Mom tells of Sparrow Bester’s father coming to our place in Stuart Street – actually, he’d probably have come in the usual way in Hector street as he lived just a block away in Warden Street – to ask to borrow some sheet music. The Besters were a really musical family, says Mom. Sparrow was chosen for The Canaries, nickname of the Free State Jeug Koor.
Sure, said Mom, What are you looking for? She had a big collection of sheet music kept in a wood and glass cabinet and under the seat of her piano chair. “Rajah’s Team,” said Mnr Bester. Or so Mom heard.
Mom said no, sorry she didn’t have that and thought to herself, I’ve never even heard of it!
“Oh,” he said, puzzled that she didn’t seem to know it, “From that new movie Dr Zhivago.“
Ah, said Mary, figuring it out: Lara’s Theme. And she did have it.
“I thought so,” said Mnr Bester.
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Jeug Koor – Yech Koor we would say jokingly, but actually Youth Choir
That was ca.1965 and now is 2024 and Mary at 95 still plays Lara’s Theme to “the oldies” at the home.
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