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SLUGGISH ticket sales and a lack of funding forced a local orchestra to combine two performances into one for Ipswich audiences.
Despite the âdisappointingâ compromise, the decision meant one of two time slots was able to be preserved, with about 50 concertgoers gathering at St Paulâs Anglican Church at 6pm on May 8.
The show was the first of an Ipswich City Orchestra tour across Ipswich, the Lockyer Valley, Somerset and Scenic Rim regions, featuring music by composers such as Camille Saint-Saëns, Modest Mussorgsky and Graeme Wright Denniss.
Ipswich City Orchestra secretary Julie Sibley said there was no shortage of positive feedback from the modest audience.
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