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Grand
Final
The Grand Final
of BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year took place on
10 December, 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff. Eight choirs (four category winners and
four wildcard winners) sang for victory and the
title BBC Radio Three Choir of the Year 2006.
An audience
of 2,000 people filled the venue to capacity as
Roger Wright, BBC Radio 3 Controller, announced
the judges' decision that Chantage had won BBC
Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006.
The accolade crowns Chantage
as the best amateur choir in the UK. The win also
secures the choir a commission for a new choral
work by a composer of the choir's choice, sponsored
by BBC Radio 3.
In addition Chantage also won the Audience Prize
- voted for by the spectators at the Grand Final.
The audience of 2,000 - made up of supporters
from competing choirs and music fans - was asked
to vote for their favourite choir as the judges
deliberated.
Category
Finals
Six choirs from each category performed at the
Category Finals at the Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff, on 11 and 12 November. One choir from
each category was awarded the title Adult, Children's,
Open, or Youth Choir of the Year. Their win recognising
them as the best amateur choir in the UK in their
category and enabled them to go forward to the
Grand Final and perform for the title 'BBC Radio
Three Choir of the Year 2006.'
In addition four Wild Card Winners were announced.
These were choirs drawn from across the category
finals and selected to go forward to the Grand
Final.
Category
winners
BBC Radio 3 Youth Choir of the Year 2006 - Amabile
Girls' Choir
BBC Radio 3 Adult Choir of the Year 2006 - Chantage
BBC Radio 3 Children's Choir of the Year 2006
- Fulham Prep School
Chamber
Choir
BBC Radio 3 Open Choir of the Year 2006 - London
Bulgarian Choir
Wildcard Winners
Haddo Combined Treble Voice Choir - Open Category
Inverclyde Schools' Junior Choir - Children's
Category
Sense of Sound - Open Category
Tees Valley Youth Choir - Youth Category
National
Selection Stage
Each choir named Choir of the Day from the regional
auditions rounds went forward to the National
Selection Stage. Judges listened to recordings
of each choirs performance and six choirs from
each category were selected to progress to the
Category Finals. These choirs were:
Youth Choirs, Saturday 11
November 2006, 2.30pm
Amabile Girls' Choir, Kendal
Circuit 16 Youth Choir, Bristol
Inverclyde Schools' Senior Choir
Melisma from St Margaret's School, Exeter
Oakham School Chamber Choir, Rutland
Tees Valley Youth Choir, Teeside
Adult Choirs, Saturday 11 November 2006, 7.00pm
Chantage, London
Great Western Chorus, Bristol
Loughside Chamber Choir, Belfast
Reading Phoenix Choir
The Szczepek Ensemble, York & London
The White Rosettes, Leeds
Children's Choirs, Sunday
12 November 2006, 2.30pm
Emerald Choir, Purley
Fulham Prep School Chamber Choir, London
Hazlegrove Chamber Choir, Yeovil
Inverclyde Schools' Junior Choir
Kinder Junior Singers, High Peak
Maltman's Singers, Gerrard's Cross
Open Choirs, Sunday 12 November
2006, 7.00pm
Haddo Combined Treble Voice Choir, Aberdeenshire
Kinder Youth Choir, High Peak
London Turkish Radio Turkish Classical Music Choir
and Orchestra
Sense of Sound, Liverpool
The Choir Invisible, East Midlands
The London Bulgarian Choir
Regional Audition Rounds
The winning choirs from each audition went
on to the National Selection stage. Judges
were not restricted to the number of choirs
they could select to go forward for National
Selection. |
21st May, New Theatre,
Cardiff
14 singing groups, totalling 476 singers competed.
