Imagine the problems
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Imagine the problems
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After similar stories appeared in the Evening Standard and The Sun, where columnist Richard Littlejohn complained of “Toytown Trots”, the beleaguered school decided to perform the song in its original form at the concert, held last week. Headteacher Irene Mackie said that the change had been made because the concert was a retrospective look at the school year, and not primarily a Christmas event. “The whole thing was blown out of all proportion. Our one wish was, as always, to include as many of the children in the evening as possible and to help them to reflect on the year that had gone.” She said that the decision had also taken account of the non-Christian pupils.
“It has never been presented as a Christmas concert - it is a music concert which for the past six years has taken place at this time of the year,” she added.
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