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Choir master Gareth Malone | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
believes singing can change the toughest of lives. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
I know that music can bring people together, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
under really extraordinary circumstances. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
In February 2011, he became choir master at a military base in Devon. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:18 | |
His mission was to create a choir from the hundreds of women | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
that live on the base. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:22 | |
I'm here to lift your spirits, hopefully, pick you up, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
and bring your voices together. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
Gareth took his choir from obscurity... | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
I want to run away, I just want to run away. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
..right to the heart of the nation's tribute to the troops. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
This is it! | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
My God! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
But this proved to be just the start of things to come... | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
I was convinced that that was it, that was the end, | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
actually, that turned out to be the beginning. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
..as the nation took the Military Wives Choir | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
-to their hearts... -Please welcome Gareth Malone... | 0:00:51 | 0:00:55 | |
..and the Military Wives. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
We sit there on a Saturday night watching these programmes, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
we never ever thought in our wildest dreams we'd be on them. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
Your Christmas number one is Military Wives. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
..and took them to places they could never have imagined. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Follow me. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
It's just like any minute now, I'm going to wake up | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
and be back to normal, having my normal life again. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
In the space of 12 months, we've done things that most people | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
would never do in their lifetime. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
Long may they continue to sing. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
There are now 75 military wives choirs across the country | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
and even abroad. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
He gave us a voice in more ways than one. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
This was Gareth's dream and it came true, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
and not many people can say dreams have come true in their life. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
Last year, Gareth Malone started a choir for military wives | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
at the Royal Marine Barracks in Chivenor, North Devon. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Today, two of its members, Katherine and Nicky, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
are in Salisbury to support a new military wives choir. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
I'm excited. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
I am, look at the moon, the Christmas tree. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
Inspired by the experience at Chivenor, | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
the Salisbury Plain choir started in January. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
They're ready to go. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
This evening, 30 of its members will be performing | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
at the opening of the Christmas market. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
There are so many of you. There's loads. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
We've never actually listened to a choir sing. We've always been there. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:37 | |
This is really nice. You're singing In The Bleak Midwinter? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
Oh, I've got the chills. I have seriously got the chills. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
# Our God, heaven cannot hold him | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
# Nor earth sustain | 0:02:51 | 0:02:57 | |
# Heaven and earth shall flee away | 0:02:57 | 0:03:03 | |
# When he comes to reign | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:03:08 | 0:03:13 | |
# A stable place sufficed | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
# The Lord God Almighty | 0:03:18 | 0:03:24 | |
# Give my heart. # | 0:03:24 | 0:03:31 | |
That was beautiful. Absolutely. Oh, God, I'm starting again. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
This is all your fault, Mr Malone. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
Started a revolution. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
The story all began | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
when Gareth first went to Chivenor to set up a choir in February 2011. | 0:03:55 | 0:04:01 | |
I know nothing about the military. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
I've never spent time on a military base, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
I know very little about military life. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
I don't know what to expect. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
For the following eight months, Gareth's mission was to become the base's choir master. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
-Your name is? -Gareth Malone. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
I think this is the most intimidating place I've ever been to in my life. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
-Do you get used to it? -You do, yes. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
Coming to a military base for the first time, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
I might as well have gone to the moon, it was so alien, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
it was incredibly intimidating. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
The base at Chivenor trains nearly 1,200 men from the Royal Marines, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
Army and RAF. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
In three weeks, these men were to be deployed to Afghanistan, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
leaving behind more than 120 women and their children. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
Family Day at the base is a chance for families to get | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
together before deployment. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
It seemed a good place to start recruiting for Gareth's new choir. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
Good afternoon, everyone, my name is Gareth Malone. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
We met Gareth that day and we thought, who is this guy? | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
I want to invite anyone to come and join a choir. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
Who is this 12-year-old that is coming to teach us to sing? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
You don't need to be a brilliant singer. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
I'm around, come and speak to me if you're at all interested, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
if you've ever, ever thought about singing. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
If you sing in the shower, it is about bringing everyone together. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
Tumbleweed! | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
Obviously, we're used to military men that are quite strong | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
and powerful, and big and assertive and Gareth wasn't any of those. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:47 | |
-I'm starting a choir. -Good luck with that one. -Thanks. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
-Have you heard that I'm here to start a choir? -Yes. -Word travels fast. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
-Are you interested? -Yes. -Good. Hello. -George. Nicola. -Hello, Nicola. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:02 | |
-Do you sing? -Do I sing? -What does she sing? -Everything. -Everything? | 0:06:02 | 0:06:08 | |
I personally thought, yeah, he will have his work cut out, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
these are women that haven't got time to do this, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
we've just been told, "get on with it." | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
Keen to spread the word about the choir's first rehearsal, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
Gareth hit the patch, the married quarters made up of 280 houses. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:32 | |
The geography of the place, it's so insular, it made me realise | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
how much these women are on top of each other | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
and cut off from the rest of society. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
Hello. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-Stacey. -Hi, Stacey. Hello. -I'm Samantha. -I'm Gareth. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:47 | |
Local choir master. Hello. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:48 | |
So, what is there to do for you while your husbands are away? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:53 | |
Nothing whatsoever. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
Just counting the long days? I'm starting a choir. | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
-My dream is to be able to sing. -Your dream? | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