Seven groups go forward to National Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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Category
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From
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Result |
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Cefn Hengoed
Community School Choir |
Open |
Swansea |
Winner |
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London Turkish
Radio Turkish Classical
Music Choir and Orchestra
|
Open |
London |
Winner |
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Cancer Challenge Singers |
Open |
Neath |
Highly
Commended |
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Girls Night
Out |
Adult |
Plymouth |
Winner |
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The Gryphon
School Choir |
Youth |
Sherbourne |
Winner |
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Backwell School
Chamber Choir |
Youth |
Bristol |
Highly Commended |
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Green Singers |
Children's
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Isleworth |
Winner |
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Ruskin Junior
School Choir |
Children's |
Swindon |
Winner |
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Circuit 16
Junior Training Choir |
Children's |
Bristol |
Winner |
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Sherbourne
House Parents Choir |
Adult |
Southampton |
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Berkhampsted
Collegiate School Chamber Choir
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Youth |
Hertfordshire |
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The Green
School Gospel Choir |
Youth |
Isleworth |
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Nunnery Wood
Primary School Choir |
Children's |
Worcester |
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Tenbury C
of E Primary School Choir |
Children's |
Tenbury |
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21st
May, Methodist College, Belfast
Three singing groups, totalling 96 singers
competed. Three groups go forward to National
Selection.
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Singing
Group Name |
Category
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From
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Result |
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Loughside
Chamber Choir |
Adult |
Belfast |
Winner |
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Kaleidoscope |
Youth |
Belfast |
Winner |
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Grosvenor
Grammar School Junior Choir |
Children's |
Belfast |
Winner |
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14 May, New Theatre,
Cardiff
21 singing groups, totalling 922 singers
competed. Nine groups go forward to National
Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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CATEGORY
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FROM
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RESULT |
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Kinder Youth
Choir |
Open |
High Peak |
Choir of the
Day |
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Great Western Chorus
|
Adult
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Bristol |
Choir of the Day
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Melisma
from St Margaret’s School, Exeter |
Youth |
Exeter |
Choir
of the Day |
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Scunthorpe Co-operative
Senior Choir
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Youth
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Scunthorpe |
Choir of the Day
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Kinder Children’s Choir
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Youth
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High Peak |
Choir of the Day
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Circuit 16
Youth Choir |
Youth |
Bristol |
Choir
of the Day
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Fulham Prep
School Chamber Choir |
Children's |
London |
Choir of the Day |
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Hazlegrove
Chamber Choir |
Children's |
Yeovil |
Choir of the Day |
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Maltman’s
Singers |
Children's |
Gerrards Cross |
Choir of the Day |
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Serinette
Ladies’ Choir |
Adult |
Reading |
Highly Commended |
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Millfield
Preparatory School Senior Chamber Choir |
Adult |
Glastonbury |
Highly Commended |
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Cathays Methodist
Community Choir |
Open |
Cardiff |
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High Wycombe
Music Centre Youth Choir |
Youth |
High Wycombe |
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Vivace Girls’
Choir |
Youth |
Reading |
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Davison Community
Youth Choir |
Youth |
Worthing |
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Caerphilly
Children’s Choir |
Children's |
Caerphilly |
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The Downs
School Choir |
Children's |
Malvern |
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Millfield
Preparatory School Junior Chamber Choir |
Children's |
Glastonbry |
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Stoke Brunswick
School Choir |
Children's |
East Grinstead |
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Scunthorpe
Co-operative Junior Choir |
Children's |
Scunthorpe |
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Ragazze |
Children's |
Gerrards Cross |
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07 May, The Queen's
Hall, Edinburgh
13 singing groups, totalling 560 competed.
