Word: velingrad
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...laugh ter. At parties, given a few drinks, he will invariably perform on any instrument that is handy - flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, harmonica, violin, all of which he learned to play as a child in Bulgaria. Son of a farm hand, he was raised in Velingrad, a mineral-bath resort high in the Rhodope Mountains. As a teenager, Ghiaurov had no interest in singing, gained fame in local circles as an actor and star athlete with the town soccer and volleyball teams. Drafted into the army for two years, he wangled a job as conductor of a 120-member chorus...
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