-I'm going to make that dream come true. -Thank you. -I hope. He said. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
-I used to be in a choir. -Oh, great. When? -When I was 12 to 17. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:13 | |
-Nice to meet you. Can I hear your voice? -No. -That's mean, isn't it? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:18 | |
After months of training and preparation, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
around 600 men said goodbye to their families, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
to begin their six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
It was the fifth time Nicky Scott's husband George had been deployed. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
We've done it before but it's always different. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
All the feelings, because the children are older | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
and they know what's going on. You have to get on with it. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
We've chosen this lifestyle and that is how it is. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:04 | |
-My stomach is churning. How many hours have I got? -Three. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:14 | |
-Three hours to go. -Three hours to go. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
Major Williams. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
Corporal Thompson. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
The build up to going is just horrendous, to be honest with you. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:34 | |
When the men first deployed, it was such a strange atmosphere, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
it was bleak, yet at the same time, they were ready to go. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
There was a sense of relief. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
You can tell families were absolutely being torn apart by this, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
it was an atmosphere like I've never felt anywhere else. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:51 | |
When he says goodbye to me, is that going to be his last goodbye? | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Oh, sorry. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
Having spent time drumming up interest, the day arrived | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
for the first rehearsal of Gareth's military wives choir. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
Their base was the chapel on the edge of the barracks. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
It was so sensitive, their husbands had just gone. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
I wondered if it was going to be the right time to start a choir. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
I thought it could help, but I didn't know yet whether people | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
would be prepared to start getting up and singing. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
Somehow it didn't seem right. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
I'm just going to guess you're here for the choir | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
and not going to the military base. You are here for the choir? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
Brilliant. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
-Thanks for coming. Who is this? -This is Jack. -Hi, Jack. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
-Hello. -Hi. -I take it you are here for the choir? | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
Go on in. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
Hello. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
Hello. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Really good to see so many of you here. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
I'm just going to do a headcount. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
Gareth's first rehearsal attracted wives from across the ranks, | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
from Private soldiers, right up to the Commanding Officer's wife. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
40! That feels really good, 41! | 0:10:08 | 0:10:13 | |
Hello, brilliant. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
I am here to lift your spirits hopefully, pick you up | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
and most important thing, to bring your voices together to be heard. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:25 | |
The first song we're going to sing, | 0:10:25 | 0:10:26 | |
is Guns N' Roses, well known classic, Sweet Child O' Mine. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:32 | |
I was very keen not to come in with some dreadful tear jerker, | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
or a big piece of choral music. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
I wanted to do something that was fun, upbeat and that they would know. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
He won people over that day with that song. He really did. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
Singing that came at the right time, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
cos everyone was very low. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
I'm assuming you just know it, so give it a go. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
# She's got a smile that seems to me remind me of childhood memories | 0:10:53 | 0:10:59 | |
# When everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky... # | 0:10:59 | 0:11:05 | |
Stop. If we can do that together, then we will have a choir. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
When I came here, I thought I was going to meet tough birds | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
who were going to show me what's what, and actually, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
I found just a group of really timid women whose husbands | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
had just gone away and who were really emotionally vulnerable. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:21 | |
That really took me by surprise, and you could hear it in their singing, it was so tentative. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:26 | |
That was quite stressful, didn't enjoy that. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
I'm all flustered and I need a drink. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
With the women lacking confidence, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
Gareth wanted to speak to some of them individually. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
Hello, Sam. How are you? | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
One of them was Sam Stevenson, who had sung in choirs before. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
I thought it would be nice to have a little listen to you singing. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
-How does that sound? Like fun? -No. Come on. Let's give it a go. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
# The moment I wake up before I put on...# | 0:11:56 | 0:12:01 | |
Sorry. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
That first session with Sam in her house was painful. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
She must have said sorry about 150 times | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
and it went on and on and on. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
Oh, I'm sorry. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
I've never seen anyone be so timid about singing, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
who has that much talent. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
Sorry, sorry, sorry for saying sorry! | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
Obviously, back then, my confidence was zilch, there was nothing there. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:28 | |
We're going to the park. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
Sam's husband, John, is in the Royal Engineers, | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
and at 27, he'd just started his first tour of duty to Afghanistan. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
It's a mixture of emotions. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
You feel guilt, cos you think I've forced you into the army | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
to give us a better life, then you're angry that they're going. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
Everything feels so tense. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
With her husband deployed, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
Sam was left in charge of looking after their two young children. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
Brody has Autistic Spectrum Disorder. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
He's not developed at his age, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
he's seven but more at a four-year-old level. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
Life can be difficult because Brody's behaviour can be really | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
challenging at times, but we wouldn't change it, though. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:15 | |
I'm really up for the choir, | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
I love singing and I think my husband will have a bit more | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
peace of mind that I'm going to be occupied and kept busy. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
I think if you're kept busy, | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
hopefully the time will go quicker, as well. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:30 | |
Over the next month, the choir met for rehearsals | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
three times a week. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
That's not really selling it to me. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
I want the eyes up. I always say to people, "Sing before you're singing." | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
She's got a smile. Let's have the introduction. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
You've got to look alive and if you're not singing at the beginning, | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
