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About Findon
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The Findon Valley Residents' Association is a charity registered in England and Wales: 267009
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Rose Setten, BBC Young Choirgirl of 2004
Rose Setten with Thomas Jesty Rose Setten was 16 when she won the BBC Radio 2 Young Choirgirl of the Year in 2004. Alongside her, Thomas Jesty, 13, won the Young Choirboy of the Year title. They beat off competition from hundreds of other youngsters to win the prestigious titles Rose was already Head Chorister at All Saints Church in Findon Valley when she entered the competition... little did she know from the start that she would be the eventual female winner taking away a £1000 award for her choir. The host for the grand final, held at All Souls Church in London, was the composer Howard Goodall who is a former choirboy himself. A composer of choral music, stage musicals and TV theme tunes, Howard's TV credits include music for Blackadder, Red Dwarf and The Vicar of Dibley. Howard presented the winners with their trophies and £500 each as well as separate prize money for her choir. For the competition Rose sang Jerusalem and Ave Maria by Gounod. Thomas sang Be Still for the Presence of the Lord and The Little Road to Bethlehem by Head. Among the judging panel for this year's competition were vocal coach Carrie Grant, jazz singer Clare Teal, Ken Burton, Artistic Director & Conductor of the London Adventist Chorale and Malcolm Archer, Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral.
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