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Allan Pemberton knows many things

The longest non-scientific English word is FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILICATION (estimation as worthless).
The longest English words with letters all different are UNCOPYRIGHTABLE and DERMATOGLYPHICS.
The only number spelt in English with letters in alphabetical order is FORTY
SCHOOLMASTER is an anagram of THE CLASSROOM.
The shortest known sentence using every letter in the alphabet is PACK MY BOX WITH FIVE DOZEN LIQUOR JUGS.
The collective name for turkeys is a RAFTER.
The average male turkey has 3500 feathers.
The reindeer is a domesticated version of the caribou.
The word 'carol' comes from the old French 'caroller', meaning to dance round in a circle.
More than 1000 tonnes of Christmas cards were recycled in the UK in 2005.
Less than 1% of Christmas cards have any connection with Jesus Christ.
Charles Wesley wrote over 6000 hymns.
Joseph Haydn wrote 104 symphonies to Mozart's 41.
On a piano, the semitone frequency ratio is well approximated by 196/185, to within 4 parts in a million.
There are infinitely many numbers which are the sum of their own divisors; the series begins with 6(=1+2+3), 28, 496...
The chance of a particular 13th being a Friday is not exactly 1/7.
Chateauneuf-du-Pape can have up to 13 different grapes in the blend.
At bridge or whist, the odds against being dealt a Yarborough (a hand with no card higher than a 10) are over 1800 to 1.
With 25% chance of winning (at chess, golf, Scrabble, backgammon...) you can accept a doubling cube from your opponent.

Allan Pemberton is a master of the non sequitur.
There will be a Tesco in Sheringham - with a probability somewhere between 0 and 100%.
(In other words; it ain't necessarily so.)
C. C. Lytton

SHERINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

This looked like a High School event. It wasn't. Thanks to money released from public funds a Community Recording Studio has been established at Sheringham High for recording music, radio broadcasts (which will go out on the air) or even spoken memories. A band of technicians go with the studio. This reminds me very much of the Folkshogskole in Norway that I spent time in where the same facilities were offered to students a little older. Eighteen acts were on offer and the stage was set for a great night. Firstly I was stunned to see the hall completely transformed by arts and other funding. Amazing elevated seating, beautiful side and stage curtains as well as a Bose P.A. (Rolls Royce of P.A.s) and an excellent lighting rig. Very impressive. We saw solo singers, singing duos, singing/dancing duos, rock groups, solo guitar and piano, solo piano played at the same time as trumpet and a drum trio. Cash prizes as well as recording slots were on offer to the winners in each category. I can't mention all those that took part but it was good to see the Shantymen as 'The Beeston Hillbillys' as an expression of this being a whole community in celebration. The winners were Amber Ratcliffe and Sarah Annison (The Golden Girls), Sarah Youngman and Charlotte Dutton (Dance) and Robert Sanders for his trumpet solo with piano (amazing). I'd love to do all justice with individual reviews but can only say I witnessed great courage, artistry, fun and passion in abundance. I can say on behalf of all there (fantastic audience) Well done and thanks a lot. My personal favourites were Emily Philips (poem), Eleanor Rix (solo vocal) and the drum trio (Harry Phil and Ben). Very different.

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