you've got to look like you might. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
You're like this. What's going to happen? Who's going to sing? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
You are. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:08 | |
# She's got a smile and it seems to me reminds me of childhood...# | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
Once they started to come on, they started to stand up and rely on each other. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
They were getting to know each other and that was wonderful. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
It made me think, they need to do a performance, | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
they need to get out there because that is how you learn. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
As the choir progressed, Gareth began to think of an audience to perform to. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:29 | |
Five minutes away is the busy market town of Barnstaple. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
Excuse me, could I ask you a quick question? | 0:14:32 | 0:14:34 | |
Do you know anything about RMB Chivenor? | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
-It's down there. -Perfect. -Do you know anything else? -No. -No, nothing? | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
It was just astonishing nobody knew anything about them, | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
and nobody knew anything about them nationally. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
We just didn't talk about them. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
It really felt correct to take them out of the patch where they live, | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
take them to the local town and show them off. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
You are going to perform at the Pannier market. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
Yes! | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
It will be absolutely awesome, won't it? | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
ALL: Yes. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
Now here's the rub. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
It's in two weeks. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
Who'd like to have a go at the solo? | 0:15:15 | 0:15:16 | |
No? | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
Sam? No? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
-Definitely not? -Nope. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
I was just so scared of criticism, rejection and | 0:15:25 | 0:15:30 | |
I just wouldn't have been able to do it at all. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
# When the rain is blowing in your face | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
# And the whole world is on your case. # | 0:15:40 | 0:15:46 | |
Emma! | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
-# I could offer you a warm embrace. -# | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
Nicky! | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
# And the whole world is on your case | 0:15:55 | 0:16:01 | |
# I could offer you... # | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
'What I love about Nicky is there's real strength there, | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
'she's been in the military, she's fierce, | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
'yet there's an incredible softness and tenderness when she sings' | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
that is so beguiling - beautiful singer. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
I'd like you to do the solo. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
Oh, my goodness. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
When I knew I was going to do it, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
it rekindled a confidence in me that I didn't think I still had. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:27 | |
With days to go until the Barnstaple performance, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
the women took every opportunity to rehearse. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
The thing I like most is the camaraderie between all the women. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
We feel like sisters, now, just helping each other out. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
We're so keen to do it that we will really try our best. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
We are standing together as a group of girls going, "I'll be there for | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
"you and you'll be there for me and we'll all get through this together." | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
Nobody had any idea that there would be something like 600 | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
people in the Pannier Market and when I arrived that morning, | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
I was absolutely horrified by the scale of it, I just imagined | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
50 people and we were swamped, there were so many people there. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
# Ooooooh # | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
# Ooooooh # | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
# When the rain is falling in your face | 0:17:26 | 0:17:32 | |
# And the whole world is on your case | 0:17:32 | 0:17:40 | |
# I would offer you a warm embrace | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
# To make you feel my love | 0:17:46 | 0:17:51 | |
# When the evening shadows and the stars appear | 0:17:53 | 0:17:58 | |
# And there's no-one there to dry your tears | 0:17:59 | 0:18:05 | |
# I could hold you for a million years | 0:18:05 | 0:18:10 | |
# To make you feel my love... # | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
It takes such guts to show your emotion in public | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
and that's what Nicky did, | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
that's what Nicky did in front of those people in Barnstaple. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
She made you feel what it was to be a military wife, | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
and that's a difficult thing to do. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
# The winds of change are blowing wild and free | 0:18:31 | 0:18:37 | |
# You ain't seen nothing like me yet | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
# You ain't seen nothing like me yet. # | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
That day was like, "Look at us, we're a team!" And it stuck, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:50 | |
you know, it really did stick. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
I was stunned that the local people wanted to come out and see the Military Wives from Chivenor. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:03 | |
-# To make you feel my love. -# | 0:19:03 | 0:19:09 | |
It wasn't just that people said, "Well done, you sang well," | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
it was that people connected with who these women were and that they | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
applauded their efforts and that they were supporting them. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
That was the first hint that we had that people would really love this. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
With the first performance of the Chivenor Choir such a success, | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
Gareth began to think bigger. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
This is something that could easily spread to other bases, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
it's gone so well here, and in a really short space of time | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
the women are singing well and getting so much out of it. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
I'd like this to go further, I want to go to other bases. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Gareth decided to take the choir to Britain's largest naval base, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
in Plymouth. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
But as the day approached, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
terrible news came through that a Royal Marine from 42 Commando, | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
based at Plymouth, had been killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
Uncertain if it was the right time to visit Plymouth, Gareth called a meeting. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
This is not a position I've ever been in before, | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
so this is very new territory for me and I would love to go to Plymouth, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
it's an accident of timing that everything happened this weekend. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:27 | |
Music can't solve the problem, but I kind of have a hunch that it might be something really beneficial. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:33 | |
I'd like to know what you think about it, really. Suzy? | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
At the moment they need all the support they can get. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
They need something to focus on - I'd be lost without it, | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
this is my distraction, it keeps me going in a way. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
They're having a pretty rough time, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
and I can't describe to you how hard it is... | 0:20:46 | 0:20:50 | |
It's heart-breaking. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
We went down to Plymouth at a time that was very difficult, and | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
there had been fatalities and we were very sensitive about it, but | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
somehow having these military wives saying, "We understand | 0:20:59 | 0:21:04 | |
"the situation, but we still think that singing can be important | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
"for you," made it OK. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
It's really, really good to see so many of you here tonight. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
We're all very aware that we've come at a sensitive time, | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
