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Comex makes its mark in other places: passing through Quetta in Pakistan, Kamal Kant, then a member of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Comex 8 is denied passage through Pakistan, or entry into India. A Franciscan Priest, Joshua Sterk, Headmaster of St Francis School (hosting Comex 8) takes a hand and accompanies Kamal to visit the local magistrate. Joshua is well known and liked for having built the school out of the rubble of the 1930s earthquake. Tea is taken, barriers crossed and Kamal is free to go wherever he likes. This event gives rise to a song, There Must be a Reason, proposed by a Franciscan Priest and developed by a Brahman tabla player. Comex moves on to Malaysia and Singapore in the LSLs Sir Lancelot and Sir Galahad - later lost in the Falklands - with Let's Sing a Song. In the spirit of the Qawals, The Minstrel's Song is aimed at Australia, and On Wings of Love at New Zealand. North America is also on the itinerary (Ocean to Ocean) and, out of the experience, Another Day is born. Next, Africa beckons, and Comex is welcomed by President Kaunda and his Zambians singing Tiyende Pamodzi (Forward Together) and offers it to the Comex repertoire as Tiyende Comex (Forward with Comex). Six African countries respond to Kaunda's call 'to set in motion a tide of goodwill to reach people all over the world.' At a State House reception President Kaunda presents Green Pennant Awards to those six countries, to the Sir Galahad and to the first Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Professor Arnold Smith of Carleton University, Canada.
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