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<td align="CENTER" valign="TOP"><font face="AntiquaSSK" size="4" color="Aqua"><b>Nathan Gunn, baritone</b></font></td>
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<td align="CENTER" valign="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="Blue">Who are these guys????? ALL-AMERICAN to be sure. Find out ... in a few more days... here at</font></td>
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<td align="CENTER" valign="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="Purple"><b>For more about ARIA, go to FanFaire's <a href="conq/aria.html" target="_top">ARIA</a> page.</b></font></td>
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California <b><a href="musicalplanner/cal/index.html" target="_top">MUSIC PLANNER
</a></b>- </font><font color="aqua">This is the first of FanFaire's classical music events calendar. If you're visiting California, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in</font><font size="4" color="aqua"> </font><b><font color="Aqua">San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego</font></b><font color="Aqua">? You can even check out the weather in these cities of the Golden State. Eventually, there will be a music planner for most major cities. </font><br>
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</font><font size="4"><a href="/service.html" target="_top"><b>SERVICE CENTER</b></a>- </font>Are you planning to build your own web site? If so, you can check out your intended <b>Domain Name</b> here. You can also do a Yahoo <b>Search</b>, get a <b>quote </b>on your favorite stock, <b> buy a CD, </b>or <b>buy a book </b> off this FanFaire page. <font><br>
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<a href="/rysanek1.html" target="_top">LAST FAREWELL to a BELOVED DIVA</a> </b></font><font color="#D2D2FF">- A tribute to the glorious soprano <b>Leonie Rysanek</b> who recently passed away.<br>
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<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font size="3" color="#800080" face="Arial"><b>HILDEGARD BEHRENS:</b></font><font color="Red" face="Times New Roman"><b><br>
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HONORED AT LA WAGNER SOCIETY TRIBUTE;</a></b></font><font color="Red" face="Times New Roman"><b><br>
<font size="2" color="Red" face="Arial"><b><a href="sonning.html">WINS LEONIE SONNING MUSIC PRIZE;</a><br>
<a href="hbsked.html">1998 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE </a><br>
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(Note: Performance schedule may be subject to change)</font></td>
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<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET:</b></font><font face="Arial"><b><br>
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(NOTE: Performance schedule may be subject to change.)</font></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="jytsked.html"><br>
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