so we just wanted to acknowledge that, we're really aware of that, | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
and we've come with some fun and just to share our voices, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
share our singing with you, and hopefully inspire you | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
and give you something to focus on during a very, very difficult time. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
# I don't know what it is that makes me love you so. # | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
When Gareth came down to us, it was a really difficult time | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
then, and we just basically felt lost, we didn't know what to do, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
we didn't know where to go, but we needed somebody to keep us | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
together basically, and he did that job. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
# ..I only wanna be with you. # | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
Over the weeks, Gareth and his two new choirs | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
rehearsed in preparation for their first performance together - | 0:21:50 | 0:21:55 | |
singing at Plymouth's annual Armed Forces Day. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
The first time we sang at Armed Forces Day on Plymouth Hoe, | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
the majority of us were holding hands, there was three | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
in a row, all of us shaking like leaves, thinking, "Oh my god, what are we doing?" | 0:22:11 | 0:22:17 | |
# You and I must make a pact | 0:22:21 | 0:22:26 | |
# We must bring salvation back | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
# Where there is love | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
# I'll be there. # | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
People did come up to us in the end and said, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
"You were fantastic," and to hear recognition, and all our hard work | 0:22:38 | 0:22:43 | |
had come about, was lovely, it's such a feeling, even the children | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
were saying, "You were fantastic, brilliant!" | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
# Because you're amazing, just the way you are. # | 0:22:50 | 0:22:56 | |
It's a phenomenal feeling, I can't explain it, | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
it's so nice, all of us came together, | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
it was awesome. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
It's combined all of us and we're one big team now. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
It's just a really good feeling, so bring on the next one. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
You've got all these women able to sing well, it's so potent, | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
it makes me think bigger, do more, more of this, it's really, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
really strong. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
For the Chivenor wives, there were two more months before their husbands returned home. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
Good, well done. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
Simple. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
'It's really moving to hear how far they've come for me, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
'because they're investing so much energy in this, | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
'and there's emotion in their singing now.' | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
Well done, absolutely astonishing. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
It's a very emotional time for them because we can see the end, but there's still a long way to go. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:13 | |
# The night is behind us | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
# And black are the waters. # | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
You're frustrated because you want them to be home, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
and it's like that last bit of your pregnancy where you're just | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
miserable, you want the baby to come, that's what it's like. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
I don't even know what I'm going to say to him, | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
probably just how much I love him. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
Tired now, bored, we need Daddy now. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
The girls have done really well, they have. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
We've had our moments, | 0:24:45 | 0:24:47 | |
you know, like every family going through this. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:51 | |
It's the uncertainty. It's so hard to go through this kind of thing | 0:24:54 | 0:24:59 | |
when you have no control over a situation. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
You can't relax until they're on that plane, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
until you know they've left that country. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
To help the women get through this time, Gareth wanted them | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
to have something special to look forward to. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
You need to keep Saturday 12th November free because you are going, | 0:25:18 | 0:25:24 | |
and it gives me huge excitement to tell you, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
we're going to perform at the Festival of Remembrance, which is... | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
at the Royal Albert Hall. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
GASPS | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
More than that, it's live on BBC One. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
MORE GASPS | 0:25:38 | 0:25:39 | |
And more than that... | 0:25:39 | 0:25:40 | |
Take That are coming! | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
It's not Take That, no, no. It's in front of the Royal Family. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:48 | |
GASPS OF DISBELIEF | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
We whooped, then broke down in tears, as it's something so personal. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
We couldn't believe a building so iconic and so fabulous | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
and they were going to let us go and sing in there. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
This is as big as it gets... | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
I want this to be the best thing you've ever done, | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
I want it to be a very proud moment. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:08 | |
I've said, "This is the biggest thing I've ever done," so many times, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
but this is the biggest thing I've ever done in my life. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
This is absolutely huge, because it's of national importance | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
and national significance. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:20 | |
Nothing else I've done has felt like that. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
In terms of getting their message across, and getting them understood, I can't think of anything better. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:29 | |
For the performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Gareth wanted to | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
have something specially composed. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
-Hello, Paul. -Hi. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
He visited Paul Mealor, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:38 | |
who'd written the main piece for the Royal Wedding. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
The reason I contacted you was that I could not find the right piece, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
so it's trying to find a line between something that is moving | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
and does speak and is about remembrance, but also about celebration. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
I knew Paul could write music for them, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
but I wanted something about it to be from them, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
from their hearts, so going to their letters seemed the obvious choice. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
For the lyrics, | 0:27:02 | 0:27:03 | |
Gareth had asked the women to provide lines from personal letters. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
It might be old fashioned now, but I put perfume on all my letters | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
and parcels and will always put lipstick on and kiss the back. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
"Miss you, today, tomorrow and always. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
"I miss you with each passing second, | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
"And I count every single one, knowing that as each one passes me | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
"it brings me another second closer to you. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
"I love you more." | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
-Any others? -I don't want to read mine out. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
You can't read it out? | 0:27:32 | 0:27:33 | |
"Keep my heart safe, my love, for I send it away with you. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:37 | |
"Hold it close, and now I'm with yours." | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
"There are no goodbyes to us, | 0:27:42 | 0:27:43 | |
"wherever you are, you are always in my heart." | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
-It's on my bracelet my husband got me for my birthday. -That's lovely, great. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:49 | |
These letters, it could be the last letter you | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
