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Childs set for one more curtain call

Dr Robert Childs will make one more curtain call in Ipswich before hanging up his Cory baton.

Lorraine and Bob Childs
 

Although Bob Childs's last official engagement with Cory will be at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff in May, the Ipswich Charity Concert Committee has announced that he will be conducting the British Open champion at the Ipswich Corn Exchange on 16th June.

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Concert organiser, Tim Mutum, told 4BR: "We are delighted that Bob Childs has agreed to be the guest conductor with Cory at our annual summer concert. It is now going to be their final appearance ever together so it will be a concert not to be missed!"

Charity

Tickets for the concert are already selling well with proceeds going to the Ipswich Umbrella Trust and Headway Ipswich and East Suffolk.

The Ipswich Charity Conceert Committee has presented 46 concerts since 1990 and raised over £70,000 for local and national charities.

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