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Connie Fisher

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Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a British actress, singer and tv presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in the West End, London on a six-month contract, which was extended until 23 February 2008. [1]

96 relations: Aladdin, Alistair McGowan, Andrea Bocelli, Annie Get Your Gun (musical), Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Aoife Mulholland, Bala, Gwynedd, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, BBC, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, BBC News Online, BBC One, Birth defect, Boston, British Army, Bryn Terfel, Cadogan Hall, Cardiff, Cardiff Central railway station, Carousel (musical), Casualty (TV series), Children in Need, Concert for Diana, Dance and Drama Awards, Donny Osmond, Dorset, Eisteddfod, Elvis Presley, Emmy Award, Faenol Festival, Gary Catona, Georg Büchner, Gorsedd, Great Fosters, Haverfordwest, Helena Blackman, How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?, I Could Have Danced All Night, Iraq, ITV (TV channel), Jane McDonald, Japan, Josh Groban, King Arthur, Lady of the Lake, Lastminute.com, Lee Mead, Leonard Bernstein, Lesley Garrett, Lisburn, ..., Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, London Palladium, Make Up My Heart, Marge Simpson, Maria von Trapp, Media Wales, Memory (song), Menier Chocolate Factory, Milford Haven, Morgan le Fay, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Musical theatre, National Eisteddfod of Wales, National Youth Music Theatre, Northern Ireland, Owen Money, Pembrokeshire, Royal Corps of Signals, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Variety Performance, Sarah Brightman, Secret Love (Doris Day song), Siobhan Dillon, Sir Thomas Picton School, Someone to Watch Over Me (song), Songs of Praise, South Pacific (musical), Stephen Jardine, Sulcus (morphology), Surrey, The Hour (magazine series), The Pirates of Penzance, The Sound of Music, They're Playing Our Song, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, True Love Ways, Truro Cathedral, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, Vocal folds, Welsh language, Wembley Stadium, WhatsOnStage Awards, Wonderful Town, Woyzeck, You Must Love Me, 14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare). Expand index (46 more) »

Aladdin

Aladdin (علاء الدين) is a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin.

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Alistair McGowan

Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes – winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003.

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Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli, (born 22 September 1958) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Annie Get Your Gun (musical)

Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields.

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Another Suitcase in Another Hall

"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" is a song recorded by Scottish singer Barbara Dickson, for the 1976 concept album, Evita, the basis of the musical of the same name.

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Aoife Mulholland

Aoife Mulholland (born 29 May 1978) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway.

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Bala, Gwynedd

Bala (Welsh: Y Bala) is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry (Y Barri) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately south-southwest of Cardiff.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (known as Cardiff Singer of the World from 1983–2001 and BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff in 2003) is a competition for opera and art singers held every two years.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Birth defect

A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Bryn Terfel

Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, (born 9 November 1965) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer.

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Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace in Chelsea / Belgravia in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central railway station (Caerdydd Canolog) is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, United Kingdom and one of two hubs of the city's urban rail network.

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Carousel (musical)

Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics).

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Casualty (TV series)

Casualty, stylised as CASUAL+Y, is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One (sometimes with a short break in the summer between series, but not always).

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Children in Need

BBC Children in Need (also promoted as Plant Mewn Angen in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity.

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Concert for Diana

Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday.

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Dance and Drama Awards

The Dance and Drama Awards are a scholarship scheme which subsidises professional vocational training at some of the leading performing arts schools in the United Kingdom.

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Donny Osmond

Donald Clark Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, actor, comedian, radio personality, and former teen idol.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Eisteddfod

In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod (plural eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Faenol Festival

The Faenol Festival (Gŵyl y Faenol) is a music festival organised by Welsh singer Bryn Terfel, originally held annually on the Faenol Estate (Welsh: Y Faenol), near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, north Wales.

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Gary Catona

Gary Anthony Catona is an American author and voice coach, who describes himself as a "Voice Builder".

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Georg Büchner

Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement.

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Gorsedd

A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community or meeting of modern-day bards.

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Great Fosters

Great Fosters is a 16th-century mansion which originally lay within Windsor Great Park and is still adjacent to the town of Egham, Surrey, England.

