IT WAS the Precentor's idea. Canon Tom Clammer (centre)
suggested that, for two consecutive evenings, he would give up
leading the congregation in evensong in Salisbury
Cathedral, and allow his place to be taken by the two deputy head
choristers, both aged 13, of the boys' and girls' choirs.
The head boy chorister gets his chance as Boy Bishop during the
Christmas season, when he delivers a "reflection" from the pulpit
and leads prayers. The head ...
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