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Honk! Here come the giggling Grade 3 singers

Debra Black November 20, 2009

They stomped. They sang. They wiggled their hips. For many of the students from Regent Park/Duke of York Junior Public School, it was the first time they had ever had any musical theatre training. And by the end of the workshop they were tiny Ethel Mermans in the making, belting out a Broadway show tune.

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