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-Only Boys Aloud

-are celebrating a birthday...

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-..as the world's

-biggest boy band for five years.

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-Under Tim Rhys-Evans' guidance,

-it's been a memorable journey.

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-Five years of incredible

-experiences for the boys.

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-From the Eisteddfod stage

-to Britain's Got Talent.

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-From local rugby clubs

-to the world's greatest arenas.

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-It's the story of a choir which

-has nurtured hundreds of singers...

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-..in the tradition

-of male voice choirs...

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-..to find their voice

-for the first time...

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-..and be the best they can be.

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-It's a special story

-about a group of special singers.

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-Happy birthday, Only Boys Aloud.

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-I registered the name

-Only Boys Aloud...

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-..on the same day I registered

-the name Only Men Aloud.

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-The idea was always there.

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-I saw Only Men Aloud

-on Last Choir standing...

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-..and I thought it looked cool.

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-At the time, choirs weren't cool.

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-# Rain on my parade #

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-I wanted to start something

-in the Valleys...

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-..to encourage boys to realise...

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-..what's so special about the

-Welsh male voice choir tradition.

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-Only Men Aloud visited our school.

-They were recruiting.

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-We emphasised that the rehearsals

-were in rugby clubs.

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-There's a lot of stigma

-in creating music...

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-..especially in the Valleys.

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-I was bullied at school...

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-..for doing acting.

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-I was called different names.

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-I wanted to drop it

-and concentrate on rugby.

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-If you want to sing, sing.

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-I wanted the boys to feel

-comfortable, confident and proud...

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-..to be part of Only Boys Aloud.

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-The rugby clubs were an important

-part of the process.

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-2010. The new choirs were launched

-in rugby clubs across South Wales.

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-One question remained.

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-Would people turn up,

-would anyone be there?

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-I didn't know

-how many would turn up.

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-6.30pm - no-one had turned up.

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-No-one was there. I walked in

-and it was just myself and Paul.

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-I wasn't sure it was something

-I wanted to do.

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-It was in a rugby club.

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-Despite the doubts, the boys

-finally started the rehearsals.

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-All kinds of backgrounds - some

-could sing, some had never sung.

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-It doesn't matter

-if they've never sung before.

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-No auditions, no cost.

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-It was open to everyone.

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-There were boys there

-from Tre-gib, Llandeilo.

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-From all different backgrounds.

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-We'd never met but we

-became friends just like that.

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-I'm still friends with them now.

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-Everyone was so accommodating

-to everyone.

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-We were all in the same boat.

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-I joined that night,

-a Monday night in Cross Hands.

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-I haven't missed a rehearsal since.

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-Everyone starts at the same place.

-That's what I like.

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-They get on - they have one thing

-in common, singing.

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-They had little discipline.

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-You've got the cheek

-to come in late, talking.

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-Very little musical or vocal skills.

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-We had to think a lot more

-about the way we taught music.

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-Salt and vinegar.

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-Tim came up with different ways

-of teaching complex music...

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-..to boys who weren't musical and

-who didn't have experience of music.

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-I remember it clearly.

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-The first time I heard the sound

-of Only Boys Aloud together.

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-In Cardiff Arms Park.

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-It was... It was...

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-..hideous.

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-Young voices, just broken.

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-Unsure of the music.

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-That was in June.

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-At the end of July,

-we were performing on TV...

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-..in the opening ceremony

-of the National Eisteddfod.

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-It was more than a little scary.

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-The aim of Only Boys Aloud...

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-..was to form for one occasion only.

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-A performance at the opening night

-concert of the National Eisteddfod.

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-Ebbw Vale, 2010.

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-On stage for the first time...

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-..in front of a large audience.

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-Bryn Terfel has opened the show,

-Rebecca Evans.

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-They're big names.

-Now Only Boys Aloud was doing it.

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-The aim was to make an impression...

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-..with a special arrangement

-of Sosban Fach.

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-The arrangement

-would push the boys to their limits.

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-I remember the first time the

-team captains looked at the music.

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-They said it was impossible

-to teach this arrangement...

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-..to inexperienced singers.

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-Tim never takes the easy option.

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-Five-four, five-eight,

-three-four, two-four.

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-The time signature changes

-all the time.

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-That was the first song we looked

-at. We thought, "Oh, dear me!"