read from your husband... | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
and to put this into a song is... | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
Oh, God. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:00 | |
With the men's return date getting ever closer, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
the wives' thoughts turned to their husbands. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:09 | |
He's been gone 28 weeks tomorrow, so, yeah, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
that's our little chart there of how long he's been gone. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:16 | |
-Try again, shall we? -Yeah. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
I can't wait to have him back, I can't wait to start life again. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
It's not until they're on their way home that you realise you've been on pause for the last six months. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:31 | |
I thought it would be easier, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
cos it's not the first time he's been away, | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
but, I don't know, maybe the feelings get stronger. I've just missed him immensely. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:42 | |
The blue is the weeks he's been away. Today, Thursday, | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
when he comes back, home will be written right there. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
In September, following a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
250 Chivenor men and women came home, where they were reunited with their loved ones. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:07 | |
Families, friends and children and post and teas and coffees | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
are through there, thank you very much, welcome back, you're now released. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:14 | |
Daddy! | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
Daddy! | 0:29:30 | 0:29:31 | |
Daddy! | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
It's always good to be home, | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
especially after a tour that's been this long. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
It's probably been the longest, hardest tour I've done, so it's always good to get home. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:53 | |
Let's take Daddy home. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:58 | |
Being able to take your child to say, "Look, Daddy's home, he's here, | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
"it's for you," you know your family is going to be complete again, | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
and it's just a lovely feeling to think we're all back together, | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
we're all safe and we can just have fun together now. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
In Plymouth, many of the choir's husbands were still away fighting. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:20 | |
To help take the wives' minds off things, | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
Gareth decided that they would be the first to hear the new song. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:29 | |
I've got here a document that I sent to Paul Mealor, | 0:30:29 | 0:30:34 | |
and it's all your letters typed up, and he then created a poem out of them, out of the sentiments, | 0:30:34 | 0:30:40 | |
and out of lots of the words. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
In particular, the title of it comes from a bracelet that | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
one of the women at Chivenor has around her wrist | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
that was given to her by her husband. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:50 | |
It says, "Wherever you are, you are always in my heart." | 0:30:50 | 0:30:54 | |
The title of the piece is... | 0:30:54 | 0:30:56 | |
Wherever You Are. | 0:30:56 | 0:30:58 | |
As soon as I got the song from Paul Mealor, I was so excited, | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
it was so evidently their song, it was all their words, | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
and it was imbued with their spirit and I couldn't wait to share it with them. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:09 | |
# Wherever you are | 0:31:09 | 0:31:14 | |
# My love will keep you safe... # | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
I don't know whether there has ever been a song quite so personal. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
That song was...our song. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
GARETH: I'm going to let you take over in a minute! | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
We've got one in tears already. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:30 | |
Two in tears. I'm so sorry. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
The rehearsal where I sang Wherever You Are to Plymouth | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
for the first time was one of the most emotional | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
rehearsals of all, cos they'd had a very difficult day, there'd been | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
funerals of soldiers who'd been sent back from Afghanistan. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
It sounds like it's from everyone's hearts, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
and it just brings everything into perspective, | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
it doesn't matter what you're doing during the day, | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
someone's loved one is out working in this war... | 0:31:54 | 0:31:59 | |
when they should be at home with their families, and they're not. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:03 | |
# Light up the fire. # | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
GARETH: I mean immediately, the second they heard it, they loved it, | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
they started to sing it, there was a real enthusiasm, they also knew | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
that it was going to be a challenge to sing that song in that context. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
With the Royal Albert Hall concert just three weeks away, | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
Gareth now had the most challenging task of all - | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
to find someone brilliant enough to perform the solo. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
The women are coming to audition for the solo for the Royal Albert Hall. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
This is the Officers' Mess, because I wanted to come somewhere | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
unfamiliar to them, because that's what they'll have to do at the Royal Albert Hall. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
This is like the pinnacle of nervousness at the moment. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
I can't put my hands over because they're shaking. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
Every time they're near me, I'm like, "Oh, God..." | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
It's a massive gig, MASSIVE.. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
I would struggle to stand up | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
and sing to that many people, I really would. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
Bring in the troops! | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
Go on, Donna! | 0:33:00 | 0:33:01 | |
1-2-3. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
# Wherever you are... #. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
# My love will keep you safe... # | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
# My heart will build a bridge of light... # | 0:33:15 | 0:33:19 | |
# Across both time and space. # | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
Good. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
# Wherever I am... # | 0:33:25 | 0:33:29 | |
I've forgotten the bloody words! | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
Seven, eight, nine. I've now heard nine, | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
and no-one is ready for the Queen. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:39 | |
Next! | 0:33:39 | 0:33:40 | |
# Wherever you are, my heart... # | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
Oh, I don't even know the words, sorry! | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
That day of the audition was horrendous. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:51 | |
I just totally messed it up. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
For Sam, it wasn't just her nerves that made the audition difficult. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
My mum was recently involved in an accident with a car | 0:34:00 | 0:34:06 | |
and is now in a high dependency unit. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
It was very emotional for me, I had these happy thoughts | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
that my husband's came home to me and the children, safe and sound, | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
and then my mum is in intensive care, I just couldn't get my head | 0:34:15 | 0:34:21 | |
around it and then I'm auditioning for the biggest solo of my life, | 0:34:21 | 0:34:27 | |
and I think, because of the emotion, I could really put it into the song | 0:34:27 | 0:34:32 | |
and really put it into the solo. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
-Sam! -Yes? | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
-Take two! -Yes, take two. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
All is forgiven. It's all fine. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
# Wherever you are | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
# My love will keep you safe | 0:34:47 | 0:34:50 | |
# My heart will build a bridge | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
-# Of light across both time and space. -# | 0:34:52 | 0:34:57 | |
Good, Sam, look, my only worry is, just, could you handle the pressure? | 0:34:57 | 0:35:02 | |
-I have my reasons for wanting it, sorry. -It's all right. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
