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The Advertiser: Success in twin town, and Mayor gets to the show on time [1990-09-07]

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The Advertiser: Success in twin town, and Mayor gets to the show on time
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1990
Date:
September 7th, 1990
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burgermelster of Frelburg,,f
lfiGUILDFORDzPhxlhar- ! : ‘Dr.
Rolf Bohme, as: possibly:
monic Choir'*has re- ~.one: of. the most:successful
‘turned from its first “‘twinning” events ever. to

officxak-visit. to - Frei-. : have taken place- in Freuhu;‘v

burg,where it perv' The

formed
.

members

of

the :

Guildford choir were guests

' Handel’s

Messiah to a capacity of the ‘Freiburger Bach Chor
who offered generous hospnaudxence ‘in Frelburg -~ tality
to its guests
'

Munster
‘The ‘choir- was accom- pamed by -, the Mayor

of

,

"Guildford, Mrs. Mary Lloyd-

‘Jones; -and :the borough’s

‘chief exccutwe, Mr Davnd
Watts
v The: choir’s: concert in

~Freiburg followed thevisit of

the Freiburger Bach Chor to
‘Guildfordin, April for a performance of Beethoven's

Missa:Solemnis in Guildford /
Cathedral, conducted by Sir *
Charles Groves. The Phxlhar—/

monic choir was trained
voy ;

¥ Neville Creed, the choir’s/
chorus master.

4 The

congert

in

o

Freiburg’
-

was the culmination of cele-;
brations for the 10th anniversary of the twinning of
Freiburg and Guildford and .

-was descnbed by the Ober-

ontlme

Guil

ty

' TIRED but still smiling,

nved

the

dot

qf

11.00 a.m.,” she said.
Mrs. Lloyd-Jones had been
attending a combined performance of Handel's Messiah by

Guildford’s jet-setting
mayor attended the last
day of the show on two

hours’ Sleep. .

on

‘Horse at

;

the Freiburg Bach. Choir and
A town-xwmnmg celebrauon : 70 members of the Guildford
Philharmonic. Choir. The perin- Freiburg. kept Mrs. Mary
- formance was given to celeLloyd-Jones:away from the
brate 10 years' twmmng of the '
show. on S8aturday, -but -she
nutes to spare.

“We went to bed at 2 a m.,

were“called at 4.20 a.m.,

caught the plane at 6.45 a.m.

.

- SPECTATOI
- - The concert, gwen to an auedged her w:
dlence of more than 2,000, insecond time.
cluding about 30 people from
Then, with
Guildford, was a very special

one, held in the cathedral to.

mark the anniversar
“Freiburg's lord mayor,
r.
back at Heathrow at 7.10 a,m.
I just had time to callin home - Rolf Béhme, thought it was
the most successful event smce
for a qulck change and we arthe town-twinning began,"

Freiburg

time, and arrived

~Threat

to cadet
s
R
G

In

two towns.

made it for-the appointed time
of 11 a.m. on Sunday with mi-~

Ar

said Mrs. Lloyd-Jones.

;

Dcscnbmfi erself as “'slightIy tired but happyTM, the mayor
said she had enj yed a “'most

fanlasuc weekend

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