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-It was brilliant to see them

-running on the stage.

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-The first thing we heard

-was "Oi, oi"

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-# Oi, oi!

-Meri-Ann has hurt her finger

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-# And Dafydd the servant is not well

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-# Oi, oi,

-the baby in the cradle is crying

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-# A little saucepan

-burning on the fire

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-# A big saucepan

-is boiling on the floor

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-I watched them in the Eisteddfod

-and I thought, "Wow!"

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-# Meri-Ann's finger is better

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-# And Dafydd the servant

-is in his grave

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-# The baby in the cradle

-has grown up

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-# And the cat is asleep in peace

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-# A little saucepan #

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-Many of those boys

-had never performed on stage...

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-..had never sung publicly.

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-# And the cat is asleep in peace

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-# Little Dai the solider

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-# Little Dai the solider

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-# Little Dai the solider

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-# And his shirt tail

-is hanging out #

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-It was masculine,

-it was fresh, it was different.

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-# A little saucepan,

-burning on the fire

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-# A big saucepan

-is boiling on the floor

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-# A little saucepan,

-burning on the fire

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-# A big saucepan

-is boiling on the floor

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-# Oi, oi

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-# And the cat has scrammed,

-and the cat has scrammed

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-# And the cat has scrammed

-little Joni

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-# And the cat has scrammed

-little Joni

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-# Oi, oi #

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-The welcome they received and the

-ovation after their performance...

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-..was fantastic.

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-That was the first time I stood back

-and thought, "This is amazing."

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-The crowd appreciated it.

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-Tim was happy too -

-that's always a good thing!

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-In that moment, I realised we had

-to continue with Only Boys Aloud.

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-Everyone in that pavilion

-that night was inspired.

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-In that moment, we secured the

-future of Only Boys Aloud, I think.

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-# Silent night

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-# Holy night

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-# All is calm

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-# All is bright

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-# Round yon Virgin

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-# Mother and Child

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-# Holy Infant

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-# So tender and mild

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-# Sleep in heavenly peace

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-# Sleep in heavenly peace

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-# Silent night

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-# Holy night

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-# Son of God

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-# Love's pure light

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-# Radiant beams

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-# From Thy holy face

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-# With the dawn of redeeming grace

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-# Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth

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-# Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth #

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-Happy birthday and merry Christmas.

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-Only Boys Aloud is five years old.

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-It's been an important journey

-for Tim Rhys-Evans...

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-..and the hundreds of singers.

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-October 2010 - after performing

-at the National Eisteddfod...

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-..a new opportunity for the choir

-on a worldwide stage...

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-..as part of the opening concert

-for the Ryder Cup.

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-No pressure, boys.

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-The eyes of the world were on

-Cardiff and the Millennium Stadium.

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-A huge crowd inside the stadium.

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-A huge worldwide TV audience.

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-Sharing a stage with

-Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins...

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-..Catherine Zeta Jones.

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-That doesn't happen

-to someone from Aberdare.

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-Prince Charles in the front row.

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-It was brilliant

-seeing them running down the steps.

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-# Oi, oi

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-Singing Sosban Fach.

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-They only knew three songs.

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-# And the cat has scrammed

-little Joni

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-# And the cat has scrammed

-little Joni #

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-It was huge.

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-I remember looking out

-and thinking, "This is huge."

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-# Little Dai the soldier

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-# And his shirt tail hanging out #

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-A worldwide audience

-were watching Only Boys Aloud.

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-It was our glitziest performance.

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-# Little Dai the soldier

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-# And his shirt tail

-is hanging out #

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-When I grew up,

-all I wanted to do was play rugby.

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-That's all I wanted to do,

-just to stand on that pitch once.

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-I was singing to the world,

-with my friends.

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-It was an incredible feeling.

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-# And the cat has scrammed,

-and the cat has scrammed

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-# And the cat

-has scrammed little Joni

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-# Oi, oi #

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-Sharing that experience

-with all the boys was fantastic.

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-That concert

-was a springboard for us...

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-..for everything that came after it.

