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“It was awesome and totally rocked!”

“It was awesome and totally rocked!” – that was the verdict of one member of the 3rd/4th grade chorus who sang at the Market Street branch of TDBanknorth in Poughkeepsie last Saturday.


They were there for the official tree-lighting. They sang and there was hot chocolate, candy canes and a visit from Santa on a firetruck.

Thank you to all of you who made this fun event possible – parents, music teacher Rhonni Hallman, Christopher Galayda of TDBanknorth and of course, the singers from the lower school at PDS.

Josie Holford

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