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"Two whole days, five great links!" -- News 4's Brick Dozer Even on the weekend--classical music, musicals, ballet, jazz, etc. --arts news still gets made fresh. World's Biggest Orchestra: Queensland Festival's James Morrison Conducts Record-Breaking Band in Brisbane
As in Buffalo, New York, they're breaking records in Queensland, Australia! Well one, anyway, but it is, by definition, a biggie. The good people of the Queensland Music Festival are now the proud holders of the record for World's Biggest Orchestra. This summer, the festival's artistic director James Morrison conducted--wait for it--an ensemble of 7,244 musicians.
