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community singing

British  

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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A onetime country schoolteacher, fond of speechifying and community singing, he started reporting for the Nashville Tennessean in 1926, eventually became its managing editor.

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

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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)

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