You've seen the 'Choir That Rocked' on TV. Now its time for the real thing, live on stage at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking! Whilst I have been plugging away at trying to become a rock god over the past few weeks, Alison has quietly spent the last couple of years contributing to the phenomenon that is Rock Choir. Usually, she would be singing with her local Richmond choir, but the organizers thought it would be a good idea to schedule their performance for the Sunday that featured the Wimbledon mens' final and Pulp's reunion concert in Hyde Park (see previous blog). So rather than drop out altogether, Alison opted to join in with the Kingston choir who were scheduled to perform on the Monday. Fortunately, because of the fairly rigid format of the Rock Choir franchise, this was not a problem as the choirs all tend rehearse the same song each term.
So it was that I found myself on a Monday evening in the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, to witness at first hand the power of Rock Choir. And pretty impressive it was too. The enthusiasm of the performers really comes across and they mostly seemed to be enjoying themselves enormously. Alison's choir leader, Jim, even managed to get us audience members up on our feet clapping and doing some fancy moves - which are an integral part of the Rock Choir formula - along with the performers. A good night out.
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