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Friends come together at Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011

The stage at the opening session of YMG in Canterbury | Photo: Trish Carn

More than a thousand Friends streamed into the large blue big top and, as the evening cooled, the earlier sweltering heat could be forgotten. All was busyness and the sound of bustle and chat when, suddenly, the atmosphere changed and the noise disappeared as if by magic. The clerks had just walked onto the platform and taken their seats. A powerful stillness now filled the impressive space. Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) 2011 had begun.

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