0:00:01 > 0:00:02One, two, three...
0:00:04 > 0:00:08Gareth Malone has four of Britain's busiest workplaces singing.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Good morning, everyone. I'm here to start a choir.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Last week, all four choirs competed against each other,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19for the first time, in front of the judges.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Royal Mail.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# For the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
0:00:22 > 0:00:25# It's a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet... #
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Manchester Airport.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# Ah-ee-ah, whoa-oh
0:00:29 > 0:00:31# Now you're singing with the swing... #
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Severn Trent Water.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35# Wow-ee! Look where I am!
0:00:35 > 0:00:38# Tonight I landed, pow! #
0:00:38 > 0:00:41And Lewisham NHS Trust.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45# Spread joy up to the maximum
0:00:45 > 0:00:49# Bring gloom down to the minimum... #
0:00:49 > 0:00:51They've only been singing together for two months.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I mean, listen to the sound of that. Absolutely gorgeous.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56After a close sing-off,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58it was Manchester Airport who left the contest.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Some notes were less distinct than others.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05And you got just a little bit behind in two passages.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09We're all upset at the moment, but it's been worth every minute.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11We'll carry on.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13For their final performance,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16the three remaining choirs will sing to an audience of thousands,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19as they compete to become Gareth's best workplace choir.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I'm scared. Oh God, I feel really nervous.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26It'd be a brave man or woman in here now to say
0:01:26 > 0:01:29that parts of their anatomy isn't shaking a little bit.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Months and months of work and slog come down to
0:01:33 > 0:01:36THAT one moment when you're on stage. That's why I love it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48In less than a month,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Gareth's three remaining choirs will face their final challenge -
0:01:52 > 0:01:56to sing at one of the world's most prestigious choral festivals.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Just three songs left, three choirs, and one performance,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and it's really getting exciting now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I can't wait to see how they fare in front of a big crowd.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08That's the ultimate test of any choir, really.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And I think that's where I'll find out what they're made of.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Over the next few days, Gareth will travel to each workplace
0:02:17 > 0:02:20to give the choirs their final song.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26At Lewisham NHS Trust in southeast London,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31thoughts are still on last week's performance.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The judges said we were very tight, technically.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36But being told that we're the technical choir
0:02:36 > 0:02:38kind of implies that we're not actually fun.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42And there may be one or two people who could smile a bit more.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44It's been said to us all along, we need to learn to
0:02:44 > 0:02:47show our emotions a bit more, we're not naturally - we're naturally kind
0:02:47 > 0:02:51of reserved people, as, as part of our jobs, I think, but yeah, I think
0:02:51 > 0:02:55internally, we actually are, we're having great fun and we are fun!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I do want to work more
0:02:57 > 0:02:58on the fun part,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and I think it's important that we enjoy ourselves,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03that's what I'm going into the final to do.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Good morning!
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Hello. So we are moving forward towards the final.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14It's time for a new song.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17The song that you're going to be singing
0:03:17 > 0:03:20is For Once In My Life, by Stevie Wonder.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22THEY GASP APPROVINGLY
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yes? Really fun, really upbeat,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29not going to be easy, lots of syncopation,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33cross rhythms, all of that kind of stuff, so this is the song
0:03:33 > 0:03:37you'll sing in front of a HUGE festival crowd,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39along with the three judges.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Very exciting!
0:03:42 > 0:03:44EXCITED HUBBUB
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Why don't we have a little look at it? Here it is.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Shall we sort of sight-read our way through it, and see how we go?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Two, three...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55PIANO PLAYS
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Everyone?
0:03:58 > 0:04:03# For once in my life I have someone who needs me
0:04:03 > 0:04:07# Someone I've needed so long... # Oohs!
0:04:07 > 0:04:13# ..For once not afraid I can go where life needs me
0:04:13 > 0:04:17# Somehow I know I'll be strong... #
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Good, thank you. Let's hold it there. Well done.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25As you can see, I mean, little bit tricky.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28So let's do... Let's do the "oohs".
