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Mrs. Patricia Blanchard was this year’s conductor of the prestigious Bergen County Choir.\u00a0The Bergen County Choir has existed since 1964. The only other time a choir director from Rutherford was selected for this position was 1992. This is a unique honor for Mrs. Blanchard and the Rutherford Public Schools are proud to wish congratulations to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-fine-arts","category-rhs-news","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\n
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