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Alabama School of Fine
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instructional staff who participated
her River Seine and toured
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Rusty Logan from Auburn High Sch
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from Florence, and Amy Spears The choir enj
many other historic places.
Alabam
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oyed singing in the magnificent
America
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universiti
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were 23 high schools and Séverin
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