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community singing

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noun

  1. singing, esp of hymns, by a large gathering of people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For four days there were parades, fireworks, community singing and a great tooting of Alphorns.

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The 12,000 sailors in Cromarty Firth worked off their energy by community singing, not "The Red Flag" but their own old ballad, "The Frothblowers' Anthem."

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When they walked in Powderhorn Park they heard community singing for which an all-banjo orchestra plunked vigorous accompaniments.

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You have the most wonderful music in the world . . . and you have robbed your people of the privilege of community singing.

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The evening part of the celebration began with community singing, William Griswold Smith, director, and was followed by an illustration of Then and Now, Told in Pictures, under the management of Miss Young.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Ida Husted Harper

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