0:04:28 > 0:04:31All together? One, two, three, and...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:04:35 > 0:04:39# Aah-aah-aah! #
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Very clean and tidy, well done. Long.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44# Long! # Three and one.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48# Long before I knew
0:04:49 > 0:04:52# Someone warm like you. #
0:04:52 > 0:04:56MIMICS STILTED DELIVERY: # Some-one-warm! # It's a love song!
0:04:56 > 0:04:57CHOIR LAUGHS
0:04:57 > 0:04:59# Someone wa-arm like yo-ou! #
0:04:59 > 0:05:02It's very mean when we're doing technical stuff,
0:05:02 > 0:05:07but it does get very "some-one-warm!" Let's do "make my dreams". So.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09# Make my dreams... #
0:05:09 > 0:05:10And one.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12# ..Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:05:12 > 0:05:14# Yeah-eh eh-eh. # Say, "eh!"
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Eh!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Think of Pavarotti. Eh!- Eh!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19That's it! # Yeah, yeah, yeah! #
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I think it's going to be great, actually. It's lots of fun.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Really good energy. Everybody happy with that?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Yeah? So lots and lots and lots for you to do.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It's up to you now to sort of find your own identity
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and display that to the public.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Just think about hitting that stage with a real sense of purpose,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41a real sense of performance, a bit more smiling.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I mean, the smile, it's not literally just a sort of muscle movement
0:05:45 > 0:05:49in your mouth, it's just, it's just symptomatic of the whole approach.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Good. Excited? ALL:- Yes. - Thanks very much. You may go.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Don't know what the other choirs are singing,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58but if you're to sing a popular song, you can't get better than
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Stevie Wonder, because everybody loves Stevie Wonder.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Steve Wonder, girls, come on! How much cooler can you get?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06We can get our teeth stuck into it as well, if it's got...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08it's a little bit more difficult as well.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Yes, it's a bit technical.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13We don't need to just sing it as a choir, we need to perform it
0:06:13 > 0:06:14- as a choir.- Sing, enjoy it, you know?
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I think if this choir can pull off a really connected, fun,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22lively performance that's in their eyes and in their faces
0:06:22 > 0:06:25and in their bodies, I think they're unstoppable.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Gareth's second stop - the Royal Mail in Bristol.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37I know exactly what I have to do to get them ready for the final.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43I'm not worried about their sense of passion and spirit and energy.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I think that's all there.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49But they are, technically speaking, weaker than the others.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I've got to get their technique up. I've got to get a better sound.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Good morning, I'm back, it's Gareth.- 'Go through.'
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Thank you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05So, the song that you are going to be singing
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- at the International Eisteddfod in Wales...- Ooh!
0:07:10 > 0:07:14..in front of a crowd of thousands of people, and the judges,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17who'll be there to see you perform
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- in front of this very large crowd... - And the Welsh!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Is...Don't Stop, by Fleetwood Mac.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- ALL:- Ooh!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28# Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
0:07:28 > 0:07:32# Don't stop, it'll soon be here. #
0:07:32 > 0:07:35CHOIR MURMURS AND CHATS
0:07:37 > 0:07:39There you go.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42So, top of page two, please. Stand up.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Basses.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So your part, nice and simple, a-one, two, three, and...
0:07:48 > 0:07:50# Don't stop. #
0:07:50 > 0:07:53With tenors. One, two, three, and...
0:07:53 > 0:07:54# Don't stop. #
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Good. And now with altos. One, two, three, and...
