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SALT LAKE CITY — As the youngest of nine children in a family from humble circumstances, Ta’u Pupu’a got a lot of hand-me-downs. So when his older brother Tipi got a new pair of black slacks and a white button-down shirt for joining the glee club, Ta’u Pupu’a thought he could do the same.
“I thought to myself … if you want new clothes, just join the glee club!” Ta’u Pupu’a said. “But of course that didn’t work out because I would get Tipi’s hand-me-downs … but I stuck with (singing)."
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