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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=5>Auckland
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size=7>Handel's Messiah</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-NZ><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=5>Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th December 2009,
7.30pm<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=5>Auckland Town Hall</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Uwe Grodd (<SPAN
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size=3>Morag Atchison | Wendy Dawn Thompson | David Hamilton | Jared
Holt</FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
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Sinfonia<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN>
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size=3>For many, the Christmas season doesn’t start until Auckland Choral’s
annual Messiah performance, an Auckland tradition for over 150 years. Join us to
hear some of the greatest choral music of all time, telling one of the greatest
stories of all time. Top international soloists, and our own orchestra, Piper’s
Sinfonia, join us to present Handel’s eternally popular
oratorio.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ticket
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Reserve $65<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Reserve (concession)
$60<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">B Reserve $55</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">B Reserve (concession)
$50<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Student Rush
$20<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Children 15 years and under
$5<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Book at The Edge® Ticketing<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Phone 09 357 3355 or 0800 BUY TICKETS (0800 289
842)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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href="http://www.the-edge.co.nz/"><FONT
size=3>www.the-edge.co.nz</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information about the
concert contact the Auckland Choral Administration Manager, Ruth Farrant (phone
(09) 358 2892 or email <A
href="mailto:ruth@aucklandchoral.com">ruth@aucklandchoral.com</A>).</SPAN></P><FONT
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