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-# Yesterday, across the valley

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-# A song echoed across the land

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-# Yesterday, across the valley

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-# A river sparkled as it flowed

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-# Yesterday, across the valley

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-# Fire, heat and furnace

-as sparks flew in the works

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-# Working to see tomorrow

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-# Iron and steel in the soul

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-# And the valleys full of song

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-# The song is twice as loud

-on Sundays

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-# To give thanks for the work

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-# Monday and the week ahead was long

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-# As the sweat and labour

-turned to song with every step

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-# Where the furnace spewed fire,

-the valleys now sing

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-# But the flame went out

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-# Today, in the valley, can you

-hear the old song in the land?

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-# Today, in the valley, can you

-hear the old song in the land?

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-# Today, in the valley, can you

-hear the tune echoing around?

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-# In the valley,

-there are new shepherds here

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-# Sparks in the work

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-# A new beginning is at hand

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-# Iron and steel in the soul

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-# And the valleys full of song

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-# The song is twice as loud

-on Sundays

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-# To give thanks for the work

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-# Monday and the week ahead was long

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-# As the sweat and labour

-turned to song with every step

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-# Where the furnace spewed fire,

-the valleys now sing

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-# The flame is reignited

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-# Old is the melody

-but the voices are new

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-# Old words are murmured

-in every village and town

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-# Having been silenced for so long

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-# Back in its place comes the song

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-# And the valleys full of song,

-hear, hallelujah

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-# Sing, hallelujah

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-# Hear, hallelujah

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-# Sing, hallelujah

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-# Hear, hallelujah

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-# Sing, hallelujah

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-# Hear, hallelujah

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-# Sing, hallelujah

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-# Hear, hallelujah

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-# Sing, hallelujah

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-# Hear, hallelujah

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-# Hallelujah

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-# And Wales is the land of song #

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-I wasn't sure about singing

-on Britain's Got Talent...

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-..because I have a problem...

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-I have a cheek to say this now!

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-I have a problem with reality shows.

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-Last Choir Standing,

-Britain's Got Talent!

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-The first thing I heard about

-Britain's Got Talent was an email.

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-The email didn't say a lot.

-It was quite cryptic.

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-It just asked for availability

-for rehearsals in Cardiff.

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-I wanted to know what the boys

-thought about this opportunity.

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-You can imagine their response.

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-I remember that one second

-of silence.

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-Incredible.

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-I can't speak.

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-An opportunity for us

-to represent our country...

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-..on a show

-with a worldwide audience.

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-15 million people

-on one Saturday night.

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-Who wouldn't do it?

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-It was important for me

-to sing Calon Lan, sing in Welsh...

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-..and say something

-about the tradition.

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-Without that tradition,

-without the male voice choirs...

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-..I wouldn't be sitting here now,

-Tim wouldn't be doing what he does.

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-Hello. You seem to have

-your own fan club in.

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-The panel were very close

-to the stage.

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-Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon,

-David Walliams, Amanda Holden.

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-Just in front of us.

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-Fair play to the soloists -

-they were under pressure.

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-We are Only Boys Aloud.

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-Tim, Ifan and myself on stage.

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-Tim, Ifan and myself on stage.

-

-Gareth said...

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-We are a Welsh male vocal group

-from the Welsh Valleys.

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-Just the three of us on stage.

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-# A pure heart forever singing

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-Everyone walked on

-from the two sides.

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-I can only describe it

-as a wave of people.

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-I was so glad to have them on stage.

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-No-one expected that.

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-No-one expected that.

-

-# A pure heart #

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-Everyone crying, I was crying.

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-The four judges were on their feet.

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-A standing ovation.

-We had four yeses.

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-I absolutely love it.

-I think you guys are amazing.

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-A standing ovation

-for a Welsh choir singing Calon Lan.

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-That doesn't happen.

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-We had a realistic chance to win it.

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-Having won the hearts

-of the British nation...

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-..the boys reached the final easily.

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-The whole of Wales waited

-for that memorable Saturday night.

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-Ten acts in the final.

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-To come third...

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-..to a dog!

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-We missed a trick not choosing

-a dog to sing the solo.

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-I think we could have won then.

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-We walked off stage

-when we heard we'd come third...

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-..and a man named

-Jonathan Shalit...

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-..Simon Cowell's right-hand man...

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-..he walked up to me,

-I don't know why...

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-..shook my hand and said, "That's

-it, you've got a record deal.

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-"We'll sign on the dotted line,

-have a word with your boss."

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-I was like, you know, what?

-What's happening?

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-We were all in shock, a good shock.

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-It is a dream.