I want to do it for my mum, because I know she'd be so proud of me... | 0:35:04 | 0:35:09 | |
-Sorry. -That's all right, come on. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
We have a very important announcement today | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
and I know you're all expecting it, this is the announcement of the solo. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:23 | |
I'm not going to beat around the bush too much, I'm going to get | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
straight to it. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:28 | |
I honestly, hand on heart, didn't think I was going to get it...ever, in a million years. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:33 | |
I would like the soloist to be Sam. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
Very well done to Sam. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
I believe you go through things to make you who you are | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
and that is definitely one of those situations that not only | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
changes you, but makes you as a person. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
They're here, they're here, this is it. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
-Hi! -Hello! | 0:36:03 | 0:36:04 | |
Are we excited? | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
Yes! | 0:36:06 | 0:36:07 | |
Come on, let's go. This is it! | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
-This is the Albert Hall. It's quite big, isn't it? -Massive! | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
Ladies! | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
What can I say? We are one choir tonight, | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
and it's one choir that speaks to all the military wives in the country. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
This is it, enjoy, it's going to be great, yes? | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
-Yes! -Fantastic. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
The Queen's in, the Royal Family are in | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
and as soon as this finishes, it's just me and the ladies. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:53 | |
The nerves have started and the butterflies are going now. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:59 | |
This is like Christmas morning! | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
It's better than Christmas, Nicky! | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
There's only 5,000 people in there! | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
And six million on television! | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
Petrified! Absolutely petrified! I think | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
I'm going to fall over or something. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
And I keep forgetting the words! | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
We're ready. Ladies! Stand by. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
It all comes down to this. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
'It was extremely frightening,' | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
the sort of fear that gets to your toes and works its way upwards. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:38 | |
I could barely stand still, every part of my body was quivering. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:46 | |
I was quaking. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:48 | |
# Ooooooh! # | 0:37:57 | 0:38:02 | |
The adrenalin just hit, and it was euphoria just doing it. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:06 | |
I really put my heart into that, for all sorts of reasons. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:11 | |
# Wherever you are | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
# My love will keep you safe | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
# My heart will build a bridge. # | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
I think that was the pinnacle of me finding my confidence. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:22 | |
It was a journey all the way through for me. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
If you can't say you're confident after that | 0:38:25 | 0:38:27 | |
then there's something wrong with you. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
# Light up the darkness | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
# My wondrous star. # | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
Obviously, singing needs emotion and my god, did we have emotion?! | 0:38:35 | 0:38:40 | |
# Light up the darkness. # | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
Very, very, very proud and I think our husbands were, too, | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
it's just unbelievable. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
# May your courage never cease. # | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
It was only towards the end of the song that I started to look up | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
and think I'm in the Royal Albert Hall, the Queen is behind me, | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
the whole of the Royal Family, the entire military establishment | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
is here and they are listening to the Military Wives Choir, | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
these women have a voice, they are being heard right now. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
You did so well, that took real spine, and with everything that's | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
-going on for you, I don't know how you did it. -I loved it, I absolutely loved it. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
I'm so proud of you all. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:42 | |
It was beautiful. Very many congratulations. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
Following the Albert Hall, I waved them off in the coach | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
and I was convinced that that was the end, but actually, | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
that turned out to be the beginning. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
We got a phone call, not even a couple of days later, | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
saying, "Right, ladies, you're coming back to London, | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
you're recording Wherever You Are as a single, | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
and I think our jaws literally dropped. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
The single was to be released just before Christmas to raise | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
money for the Royal British Legion and SSAFA, | 0:40:10 | 0:40:14 | |
the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
I think for us, the only way we could do it | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
is if we were raising money for military charities, | 0:40:20 | 0:40:23 | |
I think it's the only way you could justify it, it's such a big deal, it's so important. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
I am so excited, | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
I've been wanting to do this for so long, | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
and it's finally happening, it's great. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:34 | |
The mood in that studio was joyous, they thought they were a rock band, | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
it was hilarious seeing them all with headphones | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
and just enjoying being in the studio. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
Two-three-four... | 0:40:42 | 0:40:44 | |
# Wherever you are | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
# Our hearts still beat as one | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
# I hold you in my dreams each night | 0:40:50 | 0:40:54 | |
# Until your task is done. # | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
Actually, very good. | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
All day long we'd been building up this track, bit by bit, | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
and then to go into that booth and stand next to the women | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
and hear it so beautifully recorded was wonderful, | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
because that's how I wanted it to sound, it was the sound that I'd | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
been trying to draw out of them and it was just electrifying. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:17 | |
Everybody was in tears as it just sounded beautiful, | 0:41:20 | 0:41:25 | |
and that's the only way you can describe it, it just sounded | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
so... | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
hauntingly beautiful, and to think that that's our voices. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
It sounded amazing, I didn't stop shaking, I didn't stop crying. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:45 | |
I truly did say, "My god, we sound like angels." | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
I never thought in my wildest dreams we would ever, ever accomplish | 0:41:50 | 0:41:54 | |
something like that, and I'm so proud of us. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
After the recording of the single, things started to snowball. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:10 | |
It went from feeling really small, and even singing for the Queen | 0:42:10 | 0:42:15 | |
at the Albert Hall, it felt small in some ways, then it exploded | 0:42:15 | 0:42:20 | |
at the press launch, everyone was interested, every single newspaper, | 0:42:20 | 0:42:25 | |
every single news outlet, it just suddenly seemed to be global. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:29 | |
Salute the camera! | 0:42:29 | 0:42:30 | |
This is big, fantastic, we never thought we'd sing on Plymouth Hoe, | 0:42:33 | 0:42:37 | |
never thought we'd go to the Albert Hall, now there's a record, | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
we were on This Morning, it's lovely, absolutely fantastic, | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
so where will this all stop?! | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
