The School for the Deaf Marching Girls are invited to perform their routine at the New Zealand National Marching Championships in Christchurch 1999 – 45 years after the group was set-up.
Deaf Marching Girls at the New Zealand National Marching Championships
1999 •
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The School for the Deaf Marching Girls are invited to perform their routine at the New Zealand National Marching Championships, 45 years after the group was set-up.
Ann Ireland
Brenda Halcrow
Carole Duncan
Gloria Fage
Heather McAlpine (McDiarmid)
Joan Richards
June Feely
Lesley Funnell
Leslie Noonan
Lillian (Lilly) Austen (Low)
Lillian Henwood
Lorraine Te Whata (Edwards)
Marion Forrest (Butcher)
Rae McKie (Oxspring)
Shirley Crombie
Sue (Susan) Penman
Valda Palmer
Relevant Links
Taonga source:
Rae McKie
Original format:
VHS
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, RM02-01-SP99
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