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With Bradley Wiggins's Tour de France victory still fresh in the mind and a glut of British medals expected at the velodrome, athletes are fittingly brought in to a classical performance of Queen's Bicycle Race and are treated to a medley of performances from the NYT before the playing of the Olympic anthem and the raising of the team's national flag.
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The Scottish Ensemble will launch the festival with a classical performance at Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries on May 22.
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