Don't get excited, but recent development - | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
apparently we are now favourites ahead of X-Factor. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:54 | |
It's very, very exciting news. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:57 | |
Number one favourite, now, for Christmas, it's so exciting, | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
I cannot believe it. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:01 | |
It's just insane, it's crazy. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 | |
OK, one, two, three... | 0:43:03 | 0:43:04 | |
-ALL: -Cheese! | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
It's all still really surreal, it's just like any minute now | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
I'm going to wake up and be back to normal, | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
having my normal life again. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
It's crazy. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:14 | |
Just a few months ago they were simply wives and mothers, | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
living on a military base while their husbands were away fighting. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:21 | |
Please welcome Gareth Malone. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:23 | |
And the Military Wives. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:26 | |
I mean, it got so big that we went to places that | 0:43:26 | 0:43:29 | |
I never dreamed of going. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
After weeks of media appearances, | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
the choir were invited to perform at a celebration, | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
held at Number 10 Downing Street, in honour of returning servicemen. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
Follow me! | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
Listen, ladies, we are going to work our way through, | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
this is my last chance to talk to you before you go and sing. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:47 | |
How do I even say, we started in Chivenor, got to Plymouth | 0:43:47 | 0:43:51 | |
and now look where we are. Absolutely amazing, | 0:43:51 | 0:43:54 | |
so, just take a deep breath... | 0:43:54 | 0:43:58 | |
..get strong in the spine | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
and really go for this. Make me proud. Let's go for it. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
What was so wonderful about standing in Number 10 is the significance of the place, | 0:44:04 | 0:44:08 | |
it's beyond politics, hearing the man | 0:44:08 | 0:44:10 | |
in that office who is responsible for the country, acknowledging these | 0:44:10 | 0:44:16 | |
women, was of huge significance, no matter what political background you're from. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:21 | |
I think we should remember the huge pressure that families are put under | 0:44:21 | 0:44:25 | |
with the service life that you've chosen, and the nation owes you a very big thank you for what you do. | 0:44:25 | 0:44:30 | |
A big thank you from me, a very warm welcome here to Number 10 Downing Street, | 0:44:30 | 0:44:34 | |
and now let's hear from the real talent, the Military Wives Choir. | 0:44:34 | 0:44:37 | |
Over to you! | 0:44:37 | 0:44:39 | |
CHEERS | 0:44:39 | 0:44:40 | |
# Oooooh. # | 0:44:40 | 0:44:46 | |
There's men in there, and wives, who have just literally came back from Libya | 0:44:46 | 0:44:50 | |
and they've not even seen their own families yet, and they're here to see us, | 0:44:50 | 0:44:54 | |
it's such a privilege and an honour to be here. | 0:44:54 | 0:44:59 | |
Sorry, it's quite emotional. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:01 | |
One man came up to me after the performance and said, | 0:45:01 | 0:45:04 | |
"I've been in the military for 15 years and I've never been | 0:45:04 | 0:45:07 | |
"moved to tears and I just cried through that performance." | 0:45:07 | 0:45:10 | |
There was something extraordinary in the air that day. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:12 | |
# My heart will build a bridge of light across both time and space. # | 0:45:12 | 0:45:17 | |
For the first time they're seeing it from the flip side - | 0:45:17 | 0:45:21 | |
one of the officers said, "For the first time | 0:45:21 | 0:45:23 | |
"I'm seeing it from my wife's perspective. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:26 | |
"I've never seen it before. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:28 | |
"Now I actually feel what she goes through." | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
People in the crowd, men, women in tears. Absolutely sobbing, | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
and it just blew me away. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:36 | |
I mean, this is the best thing I've ever done, absolutely. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:44 | |
It's incredible. How am I going to top this? | 0:45:44 | 0:45:49 | |
Then on Christmas Day, the unthinkable happened. | 0:45:49 | 0:45:52 | |
"The Military Wives are the Christmas number one." | 0:45:52 | 0:45:56 | |
Now, the moment you've all been waiting for, your Christmas number one - | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
it's Military Wives. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:00 | |
Wherever You Are sold over 556,000 copies in its first week. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:07 | |
Crazy experience was Christmas Day, we got the Christmas number one, | 0:46:07 | 0:46:11 | |
then having champagne | 0:46:11 | 0:46:13 | |
and celebrating, photos taken from newspapers, then an hour later | 0:46:13 | 0:46:18 | |
back at home cooking Christmas dinner, | 0:46:18 | 0:46:21 | |
washing the pots and clearing up and falling asleep on the sofa | 0:46:21 | 0:46:24 | |
like everyone else on Christmas Day. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
Following its success in the charts, the single reached another milestone. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:32 | |
In October 2012, Wherever You Are was nominated for a Classical Brit. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:38 | |
With so many fantastic singles to choose from I'm surprised the judges | 0:46:38 | 0:46:43 | |
even managed to choose a shortlist, | 0:46:43 | 0:46:45 | |
let alone a winner... | 0:46:45 | 0:46:47 | |
When I heard we'd been nominated for a Classical Brit, | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
again it comes down to, "Is this really us?" | 0:46:50 | 0:46:53 | |
You really want to pinch yourself. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:55 | |
..so let's take a look at this year's nominees. | 0:46:55 | 0:46:58 | |
To win they had to beat singles from some of the best known names in the classical world. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:02 | |
Other people nominated in the same category, it was like Pavarotti. | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
Crazy, this is like, world famous... | 0:47:06 | 0:47:10 | |
and the Military Wives. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
It takes a while to sink in. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:15 | |
And the winner of the Classic Brit Single of the Year is... | 0:47:17 | 0:47:22 | |
and I'm excited about this - | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
Wherever You Are by the Military Wives with Gareth Malone. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:28 | |
Not only had Wherever You Are been a Christmas number one, | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
it was now also an award winner. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:35 | |
We were proud of Gareth that night, and glad that he got that award. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:41 | |
He was the one that started all this, | 0:47:43 | 0:47:45 | |
he was the one that got all these military wives together | 0:47:45 | 0:47:49 | |
to sing that song. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
Thank you very much for this. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:52 | |
I, of course, think that this entirely belongs to the wives of | 0:47:52 | 0:47:57 | |
Chivenor and the wives of Plymouth, and their fine, fine achievement. | 0:47:57 | 0:48:02 | |
Long may they continue to sing. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:05 | |
For our song to win the Classical Brit, that's really special, I'm glad we could give him | 0:48:05 | 0:48:11 | |
something back for what he's given to us. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
I didn't think that 50 women from Chivenor would change my life, | 0:48:14 | 0:48:17 | |
I thought I knew how this would run and it's taken me | 0:48:17 | 0:48:21 | |
by surprise every single day. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
After their success, the women of Chivenor | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
and Plymouth joined forces with other military wives choirs | 0:48:27 | 0:48:30 | |
to form a charitable foundation that has now helped establish 75 choirs. | 0:48:30 | 0:48:35 | |
It gives you great friendships, | 0:48:35 | 0:48:38 | |
it gives you a great support network | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
and it gives you great happiness through singing. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
It can be quite a lonely life being an army wife, | 0:48:45 | 0:48:49 | |
so to go and join the choir has given me a new lease to be honest. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:55 | |
It's gone national, there are choirs up and down the country, | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
there's a foundation funded through the charity SSAFA | 0:48:58 | 0:49:02 | |
and there are choirs even abroad, | 0:49:02 | 0:49:05 | |
I'm pinching myself really. | 0:49:05 | 0:49:07 | |
The new choirs also brought in a wave of new voices which | 0:49:10 | 0:49:13 | |
Gareth would involve in future big events. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:16 | |
In June this year, Gareth and the Military Wives performed a new song written by Gary Barlow | 0:49:20 | 0:49:26 | |
and Andrew Lloyd-Webber at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. | 0:49:26 | 0:49:29 | |
It was their biggest event so far. | 0:49:29 | 0:49:33 | |
It's like Christmas Day is going to come early. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
It's not normal, is it, you're going to sing for the Queen with | 0:49:35 | 0:49:39 | |
