Thanks, snowy. Considering the amount of dental work I need at the
moment, I think I'll refrain.
A
In article <pachq5di2sqr1d76oalmidvb20j4tt7thp@4ax.com>,
snowy@weather.net wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:42:47 -0400, amahl <2cetaqe02@sneakemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Is anybody familiar with this Canadian choir from the sixties? I'm
> >tempted to blow $30 US on an LP (see attached) that seems to be mostly
> >mid-twentieth century French pop. For some strange reason I'm a big fan
> >of Charles Trenet, but $30 seems like a lot for a totally unknown choir.
> >Are they any good?
> >
> >Of course, if somebody has the LP to post, that would be lovely -- and
> >I'd happily clean up the pops and scratches and do the cover.
> >
> >A
> I have some foggy memories of that choir.
> If I'm not mistaken, it could be one the many school choirs from
> Quebec.
> In those years the school system was confessional and the French
> "public" schools were run by teaching brothers and nuns for the girls'
> schools (no mixed schools then).
> The PCCB from Paris, under Msgr Maillet, toured here a few times and
> they had a very big influence: many schools had large boys choir.
> The musical level was not always too high but at least there were
> choirs!
> As for the Petits Chanteurs de la Madone I have nothing from them, and
> on a purely subjective level, I would think that $30 is indeed high.
> Take out the zero, and then maybe....
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