At Sing Pop work continues on preparing for our July showcase event. We will each be singing covers of four songs, two as lead and two providing backing vocals:

1. Our own solo choice from the ‘functions band’ list ~ for me the original version of Valerie by the The Zutons;

2. A requested song from fellow students ~ for me that’s I’m a Believer as performed by The Monkees but written be Neil Diamond. For this song I’m joined by my lovely backing singers to form, for one performance only, Deembe and The Chimpettes!😁 ;

3. Backing vocals 1 ~ Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton, a soul classic that is also features in The Soul Choir repertoire;

4. Backing vocals 2 ~ The already overblown and funny cover of Wonderwall by Mike Flowers Pops given added Sing Pop attitude to boost the stereotype beyond a cliché!

I won’t reveal the other students song choices other than the above two, where I’m contributing to the backing.

We’re now rehearsing these and other songs both as lead and backing singers. With the backing singer role comes the challenge of learning some basic movements … awkward!

If standing at the mic alone doesn’t deliver enough of an out-of-comfort zone adrenaline kick then doing it with choreographed synchronised moves will deliver an overdose!  Think Gladys Night and The Pips or Diana Ross and The Supremes!