Didcot–Meylan Twinning Association
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Didcot–Meylan Twinning Association |
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One of the highlights of this term has to be the visit to Meylan, our twin town in France, with our school choir. From 1st - 5th November girls from DGS and boys from SBS, including instrumentalists, stayed with French families and rehearsed all week for a very special Millennium concert in the Hexagon, sharing the stage on Friday night with adult musicians from Meylan and Planneg, their German twin town.
They performed Vivaldi's Gloria and Verdi's Inna Della Nationale. The solo numbers were performed beautifully by Emma Lewis, Sarah Hayward and Mrs Mitcham, from the DGS Music Department and James Price and Mr. Walker of SBS.
On the Saturday they took part in various workshops in the brand new Maison de la Musique, ranging from gospel singing to improvisation classes to samba percussion and on the Saturday evening the visit culminated in a disco for all involved. They also visited Grenoble, which is a few miles away and had a chance to visit the beautiful mountainous scenery of the region.
Viv Cooke, Didcot Girls School