during a concert this weekend at the Hamilton Citadel.

The Salvation Army London Citadel Songsters are visiting the Island on their "Bermuda Tour 1998'' under the direction of Bermudian songster leader Bernard Doars, Jr.

Mr. Doars, who has lived in Ontario since 1967, said this is the 38-member group's first visit to Bermuda -- although a few members had visited individually in the past.

Mr. Doars, son of the late Hamilton Citadel bandmaster Bernard Doars and nephew of musician Erskine Doars, studied theory and harmony at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Mr. Doars has conducted music camps in Bermuda and across Canada and has performed as a soloist in the London Citadel Salvation Army Band in Canada, the US, Bermuda and England.

The choir will be performing tonight at 7.30 p.m. and all day tomorrow at the Hamilton Citadel.

Island joins story-telling marathon A marathon story-telling session kicks off tomorrow in Bermuda at the same time it begins in big cities and small towns around the world.

The annual Tellabration last year drew audiences here as well as in Africa, Australia, Brazil, France, Japan, Scotland, Thailand, New Zealand and the US.

The Diversity Group is to host the event which starts at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Bermuda College Library in Paget.