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Article: Music lifts poppy appeal
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- The Weekly Gleaner
- Article date:
- November 25, 2004
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WHEN THE Jamaica Military Band played at St. Luke's Church in Cross Roads, Kingston, on Sunday, November 14, it was not a regular concert.
The month is special, as November is officially Poppy Appeal Month. The day, Remembrance Day, for those who died in World Wars I and II, was appropriate. The cause, to raise funds for the Jamaica Legion, which is Jamaica's welfare association for ex-servicemen, was pressing.
And the theme of the concert, 'A Time to Remember', summed up the poignancy of the moment.
The Military Band was joined by singers Keisha Wright and Charmaine Limonius, as well as members of The Company Dance Theatre, in raising funds for as well as honouring the members of the ...