-Everyone wants a recording contract.

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-I remember recording

-in the Millennium Stadium.

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-Recording an album

-is a difficult process.

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-You need to be very disciplined.

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-We had such a tight turnaround

-to learn the music.

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-A lot of organising for me.

-Arranging the music.

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-A week of rehearsals

-and a week of recording.

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-We lived in the Millennium Centre

-for a long time.

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-With the hard work completed

-in time for Christmas...

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-..the boys had

-an unique experience...

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-..to see how popular they were

-as their new album was sent out.

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-Everyone buys from Amazon...

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-..but you never know

-what it looks like inside.

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-It's special seeing your CD.

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-Our faces on our CDs

-in boxes waiting to be sent.

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-Giving everyone in my family a CD -

-that was very special.

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-Finding out it was No.1 in

-the Classical Charts and iTunes.

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-It started to sink in that we

-had people listening to us sing.

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-The choir was in demand.

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-Our world was turned upside-down.

0:22:210:22:23

-Loads of concerts every week.

0:22:230:22:25

-Lots of staying in hotels,

-travelling on coaches and buses.

0:22:260:22:30

-People recognised you on the street.

0:22:310:22:33

-They knew our names -

-they knew my name!

0:22:330:22:37

-There were fan pages on Twitter.

0:22:370:22:41

-We did a gig in North Wales...

0:22:410:22:45

-..and a group of girls were

-hanging around the dressing rooms.

0:22:450:22:50

-They wanted to come in for...

-Well, I don't know!

0:22:510:22:55

-It was strange having a pack of

-people outside the dressing room...

0:22:560:23:01

-..screaming!

0:23:020:23:03

-2013 - with the boys' popularity

-at its peak...

0:23:070:23:12

-..a very special invitation.

0:23:120:23:14

-A garden party

-at Buckingham Palace...

0:23:160:23:19

-..to mark the Queen's

-60th year on the throne.

0:23:190:23:22

-Over 100 boys from South Wales were

-an integral part of the celebration.

0:23:220:23:27

-# A pure heart o'erflowed

-with goodness #

0:23:270:23:32

-I never thought I'd

-visit Buckingham Palace...

0:23:320:23:35

-..let alone perform there.

0:23:350:23:37

-You actually see the palace - whoa!

0:23:380:23:41

-Katherine Jenkins, another

-Welsh singer, joined us at the end.

0:23:450:23:49

-A great orchestra.

0:23:500:23:52

-I couldn't believe someone

-like that was on stage with us.

0:23:550:23:59

-Happy birthday and merry Christmas!

0:24:140:24:17

-.

0:24:170:24:17

-Subtitles

0:24:210:24:21

-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

0:24:210:24:23

-Celebrating a birthday

-is also a time for reflection.

0:24:240:24:27

-For the Only Boys Aloud team...

0:24:270:24:29

-..becoming five years old

-offered new inspiration.

0:24:300:24:33

-Inspiration to extend

-the musical journey to North Wales.

0:24:330:24:38

-Forming a new choir and offering

-an opportunity to Northwalians.

0:24:380:24:43

-I'd watched Only Boys Aloud on TV.

0:24:440:24:48

-I just thought,

-"Wow I could be part of that."

0:24:480:24:52

-No-one knew what to expect...

0:24:520:24:55

-..the boys or the captains.

0:24:550:24:57

-The duet has become a quartet.

-We may end up with a party.

0:24:580:25:02

-We felt under pressure after seeing

-what the Southwalians had achieved.

0:25:020:25:08

-Having something

-that united Clwyd and Gwynedd...

0:25:080:25:13

-..that was going to be exciting.

0:25:130:25:15

-We formed Only Wrexham, Rhyl,

-Caernarfon and Holyhead Boys Aloud.

0:25:160:25:21

-A chance to meet a lot of new boys.

0:25:220:25:26

-It was important to me

-to make new friends.

0:25:290:25:32

-I don't know many children

-who like singing.

0:25:320:25:38

-It was great to see

-so many boys from Holyhead...

0:25:400:25:44

-..seeing them want to sing.

0:25:440:25:46

-I was surprised to see

-so many turning up.

0:25:460:25:49

-We do a lot - we're here to sing,

-we have a lot of fun.

0:25:500:25:54

-We do the most obscure warm-ups.

