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The 20 songsters stand amid tea candles beside Merri Creek, under a 150-year-old bluestone bridge, a cavernous space that has great acoustics.
Trolls, in general, have a bad reputation, either as internet hate peddlers or as mythical Old Norse monsters living in caves or under bridges.
Director Sue Johnson said that shortly after the choir formed 11 years ago, a cheeky cyclist powered past, then shouted back, “You should call yourselves the Trolls.”
The name stuck, although the choir’s mission is for good, not evil. “And we don’t eat billy goats,” added Ms Johnson.
Director Sue Johnson (holding the drum) with her choir, the Trolls, singing under the Murray Road bridge in Coburg.