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Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 13,367 in 2001, though its community boundaries made it the second-most populous settlement in the county, with 10,812 people.

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Helena Blackman

Helena Blackman (born 10 December 1982 in Southampton) is a British musical theatre actress best known for being the runner-up in the hit BBC1 Reality TV programme How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?.

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How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? is a British reality television talent show that documented the search for an undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian stage production of The Sound of Music.

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I Could Have Danced All Night

"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, InternetBroadwayDatabase, accessed August 23, 2011 published in 1956.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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ITV (TV channel)

ITV is a commercial television channel in the United Kingdom.

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Jane McDonald

Jane Anne McDonald (born 4 April 1963) is an English singer, actress, media personality and broadcaster, who became known to the public in 1998 after her appearance on the BBC show The Cruise.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Josh Groban

Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake is an enchantress in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and legend associated with King Arthur.

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Lastminute.com

lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer.

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Lee Mead

Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre and television actor, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through the BBC TV casting show Any Dream Will Do.

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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist.

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Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality.

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Lisburn

Lisburn (or; meaning "fort of the stream", probably) is a city in Northern Ireland.

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Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a 2,286-seat Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street in the City of Westminster.

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Make Up My Heart

Make Up My Heart is the power ballad from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express.

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Marge Simpson

Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson (Bouvier) is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family.

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Maria von Trapp

Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), also known as Baroness von Trapp, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.

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Media Wales

Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales.

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Memory (song)

"Memory" is a show tune from the 1981 musical Cats.

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Menier Chocolate Factory

The Menier Chocolate Factory is a 180-seat off-West End theatre, which comprises a restaurant, bar and rehearsal rooms.

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Milford Haven

Milford Haven (Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgaine, Morgain, Morgana, Morganna, Morgant, Morgane, Morgen, Morgne, Morgue and other names and spellings, is a powerful enchantress in the Arthurian legend.

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Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, originally called Mountview Theatre School from (1958-2000) but commonly known as Mountview is an independent drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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National Youth Music Theatre

The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) is an arts organisation in the United Kingdom providing pre-professional education and musical theatre stage experience for young people.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Owen Money

Owen Money, MBE (born Lynn Mittell, 16 May 1947), is a Welsh musician, actor, comedian, and radio presenter.

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.

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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals - abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,500-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which Queen Elizabeth II is life-patron).

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Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, musician, songwriter, conductor, and dancer.

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Secret Love (Doris Day song)

"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.

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Siobhan Dillon

Siobhan Patricia Dillon (born 1 September 1984 in Lichfield, Staffordshire) is an English actress and singer, who rose to fame when she performed in the British talent show-themed television series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on BBC One in 2006.

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Sir Thomas Picton School

Sir Thomas Picton School is a secondary school in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with around 1250 students, 200 of whom are in Years 12 and 13.

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Someone to Watch Over Me (song)

"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence.

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Songs of Praise

Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns that first aired in October 1961.

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South Pacific (musical)

South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan.

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Stephen Jardine

Stephen Jardine (born 1963) is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and presenter.

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Sulcus (morphology)

The term sulcus (pl. sulci) is a general descriptive term for a furrow or fissure.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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The Hour (magazine series)

The Hour was a lifestyle magazine programme broadcast on STV, the ITV franchise in Northern and Central Scotland.

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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

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They're Playing Our Song

They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.

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Torch Theatre, Milford Haven

The Torch Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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True Love Ways

"True Love Ways" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death.

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Truro Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall.

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Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Urdd Gobaith Cymru,Or, the Welsh League of Hope, but normally translated as the Welsh League of Youth, or merely referred to as the Urdd, is a youth movement based in Wales.

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Vocal folds

The vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords or voice reeds, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which opened in 2007, on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 2002–2003.

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WhatsOnStage Awards

The WhatsOnStage Awards, or alternatively, the WhatsOnStage "theatregoers' choice" prizes, formerly known as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com.

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Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein.

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Woyzeck

Woyzeck is a stage play written by Georg Büchner.

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You Must Love Me

"You Must Love Me" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Madonna.

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14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)

The 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) is a part of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Fisher

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