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community singing

British  

noun

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

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A corps of ambulances attended to members of the crowd of 134,170 who fainted in the heat or were crushed swaying back & forth in community singing led by Sir Harry Lauder.

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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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There was bobbing for apples, a game called "musical bumps," other Roosevelt family games without names, community singing.

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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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They are supplied with churches, school buildings and bath houses, enjoy the advantages of community singing, dramatic clubs and public games, and receive instruction in gardening, sewing and cooking.

From Negro Migration during the War by Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)