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 When the [[Pretoria Conservatoire of Music]] was founded in 1960, Nellie du Toit was appointed principal lecturer in singing. She held this post for two years. After quitting her post at the Pretoria Conservatoire for Music at the end of 1962, she continued giving private singing lessons in her home, which was more compatible with raising a family.
-Her academic career at the Universities at Stellenbosch and Cape Town spanned fourteen years: from 1980 to 1993.
+Her academic career at the Universities at Stellenbosch and Cape Town spanned fourteen years: from 1980 to 1993. In January 1980, she followed Prof. George van der Spuy as head of the singing section at the Department of Music, [[University of Stellenbosch]]. At the end of 1986, du Toit left the Stellenbosch Music Department to become a lecturer in singing at her alma mater, the College of Music at the [[University of Cape Town]], as from January 1987. As the daily commuting from Stellenbosch to and from Cape Town became too tedious for Du Toit, she returned to her former post as head of the singing section at the Stellenbosch Department of Music in 1990. At the end of 1993, at the age of sixty-four, Nellie du Toit retired from her full-time post at the University of Stellenbosch.
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 She regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan in 1970, and was awarded three [[Nederburg Opera Prizes]].
-On 8 February 1973 Nellie du Toit became the first woman to be awarded the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] for her interpretation of the title role in [[CAPAB]]’s presentation of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' in the Nico Malan, Cape Town, in May 1972. In 1973, she was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' and again was nominated for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Transvaal for her performance in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''.
+On 8 February 1973 Nellie du Toit became the first woman to be awarded the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] for her interpretation of the title role in [[CAPAB]]’s presentation of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' in the Nico Malan, Cape Town, in May 1972.
 Nellie du Toit was awarded The Medal of Honour by the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences (30 September 1986); and an Honorary Doctorate in Music was conferred on her by [[Stellenbosch University]] on 8 December 1998.

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 She regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan in 1970, and was awarded three [[Nederburg Opera Prizes]].
-In 1973, du Toit was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''. Du Toit was nominated for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Transvaal for her performance in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' in 1973.
+On 8 February 1973 Nellie du Toit became the first woman to be awarded the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] for her interpretation of the title role in [[CAPAB]]’s presentation of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' in the Nico Malan, Cape Town, in May 1972. In 1973, she was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' and again was nominated for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Transvaal for her performance in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''.
 Nellie du Toit was awarded The Medal of Honour by the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences (30 September 1986); and an Honorary Doctorate in Music was conferred on her by [[Stellenbosch University]] on 8 December 1998.

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 She regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan in 1970, and was awarded three [[Nederburg Opera Prizes]].
-In 1973, du Toit was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.
+In 1973, du Toit was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''. Du Toit was nominated for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Transvaal for her performance in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' in 1973.
 Nellie du Toit was awarded The Medal of Honour by the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences (30 September 1986); and an Honorary Doctorate in Music was conferred on her by [[Stellenbosch University]] on 8 December 1998.

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	She regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan in 1970, and was awarded three [[Nederburg Opera Prizes]].		She regarded as one of the world’s best “Butterflies” at the International Madame Butterfly Competition in Japan in 1970, and was awarded three [[Nederburg Opera Prizes]].
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		+	In 1973, du Toit was one of the nominees for the [[Nederburg Opera Prize]] in the Orange Free State on account of her performance in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.

	Nellie du Toit was awarded The Medal of Honour by the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences (30 September 1986); and an Honorary Doctorate in Music was conferred on her by [[Stellenbosch University]] on 8 December 1998.		Nellie du Toit was awarded The Medal of Honour by the South African Academy of Arts and Sciences (30 September 1986); and an Honorary Doctorate in Music was conferred on her by [[Stellenbosch University]] on 8 December 1998.

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	Nellie du Toit also appeared in ''[[The Desert Song]]'' (as Margot), ''[[The Student Prince]]'' (as Kathy) and ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (as Rosalinde).		Nellie du Toit also appeared in ''[[The Desert Song]]'' (as Margot), ''[[The Student Prince]]'' (as Kathy) and ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (as Rosalinde).
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		+	She also appeared in the 1968 film, ''[[Hoor My Lied]]''.

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 On leaving school at the age of eighteen, she took singing lessons from [[Isobel McLaren]]. Following an accident, the nineteen-year-old Nellie decided to enroll at the [[South African College of Music]] in Cape Town for a three-year course in singing, as from February 1950.
-She married Philip Crouse in July 1955. They had children: Christine. The Crouses moved to Pretoria early in 1957.
+She married Philip Crouse in July 1955. They had four children: Christine, Florence, Nelmarie and Phyllis. The Crouses moved to Pretoria early in 1957.
 She died in Stellenbosch in August 2018.

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 In 1957, Nellie du Toit took up a teaching post at Pretoria Afrikaans Girls’ High School (Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria). Du Toit gave up her teaching post at the school after the first term of 1959 in order to be able to devote more time to her singing career.
-When the [[Conservatoire of Music]] in Pretoria was founded in 1960, Nellie du Toit was appointed principal lecturer in singing. She held this post for two years.
+When the [[Pretoria Conservatoire of Music]] was founded in 1960, Nellie du Toit was appointed principal lecturer in singing. She held this post for two years.
 Her academic career at the Universities at Stellenbosch and Cape Town spanned fourteen years: from 1980 to 1993.

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-Her work as voice teacher always ran parallel to her singing. Her academic career at the Universities at Stellenbosch and Cape Town spanned fourteen years: from 1980 to 1993.
+Her work as voice teacher always ran parallel to her singing.
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