0:25:540:25:57

-# Pearls nor gold #

0:25:590:26:01

-My voice had changed

-and I'd lost a lot of confidence...

0:26:020:26:05

-..but here,

-I met lots of boys of my age.

0:26:060:26:08

-The family ethos existed

-from the very first rehearsal.

0:26:100:26:14

-There were a lot

-of different personalities.

0:26:150:26:19

-Some of the boys

-had never sung before.

0:26:190:26:22

-I couldn't read music so it was

-difficult recognising notes...

0:26:260:26:30

-..and reading music.

0:26:300:26:32

-Once again,

-a month after the first rehearsal...

0:26:350:26:38

-..we were singing in front

-of 5,000 screaming girls...

0:26:390:26:44

-..in Access All Eirias.

0:26:440:26:46

-The maestro putting himself and

-the new choir under huge pressure...

0:26:480:26:52

-..for their first performance

-on the huge stage...

0:26:530:26:56

-..of the Access All Eirias

-music festival.

0:26:560:26:59

-They joined the South Wales Only

-Boys Aloud for their performance.

0:27:000:27:04

-Spread the love.

0:27:050:27:06

-It was great too see them all

-getting along.

0:27:070:27:10

-They're from different backgrounds

-but one thing brought them together.

0:27:100:27:14

-Their love of singing.

0:27:150:27:16

-The stage is massive.

-The largest stage I've ever seen.

0:27:160:27:21

-We were under a lot of pressure.

-No-one had heard us before.

0:27:230:27:27

-No turning back now.

0:27:270:27:29

-Lots of nerves.

0:27:290:27:30

-It went alright

-apart from the technical hitch.

0:27:310:27:34

-The track got stuck how many times?

0:27:360:27:39

-Six!

0:27:390:27:40

-We all kept calm

-and came back on to sing.

0:27:410:27:45

-You've got to keep your head.

0:27:460:27:48

-I felt the boys did very well.

0:27:490:27:52

-If something, the crowd

-was so eager to hear them...

0:27:520:27:55

-..it made it a hundred times better.

0:27:560:27:59

-The crowd saved the day. They

-screamed and the boys enjoyed it.

0:28:000:28:05

-# I would wait forever

0:28:080:28:10

-They started

-with a Clean Bandit song, Rather Be.

0:28:100:28:15

-# As long as I am with you

0:28:150:28:17

-Something different

-and contemporary.

0:28:170:28:19

-# My heart continues to beat

0:28:200:28:22

-The sun was out. It was packed.

0:28:220:28:25

-# Kyoto to The Bay

0:28:250:28:27

-# Strolling so casually

0:28:280:28:30

-It's really nice to see boys of that

-age singing and enjoying to sing.

0:28:300:28:35

-# Switch up the batteries

0:28:350:28:37

-# If you gave me a chance

-I would take it

0:28:390:28:43

-# It's a shot in the dark

-but I'll make it

0:28:440:28:47

-I cried, if I remember correctly.

0:28:480:28:50

-Floods of tears.

0:28:500:28:51

-# When I am with you,

-there's no place I'd rather be

0:28:520:28:55

-It was such

-an incredible experience.

0:28:550:28:59

-# N-n-n-no, no, no,

-no place I'd rather be

0:29:000:29:03

-# N-n-n-no, no, no,

-no place I'd rather be

0:29:030:29:07

-# We set out on a mission

0:29:110:29:14

-# To find our inner peace

0:29:150:29:17

-# Make it everlasting

0:29:190:29:22

-# So nothing's incomplete

0:29:220:29:25

-# It's easy being with you

0:29:270:29:29

-# Sacred simplicity

0:29:310:29:33

-# As long as we're together

0:29:340:29:39

-# There's no place I'd rather be

0:29:390:29:43

-# With every step we take

0:29:430:29:45

-# Kyoto to The Bay

0:29:450:29:46

-# Strolling so casually

0:29:470:29:50

-# We're different and the same

0:29:510:29:53

-# Gave you another name

0:29:530:29:54

-# Switch up the batteries

0:29:540:29:58

-# If you gave me a chance

-I would take it

0:29:590:30:03

-# It's a shot in the dark

-but I'll make it

0:30:030:30:07

-# Know with all of your heart,

-you can't shake me

0:30:070:30:11

-# When I am with you,

-there's no place I'd rather be

0:30:110:30:15

-# No, no, no, no place I'd rather be

0:30:150:30:19

-# No, no, no, no place I'd rather be

0:30:190:30:22

-# No, no, no, no place I'd rather be

0:30:230:30:26

-# When I am with you,

-there's no place I'd rather be #

0:30:270:30:30

-I now feel I belong

-to a special family.

