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If you'd seen the series you may have felt differently Ceres. We know it's for the telly, we know Gareth is gorgeous but he has worked in some very deprived areas starting these choirs and getting ordinary folks to find a quality in themselves they never knew they had, to watch them grow in confidence and as human beings has been touching. He has a special gift, and with luck the enthusiasm he generates will have spin-offs in other places.
I don't doubt that it's all very worthy but that doesn't necessarily make it good music. i'm sure it will sell and lots of people will find it in their Christmas stocking but in five years time it will be hanging on string scaring birds on allotments.
I hadn't heard this choir thing until they were on Strictly at the weekend. I'm sorry, but I thought it was awful. I don't know if it was because they were live but they were flat, out of time and the song is complete schmalz. It's everything that's bad about records made especially for Christmas.
Well me, you and Betula would join no problems!! ;D