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In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, photo, Choristers Chloe Chawner, right, Poppy Braddy, center, and Abby Cox look at their hymn books at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England, as the first all female choir at the cathedral rehearses prior to their debut on Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ** FILE **
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 photo, members of the first female choir follow this music from sheets during rehearsals in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England, prior to their debut on Jan. 25. The pure, high voices of the choir soar toward the vaulted ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral as they have for more than 1,000 years. Just one thing is different _ these young choristers in their purple cassocks are girls, and their public debut at Evensong on Saturday will end centuries of all-male tradition. Canterbury is not the first British cathedral to set up a girls' choir, but as mother church of the 80 million-strong Anglican Communion _ one struggling with the role of women in its ranks _ its move has special resonance. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