0:30:330:30:36

-A large musical family.

0:30:360:30:38

-A bit like the Von Trapps

-but on a grander scale.

0:30:380:30:41

-I've never been happier in my work.

-I enjoy every minute.

0:30:420:30:45

-Pulling a group of lads together

-from all kinds of backgrounds.

0:30:460:30:49

-They all enjoy singing and feel

-they belong to the Aloud family.

0:30:490:30:55

-# I'll send an angel

0:30:550:30:59

-# To watch over you tonight... #

0:30:590:31:03

-At no point

-in the last five years...

0:31:030:31:05

-..has this sense of family

-been more important than this year.

0:31:050:31:09

-Tragically, in 2015, Only Boys Aloud

-said goodbye to one of its members.

0:31:090:31:15

-Ryan Howell

-lost his battle with cancer.

0:31:150:31:19

-# I'll send an angel to you #

0:31:190:31:24

-I was fortunate enough to work

-with Ryan in the Cwmbran group.

0:31:250:31:29

-He was a fantastic boy.

0:31:290:31:32

-Ryan was a lovely boy.

0:31:320:31:34

-He was so keen about singing.

0:31:360:31:40

-I sang with Ryan for three years.

0:31:400:31:43

-I knew him as a friend too.

0:31:440:31:46

-I went to his funeral too.

0:31:460:31:50

-It was lovely to see so many members

-of Only Boys Aloud there.

0:31:510:31:55

-# You are my angel

0:31:550:31:57

-# My guardian angel #

0:31:570:32:00

-We were all comforting each other.

0:32:010:32:03

-Everyone understood.

0:32:040:32:05

-That's where the brotherhood

-was most apparent.

0:32:060:32:10

-The family side of the choir

-is very important.

0:32:100:32:13

-We always pull together

-to make sure everyone's happy.

0:32:150:32:18

-That's a reflection of the

-connections that have been made...

0:32:190:32:24

-..in Only Boys Aloud.

0:32:240:32:26

-# I will send an angel

0:32:270:32:31

-# To you #

0:32:310:32:42

-Every year, to the wonderful

-backdrop of Atlantic College...

0:32:460:32:50

-..30 of Only Boys Aloud's

-most promising singers...

0:32:510:32:55

-..are chosen

-for a challenging week...

0:32:550:32:58

-..called Academi.

0:32:580:33:00

-Academi is very hard work.

0:33:020:33:05

-It's like the Big Brother house.

-No links to the outside world.

0:33:060:33:10

-Academi is difficult. By the end of

-the week, you just want to go home.

0:33:100:33:14

-Academi is set

-at a professional level.

0:33:160:33:20

-The chosen music is complex.

0:33:230:33:27

-An opportunity for us

-to help the boys...

0:33:300:33:33

-..with their desire

-to develop musically...

0:33:330:33:38

-..and do more with the music.

0:33:390:33:41

-The rehearsals were really rigorous.

-It was really hard work.

0:33:420:33:46

-I couldn't believe

-how hard those boys worked.

0:33:490:33:53

-It was intense - a lot of music,

-a lot of musical theory.

0:33:560:33:59

-Sight reading, general musicianship.

0:34:010:34:03

-Musical techniques, breathing.

0:34:040:34:06

-Different composers.

0:34:060:34:08

-Different composers.

-

-Incredible songs.

0:34:080:34:10

-It's important to push people,

-in a positive manner...

0:34:120:34:16

-..to see where they can reach.

0:34:160:34:18

-You work for 12 hours every day.

0:34:210:34:24

-It is fun - there's a nice balance.

0:34:240:34:28

-6.00am start. Boot camp.

0:34:320:34:34

-Let's go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:34:350:34:37

-Holding a boat in the air

-with a hosepipe directed at you.

0:34:370:34:43

-You become a different person

-by the end.