Ten groups go forward to National Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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CATEGORY
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FROM
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RESULT |
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The Szczepek
Ensemble |
Open |
York
and London |
Winner |
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Aria
|
Adult
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Glasgow
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Winner
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Haddo
Combined Treble Voice Choir |
Adult |
Aberdeenshire |
Winner |
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Northern Spirit Singers
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Adult
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Durham
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Winner
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Douglas Academy Senior Choir
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Youth
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Glasgow
|
Winner
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Amabile
Girl's Choir |
Youth |
Kendal |
Winner
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Tees
Valley Youth Choir |
Youth |
Teeside |
Winner |
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Inverclyde
School's Senior Choir |
Youth |
Inverclyde |
Winner |
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Inverclyde
School's Junior Choir |
Children's |
Inverclyde |
Winner |
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The Boys Choir
of Westminster Under School |
Children's |
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Winner |
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Dunfermline
Junior Chorus |
Children's |
Dunfermline |
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Adwick Community
Children’s Choir |
Children's |
Adwick, Doncaster |
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Relative Harmony |
Adult |
Kilmarnock |
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09
April, The Anvil, Basingstoke
11 singing groups
competed, totalling 364 singers. Five groups
go forward to National Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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CATEGORY
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FROM
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RESULT |
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The London
Bulgarian Choir |
Open |
London |
Winner |
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The Reading Phoenix
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Adult
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Reading
|
Winner
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Highcliffe
Junior Choir |
Youth |
Highcliffe, Dorset |
Winner |
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Highcliffe Junior Choir
(Junior Section)
|
Children's
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Highcliffe, Dorset
|
Winner
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Emerald Choir
|
Children's
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Purley, Surrey
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Winner
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Spinnaker |
Open |
Horndean |
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Oxford
Gospel Choir |
Open |
Oxford |
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JSS Singers |
Youth |
Worthing |
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Osiris |
Youth |
Carshalton |
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Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar
School Senior Choir |
Youth |
Sidcup |
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Sherborne
House School Concert Choir |
Children's |
Southampton |
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2
April, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
16 singing groups
competed, totalling 629 singers. Six singing
groups go forward to National Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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CATEGORY
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FROM
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RESULT |
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Phoenix |
Open |
Potton |
Winner |
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The Choir Invisible
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Open
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East Midlands
|
Winner
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Chantage |
Adult |
London |
Winner |
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Oakham School Chamber Choir
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Youth
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Oakham
|
Winner
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St Bonaventure’s School
Choirr
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Youth
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London
|
Winner
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St Hugh’s
Catholic Primary School Choir |
Children's |
Lincoln |
Winner |
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Great and
Little Shelford Church of England Primary
School Choir |
Children's |
Cambridge |
Highly Commended
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Wyre Forest
Young Voices |
Youth |
Kidderminster |
Highly
Commended |
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The Grand
Central Chorus |
Adult |
Nottingham |
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Livewire
Opera Company |
Adult |
Wymondham |
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Fiorosa
Chamber Choir |
Adult |
Northampton |
Highly
Commended
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The John
Fisher School Chapel Choir Chamber Group |
Youth |
Croydon |
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Voices,
The City of Derby Girls Choir |
Youth |
Derby |
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Caister
on Sea First & Nursery School Choir |
Children's
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Great Yarmouth
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The John
Fisher School Boys' Choir |
Children's
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Croydon |
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West Leigh
Junior School Chamber Choir |
Children's
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Leigh-on-Sea |
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19
March, Royal College of Music, Manchester
11 singing groups
competed, totalling 400 singers. Five singing
groups go forward to National Selection.
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Singing Group Name
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CATEGORY
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FROM
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RESULT |
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The White Rosettes
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Adult
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Leeds
|
Winner
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Bolsterstone Male Voice
Choir
|
Adult
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Sheffield
|
Winner
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Kinder Junior Singers
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Children's
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High Peak
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Winner
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Pope Pius X Catholic High
School Gospel Choir
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Youth
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Rotherham
|
Winner
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Sense of
Sound |
Open |
Liverpool |
Winner |
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Impromptu
|
Adult
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Sutton
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The Ryleys School Choir
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Children's
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Alderley Edge
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Midnight Voices
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Youth
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Liverpool
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Leeds Girls’ High
School Chamber Choir
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Youth
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Leeds
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Walsall People’s Choir
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Adult
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Walsall
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Opus 44
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Adult
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Bingley
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