Telstar and touring - the Cape family s travellers tale
18 Jan, 2021 03:00 PM
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Telstar and Touring
[Parallels are fascinating. This time last year I d just returned to New Zealand after two weeks in Brisbane. Little did I know how the world would change in eight weeks.
In 1962 the cold war and nuclear threats were real. The free world was under threat from a perceived insidious enemy. Human rights and status quos were being questioned. Communication technologies were being advanced and science on all sides of political divides was reaching for the stars.
In April 1962, in spring, the Cape family had reached England on board the MS Oranje, a passenger liner operated by the Royal Dutch Mail Netherland line. My father, Peter Cape, was to train with the BBC in London in television production techniques and return to the NZBC, where he would become senior television producer with WNTV1.
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Music Theory, David is one of the most inspiring teachers working in Norwich. Under his encouraging teaching, countless students have gone to pursue careers in music. David is a Christian who has spent some 35 years in the Christian music world, recording and touring with many key worship leaders, song writers and musicians. He now aims to bring all of his past experience to a new generation of aspiring musicians. David commenced his studies at the age of 15 (for three years) at the
Royal Marines School of Music in Deal, and played in the Far East and Pacific as principal Flute and Saxophone in Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band. Back in the UK he took regular part in Royal and State occasions such as the