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'''Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin''' [[File:Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin.jpg|340px|thumb|right|Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin.]] was a well-known folk music promoter. He was born on the 15th of August, 1944 and hails from Marsa. He emigrated from Malta in 1958 at the tender age of fourteen and spent forty years living in Sydney.  
'''Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin''' [[File:Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin.jpg|340px|thumb|right|Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin.]] was a well-known folk music promoter. He was born on the 15th of August, 1944 and hails from Marsa. He emigrated from Malta in 1958 at the tender age of fourteen and spent forty years living in Sydney.  


By time he started organizing folk music events in the Maltese suburbs, either at private residences, such as ''Iż-Żiġi'' and ''Il-Bażiż'' in Merrylands or in commercial halls. When Azzopardi was thirty, he ventured into hiring the Blacktown Civic Centre and the Blacktown Railway Station Hall, near Horsley Park, when Melbourne-based folksingers, amongst them Salvu Galea l-Kalora, Żaren Attard Il-Bukaċċ and Karmnu Briffa l-Gamamu, who go up to Sydney for the event, bringing with them hordes of Maltese migrants.
By time he started organizing folk music events in the Maltese suburbs, either at private residences, such as ''Iż-Żiġi'' and ''Il-Bażiż'' in Merrylands or in commercial halls. When Azzopardi was thirty, he ventured into hiring the Blacktown Civic Centre and the Blacktown Railway Station Hall, near Horsley Park, when Melbourne-based folksingers, amongst them [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]], [[Żaren Attard Il-Bukaċċ]] and [[Karmnu Briffa l-Gamamu]], who went up to Sydney for the event, bringing with them hordes of Maltese migrants.


He was instrumental in having a number of folksingers from Malta perform in Australia. These included [[Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni]], [[Żeppi Meli ta' Sika]], [[Mario Xuereb ta' Ġerald]] and [[Silvan Abela ta' Fredu ż-Żejtuni]].  
He was instrumental in having a number of folksingers from Malta perform in Australia. These included [[Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni]], [[Żeppi Meli ta' Sika]], [[Mario Xuereb ta' Ġerald]] and [[Silvan Abela ta' Fredu ż-Żejtuni]].  

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Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin

Charles Azzopardi s-Sikutin.

was a well-known folk music promoter. He was born on the 15th of August, 1944 and hails from Marsa. He emigrated from Malta in 1958 at the tender age of fourteen and spent forty years living in Sydney.

By time he started organizing folk music events in the Maltese suburbs, either at private residences, such as Iż-Żiġi and Il-Bażiż in Merrylands or in commercial halls. When Azzopardi was thirty, he ventured into hiring the Blacktown Civic Centre and the Blacktown Railway Station Hall, near Horsley Park, when Melbourne-based folksingers, amongst them Salvu Galea tal-Kalora, Żaren Attard Il-Bukaċċ and Karmnu Briffa l-Gamamu, who went up to Sydney for the event, bringing with them hordes of Maltese migrants.

He was instrumental in having a number of folksingers from Malta perform in Australia. These included Fredu Abela ż-Żejtuni, Żeppi Meli ta' Sika, Mario Xuereb ta' Ġerald and Silvan Abela ta' Fredu ż-Żejtuni.

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