0:34:460:34:49

-# Verbe, egal au Tres-Haut

0:34:530:34:58

-# Notre unique esperance

0:34:580:35:03

-# Jour eternel

0:35:040:35:09

-# De la paisible nuit

0:35:090:35:15

-# Nous rompons le silence

0:35:160:35:21

-# Divin Saveur

0:35:210:35:26

-# Jette sur nous les yeux

0:35:270:35:33

-# Divin Saveur

0:35:340:35:38

-# Jette sur nous les yeux #

0:35:390:35:46

-It was obvious that they'd developed

-as musicians and young men.

0:35:470:35:52

-The week at Academi

-was the best week of my life.

0:35:530:35:57

-When you look back you realise...

0:35:570:35:59

-.."Wow, that was hard work

-but it paid off."

0:36:000:36:03

-# Repans sur nous

0:36:060:36:12

-# Le feu de ta grace puissante

0:36:120:36:19

-# Que tout l'enfer

0:36:190:36:23

-# Que tout l'enfer

0:36:230:36:25

-# Fuie au sou de ta voix

0:36:260:36:30

-# Dissipe ce sommeil

0:36:300:36:36

-# D'une ame languissante

0:36:360:36:42

-# Qui la conduit

0:36:440:36:47

-# Dans l'oubli de tes loix

0:36:480:36:53

-# Qui la conduit

0:36:530:36:58

-# Dans l'oubli de tes loix

0:36:590:37:04

-# O Christ, sois favorable

0:37:050:37:12

-# A ce peuple fidele

0:37:120:37:17

-# Pour te benir

0:37:170:37:23

-# Maintenant assemble

0:37:230:37:30

-# Recois les chants qu'il offre

0:37:300:37:36

-# A ta gloire immotrelle

0:37:360:37:40

-# Et de tes dons qu'il

0:37:410:37:47

-# Retourne comble

0:37:480:37:52

-# Et de tes dons qu'il

0:37:520:37:58

-# Retourne comble

0:37:590:38:05

-# Retourne comble

0:38:110:38:18

-# Retourne comble #

0:38:230:38:39

-Happy birthday and merry Christmas!

0:38:450:38:48

-.

0:38:480:38:48

-Subtitles

0:38:520:38:52

-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

0:38:520:38:54

-My favourite thing about Christmas

-is watching films...

0:38:560:39:00

-..and eating chocolate.

0:39:000:39:02

-Waking Mam and opening my presents.

0:39:020:39:05

-At home with my family playing Xbox.

0:39:060:39:08

-Not working Not thinking

-about choirs, music.

0:39:100:39:14

-A couple of glasses of wine.

0:39:150:39:17

-Eating Christmas dinner

-and chocolate.

0:39:190:39:22

-Watching films, opening presents

-and being with the ones you love.

0:39:220:39:27

-I'm in university now so it's nice

-spending time with the family.

0:39:270:39:33

-Watching a lot of TV

-and eating too much.

0:39:340:39:36

-Celebrating -

-it doesn't matter how.

0:39:370:39:40

-Smelling the turkey cooking,

-eating too much.

0:39:410:39:44

-And playing games.

-I love board games.

0:39:440:39:48

-Christmas is a time to sit down,

-look back over the year...

0:39:490:39:53

-..and think about

-what's going to happen.

0:39:530:39:57

-I like to give them a letter

-at the end of the year.

0:39:580:40:01

-Remind them of what they've done.

0:40:020:40:04

-What happened in January

-and February is a long time ago.

0:40:040:40:08

-"Wow, we did that,

-I forgot about that."

0:40:080:40:11

-Looking back over the five years...

0:40:120:40:14

-..and reflecting on the journey

-we've had.

0:40:150:40:20

-# Come they told me

0:40:270:40:29

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:40:290:40:31

-# A new born King to see

0:40:330:40:35

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:40:350:40:37

-# Our finest gifts we bring

0:40:380:40:41

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:40:410:40:44

-# To lay before the King

0:40:440:40:47

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

0:40:470:40:51

-# So to honour Him,

-pa rum pum pum pum

0:40:530:40:57

-# When we come

0:40:580:40:59

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:030:41:04

-# Little baby

0:41:050:41:07

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:070:41:09

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:090:41:11

-# I am a poor boy too

0:41:110:41:13

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:130:41:15

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:150:41:16

-# I have no gift to bring

0:41:160:41:19

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:190:41:20

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:210:41:22

-# That's fit to give the King

0:41:220:41:24

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

0:41:250:41:30

-# Shall I play for you

0:41:310:41:33

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:330:41:35

-# On my drum?

