Alcalá 1959

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Mot he rG. Pa tch ,Cla ssCo un se lor , Sheila O 'O brie n, presid en t; Sim on e Gen ne tte , vice pr es id en t;Mau re enAgg el er , sec ret ary ; San dr a Pi nc ke rt, tre as ur er.

And wh at a won de rf ul feelin gas Sant a arri ve s from the Nor thPo le to make Ch ris tmaseven me rri er by g iv in gou t the symbols that sta nd fo r tha t par a­ do x of be longi ngand be ing almos t ready to lea ve ! There is no th ingqu ite lik e the feeli ngof an au di to riumjust bef ore th e cu rta in rises on an op en ingni gh t. And thi s feel ing, thi s alm os t-t angi ble mo od , is he igh ten edwhen the audie nceis abou t to see or hear geniu s.The co nduc to rste ps up to the po di um ,the orc hestr amembers hu rr iedlytu rn page s, the bat on is rais ed and th e ov er tu rewh ich is to in trod uc eVan Cli - bu rn beg ins . T hejun ior s join music lov ers th ro ug ho uthe wor ldwho hav e fa lle n un de r the sp el l of gr ea t mus ic pre sente dby gr ea t me n.

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