Gary Barlow, in front of millions. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:43 | |
OK, everybody, for one performance only, the Commonwealth Band is here | 0:49:43 | 0:49:47 | |
and we're going to sing Sing. Please enjoy. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
Alongside artists from the Commonwealth, Gareth had brought | 0:49:51 | 0:49:54 | |
together 50 women from across the choir network for the performance. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:58 | |
Going into any performance you feel a sense of nerves, | 0:49:58 | 0:50:00 | |
you feel a sense of excitement and it's all kind of mixed up. | 0:50:00 | 0:50:03 | |
But that day it was a real sense of responsibility, | 0:50:03 | 0:50:09 | |
I had to get it right. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:11 | |
It's all resting on me bringing them in at the right time - | 0:50:11 | 0:50:15 | |
that's intense. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:18 | |
One or two of the other choirs had never performed before. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:21 | |
Can you imagine how intense that must be for them? | 0:50:21 | 0:50:24 | |
# There's a place, there's a time in this life | 0:50:24 | 0:50:28 | |
# When you sing what you are feeling. # | 0:50:28 | 0:50:34 | |
Of course, you've got butterflies | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
because you want to get it right, | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
you want to nail it, | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
but you've got to do it, there's no turning back. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:45 | |
# Sing it louder, sing it clearer, knowing everyone will hear you... # | 0:50:45 | 0:50:52 | |
Singing Sing on that stage was very emotional | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
and I had to really pull myself together to not cry on stage, | 0:50:57 | 0:51:01 | |
because it was overwhelming, and the words are beautiful. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
The Queen is my husband's boss, so that's a real proud moment. | 0:51:07 | 0:51:13 | |
To sing for the Queen was amazing, | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
and I'll never, ever forget the moments. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:18 | |
15 million people across the UK watched the choir perform that day. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:27 | |
Literally, you could feel, in your tummy, | 0:51:33 | 0:51:36 | |
a resonance of the crowd from the clapping, | 0:51:36 | 0:51:39 | |
to the shouting, to the singing along, | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
you could just feel this pump. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
The noise, the clapping - | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
absolutely unbelievable. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:48 | |
You went off that stage, you were on cloud nine, | 0:51:52 | 0:51:58 | |
and we wanted to go back and do it again. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
It was like, "Come on, let's do it again." | 0:52:01 | 0:52:04 | |
Days before the Jubilee, Gareth had returned to | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
the chapel in Chivenor, where it all began. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
Babies screaming as usual. | 0:52:20 | 0:52:23 | |
CHOIR SINGS: "Fix You" by Coldplay | 0:52:23 | 0:52:26 | |
Sounds pretty good, actually. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
Surprise! | 0:52:31 | 0:52:32 | |
EXCITED SCREAMS | 0:52:32 | 0:52:34 | |
Hello! | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
-Hello, I'm John. -Nice to meet you. | 0:52:37 | 0:52:39 | |
-Sorry to interrupt your rehearsal. -It's all right, pleasure to meet you. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:42 | |
-How are they doing? -OK, they're rising to the challenge. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:45 | |
It's so good to be back, I can't believe I'm here. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:48 | |
-How are you? -Very good, thank you. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:51 | |
-Missing you. -Yeah, I've missed you, as well. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
I have brought you a little gift. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:57 | |
-Pizza! -No, it's not pizza in that box. | 0:52:57 | 0:52:59 | |
-Wine? -No, it's not wine, either. | 0:52:59 | 0:53:02 | |
No, it's too early for shots. No, we're... | 0:53:03 | 0:53:07 | |
not going to the party. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:10 | |
I honestly cannot believe that I am here, from those humble beginnings | 0:53:10 | 0:53:14 | |
of singing in here and getting ready for the | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
Pannier Market in Barnstaple | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
and I am now about to present you | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
with a platinum disc. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:24 | |
Here it is. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:26 | |
So, "Presented to the Military Wives Choir Chivenor, to recognise sales | 0:53:26 | 0:53:30 | |
"in the United Kingdom of more than 600,000 copies." | 0:53:30 | 0:53:35 | |
If I'm absolutely honest, when I first heard it, and I listened and I thought, | 0:53:35 | 0:53:41 | |
I actually wondered if it was too much. | 0:53:41 | 0:53:44 | |
I wondered if it would be too much for you, if it would be right. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:49 | |
And then we had that moment, that first rehearsal, | 0:53:49 | 0:53:52 | |
when I first played it to you and, basically, you all cried. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:53:55 | 0:53:56 | |
And then I knew it was right. | 0:53:56 | 0:53:58 | |
Are you going to sing me a song? | 0:53:58 | 0:54:01 | |
# When you try your best but you don't succeed... # | 0:54:07 | 0:54:13 | |
There are ladies here that have come out of their shell | 0:54:14 | 0:54:18 | |
all because of this little man with glasses who came to visit us. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:23 | |
It has completely changed my life. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:27 | |
I will thank Gareth to the end of my days for what he has done. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:31 | |
He has given me a unity with friends, doing something that I love. | 0:54:31 | 0:54:35 | |
Obviously, everywhere that a military wife goes now | 0:54:37 | 0:54:41 | |
with her husband there should be a choir. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:43 | |
That didn't exist a year ago. And now it does. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:50 | |
We did it for ourselves, we did it for our sanity. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:56 | |
And now everybody can have that sanity, | 0:54:56 | 0:55:00 | |
everybody can have that sistership and they've got something to | 0:55:00 | 0:55:04 | |
look to when their husbands are away. | 0:55:04 | 0:55:06 | |
This was Gareth's dream and it's came true | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
and not many people can say their dreams have come true in life. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:16 | |
I don't even think I could express to Gareth how grateful | 0:55:16 | 0:55:20 | |
we all are for it, it's just, he's really changed our lives. | 0:55:20 | 0:55:25 | |
# Lights will guide you home | 0:55:25 | 0:55:31 | |
# And ignite your bones | 0:55:31 | 0:55:37 | |
# And I will try to fix you. # | 0:55:37 | 0:55:43 | |
Bloody hell, I promised myself I wasn't going to cry. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:51 | |
Well done, thank you. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:54 | |
We'd like to say thank you to you, too, Gareth, because for us... | 0:55:54 | 0:55:59 | |
-Stop it! -Oh, no! | 0:55:59 | 0:56:02 | |
There's always one! | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
..well, for us, this has been a fantastic ride and a rollercoaster | 0:56:04 | 0:56:08 | |
for all of us, but the main thing that you've brought to us | 0:56:08 | 0:56:11 | |
is the friendship, we've just had a fantastic time, | 0:56:11 | 0:56:16 | |
and we've got 50-odd lifelong friends | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
that we're never going to forget because of you, so, thank you. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:22 | |
Group hug! | 0:56:22 | 0:56:23 | |
It has been unbelievable this last year, | 0:56:23 | 0:56:27 | |
the things that they have achieved have been mind blowing and | 0:56:27 | 0:56:30 | |
there is more to come. There's a bright future and a permanent | 0:56:30 | 0:56:33 | |
future, I hope, for military wives choirs, because none of the hullabaloo | 0:56:33 | 0:56:37 | |
and the excitement and the media and the photographs matter, | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
what matters is these women getting into a room when the chips are | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
down and their husbands are away and singing and being united by that. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:49 | |
# Wherever you are | 0:56:53 | 0:56:56 | |
# Our hearts still beat as one | 0:56:56 | 0:56:59 | |
# I hold you in my dreams each night until your task is done | 0:56:59 | 0:57:05 | |
# Light up the darkness | 0:57:05 | 0:57:07 | |
# My wondrous star | 0:57:07 | 0:57:11 | |
# Our hopes and dreams, my heart and yours, for ever shining far | 0:57:11 | 0:57:17 | |
# Light up the darkness | 0:57:17 | 0:57:20 | |
# My prince of peace | 0:57:20 | 0:57:24 | |
# May the stars shine all around you | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
# May your courage never cease. # | 0:57:26 | 0:57:33 | |
# Oooooh # | 0:57:34 | 0:57:37 | |
# May your courage never... | 0:57:37 | 0:57:44 | |
# Cease. # | 0:57:44 | 0:57:48 | |
Oh, it's flooded up, hasn't it... Bless. | 0:57:57 | 0:58:01 | |
To sing on that stage and sing that song, again, | 0:58:01 | 0:58:05 | |
but with a whole new bunch of ladies was just crazy | 0:58:05 | 0:58:09 | |
because it's still going on, and it means so much to them as well. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:13 | |
That means a lot to us as well, doesn't it, | 0:58:13 | 0:58:15 | |
it's quite magical, actually. | 0:58:15 | 0:58:17 | |
It's the story that's brought everybody together. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:20 | |
Cos we were the ones that told it, I suppose. | 0:58:20 | 0:58:23 | |
On it goes! | 0:58:23 | 0:58:25 | |
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