0:41:350:41:38

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:380:41:40

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:410:41:42

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:460:41:50

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:520:41:56

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-pa rum pum pum pum

0:41:560:42:00

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:000:42:03

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:030:42:06

-# Pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:070:42:09

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:120:42:15

-It's impossible to say how much

-the last five years has meant to me.

0:42:180:42:23

-# Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:240:42:28

-The boys have had great experiences

-over the past five years.

0:42:280:42:32

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-pa rum pum pum pum

0:42:320:42:36

-Singing in the gardens

-of Buckingham Palace.

0:42:360:42:39

-Singing in the Millennium Stadium.

0:42:390:42:41

-# I played my best for Him

0:42:420:42:44

-# Pa rum pum pum pum,

-rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

0:42:440:42:49

-I think it's opened the eyes

-of a lot of boys...

0:42:500:42:53

-..especially in the Valleys.

0:42:530:42:55

-There are other things to do.

-If they work hard, they can succeed.

0:42:550:43:00

-# Come they told me

0:43:020:43:04

-My confidence has grown a lot.

0:43:060:43:07

-This is the reason for it.

0:43:080:43:10

-# Me and my drum #

0:43:110:43:20

-Some of them have had a lot

-of problems in their lives.

0:43:250:43:29

-Only Boys Aloud have helped them

-feel better, really.

0:43:290:43:36

-The Millennium Centre hosted their

-greatest performance to date...

0:43:380:43:43

-..for their birthday.

0:43:440:43:46

-Five years and thousands

-of experiences for hundreds of boys.

0:43:460:43:50

-Only one song can round off

-the evening for the Aloud family.

0:43:500:43:55

-# I seek not life's

-ease and pleasures

0:43:550:44:01

-Calon Lan is the hit.

0:44:020:44:04

-The words really mean something

-in terms of what we established.

0:44:050:44:09

-# Give to me a heart made happy

0:44:090:44:15

-Singing through the day and night.

0:44:150:44:18

-It sums up Only Boys Aloud

-perfectly.

0:44:180:44:22

-# A pure heart

-o'erflowed with goodness

0:44:220:44:29

-# Fairer than the lily white

0:44:290:44:36

-# A pure heart forever singing

0:44:360:44:45

-# Singing through the day and night

0:44:470:44:57

-Every single one of them...

0:44:590:45:01

-..has gained something positive

-from the experience.

0:45:010:45:04

-I'm studying opera in the

-Welsh College of Music and Drama.

0:45:060:45:10

-That would never have happened

-without Tim and Only Boys Aloud.

0:45:110:45:15

-It's great seeing boys go on to

-study music in further education.

0:45:200:45:25

-If I hadn't joined Boys Aloud,

-I wouldn't be in university now.

0:45:280:45:33

-# O'erflowed with goodness

0:45:330:45:39

-# Fairer than the lily white

0:45:390:45:44

-# A pure heart forever singing

0:45:450:45:49

-What's been achieved in five years

-is incredible.

0:45:490:45:53

-What could be achieved

-over the next five years.

0:45:550:45:57

-The project now includes

-North Wales.

0:45:580:46:00

-# Morn and evening my petition

0:46:020:46:07

-# Wings its flight

-to heaven in song

0:46:070:46:14

-# In the name of my Redeemer

0:46:140:46:21

-# Make my heart

-clean, pure and strong

0:46:210:46:25

-The choir's done more year on year.

0:46:250:46:28

-This is a good time to join.

0:46:280:46:31

-# A pure heart

-o'erflowed with goodness

0:46:310:46:37

-I wanted to tell the boys...

0:46:370:46:39

-..it is possible

-to do something good.

0:46:390:46:42

-# A pure heart

0:46:440:46:46

-Why are we doing this?

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-To make friends,

-bring music to our communities...

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-..but more importantly,

-to keep the music alive...

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-..to continue

-the choral tradition in Wales.

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-# A pure heart

-o'erflowed with goodness

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-# Fairer than the lily white

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-# A pure heart forever singing

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-# Singing through the day and night

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-# A pure heart

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-# A pure heart

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-# A pure heart #

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