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Members of the VCI Concert Band put on a bravo performance during the VCI Music Program Fundraiser Concert April 17. (Gregg Chamberlain)
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CZUIF7$*.VTJD1SPHSBN “They (students) were pretty excited,” TBJE"TIMFZ.BDMFPE.D3BFPGUIF7$*NVTJD department and one of the co-organizers for the event. “It was a real moment for them.” The Thursday evening event in the VCI cafetorium featured 18 sets that included the VCI Concert Band, the VCI Choir, the VCI Fiddlers, the VCI Clarinet Quartet, members
Musical talent is very much alive and loud and strong among the students at Vankleek Hill Collegiate. A large and appreciative crowd applauded the performances of musically-gifted students during an April 17 concert hosted
Fiddler Thomas Joyner had the audience in the VCI cafetorium clapping in time to his lively fiddle set. (Gregg Chamberlain)
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