou...

A photo of a peace symbol Very Reverend Father Nimorious Kwabena Domanzing, Priest-in-charge, Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ashaley Botwe, has called on Ghanaians to protect the peace they have enjoyed over the years. He said every citizen had the responsibility to contribute towards building a peaceful nation because peace was the foundation for development. “Let us learn to live together in peace and harmony. After all, we have nowhere else to go. Ghana is our home,” he said. R...

A since-deleted tweet indicated that some of those emboldened by Joe Biden’s “victory” are now eager to redouble the effort to suppress the public celebration of Christmas. "Philanthropy professional" Jen Bokoff,  awarded a blue checkmark by Twitter, tweeted shortly before Christmas: “This is your annual reminder that not everyone celebrates Christmas. The default to ‘Merry Christmas’ as a normal greeting is also white supremacy culture at work. If someone celebrates, by all means....

All Models Are Wrong Morning sun, 28th December 2020, Hastings You’re tired. You’re burned out. You don’t know how you keep getting up in the morning, keep switching on the news, keep looking after everyone around you – or asking for help, again and again. What keeps you going? Maybe it’s the friend who sends you just the right message at just the right moment. Maybe it’s seeing the tireless efforts of others, and the sense of community in working together. Maybe it’s the energy a...

The livestreams that won us round to online theatre in 2020 Exeunt’s writers look back on a year of livestreams, and the journey from despondency to hope. Normally, getting to grips with a new medium and a new artform is something you do by choice; “this winter I’ll get really into Twine”, you say to yourself, with no special urgency attached. But 2020 was the year when anyone interested in theatre and performance was ushered (or dragged, vigorously protesting that “it’s not the sa...

FDA holds Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has held Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa in commemoration of this year’s Christmas celebration. The annual event was graced by representatives of the Pharmacy Council, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Road Safety Authority (GRSA) and the Ghana Health Service, among others, as well as a Choir from the Methodist Church of Ghana....

Friday, December 25: Christmas Day 10am--12pm: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Preempts Your Call and 1A) Saturday, December 26 Thursday, December 24: Christmas Eve 1--2pm: As It Happens: “The Shepherd” 6--7pm: Selected Shorts - Christmas Spirits High and Low

Article content 9. Joy to the World The most-published carol in North America, it is also perhaps the only one composed by a banker. The tune is often credited as Antioch by Handel, but while the eagle-eared may spot apparent quotes from both Lift Up Your Heads and Comfort Ye from the composer’s Messiah, the tune is actually the work of Lowell Mason — a Handel enthusiast. 8. Away in a Manger Another carol, another controversy. Published in 1884 as Luther’s Cradle Song, Away in a Manger is...