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- # Don't stop - Thinking about tomorrow
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- # Don't stop - It'll soon be he-e-ere. #
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Even when you don't know the notes,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11it's got to have that level of crispness. One, two, three.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- # Don't stop - Thinking about tomorrow
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- # Don't stop - It'll soon be here
0:08:18 > 0:08:23- # It'll be here - Better than before. #
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Altos, on your own.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26# Don't stop. #
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- One, two, three, and... - # Don't stop. #
0:08:29 > 0:08:32We're in the right area, but it's gone all tentative. One, two, three.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35# Don't stop. #
0:08:35 > 0:08:38What I'm getting sometimes is... TIMIDLY: # Don't stop. #
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And it's right, but it's not RIGHT!
0:08:40 > 0:08:44# Don't stop #, is the part but it's # "Don't stop! #
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Have a seat.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It's really important, this, because if you practise tentatively -
0:08:50 > 0:08:53# Don't stop... # Sorry. -
0:08:53 > 0:08:57then when you get to that stage, that's your default setting.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00You know the thing about, "It'll be all right on the night"? Rubbish!
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It will be, on the night, exactly as it was in rehearsal.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The contest is really upon us.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09The final is around the corner.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Make sure you get this under your belts as quickly as possible.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Got three weeks or so. It's going to be really hard work.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19But this is it, this is the big push, this is the end of the contest.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22So really go for it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24This is definitely a booster of a song.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It's a great choice.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27I do reckon it's a great choice.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29As I say, we're going to really take to this,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31and really go for it, I'm sure we are.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- For us harmonising, this song is actually harder.- It's difficult.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39It shows your voices off more, so we have to get it spot-on.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40If there are any flaws,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- this is where it'll show. - Yeah, in the harmonies.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44So, yeah. So we have to get it spot-on.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Practise, practise, practise.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Yeah. Definitely.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Gareth's final stop is in the Midlands,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00at one of Britain's largest water companies, Severn Trent.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Severn Trent are looking like the underdogs at the moment.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06You've got the Royal Mail, who are full of personality
0:10:06 > 0:10:09and great at performing, and then you've got the hospital choir,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12who are technically really accurate.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16And because they both have such a clear identity,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19it leaves Severn Trent just kind of treading water in the middle.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22So for the final, that's their challenge.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25They have to put on a show.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Hello!
0:10:31 > 0:10:36How are you feeling, generally, about your performance last week?
0:10:36 > 0:10:37I think that we can up it.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41There's definitely room for us to up the performance.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44It felt a little, sort of stiff.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46A little corporate, kind of officey.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50That's the challenge, for you, that it's fun,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54that it's a performance, and, yes, we have technique as well.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I would much rather stand on the stage and hear the judges say
0:10:57 > 0:11:01"You just gave a little bit too much," than say, "Mmm, you know..."
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's fairly rare that people say that, you know.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07"It was a bit too exciting!" You know? "A bit too dramatic!" No.
0:11:07 > 0:11:14So for the final, your song is Feeling Good" by Nina Simone.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16ALL: Yes!
0:11:16 > 0:11:18It's a bit cool. Can you pull off "cool"?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Of course we can!
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's an excellent song for you. You have to feel good about Feeling Good.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27You've got to just be up there loving it.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Let's get on with it. Two, one, and...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33# And I'm feeling...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35# Feeling good
0:11:35 > 0:11:36# Feeling good
0:11:36 > 0:11:42# Feeling goo-oo-ood!
0:11:42 > 0:11:48# Fish in the sea you know how I feel... #
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Keep going.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52# ..River running free
0:11:52 > 0:11:54# You know how I feel. #
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Good. So now, if we sing in this way, which is more choral,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59you've got to find a way to oversell the consonants.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Don't forget, you're not singing to somebody who's stood here.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06You're singing to a judge who's flipping miles away.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11So let's really, # Ffeeling good! Ffeeling! # F-f-f-f-f!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13If we're going to do an F, let's commit to it,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16do it, everyone does it, and it's amazing.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Three, and...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20# Feeling good
0:12:20 > 0:12:22# Feeling good
0:12:22 > 0:12:26# Feeling goo-oo-ood! #
0:12:26 > 0:12:29It's frustrating being here, because I'm saying, "Lots of F please."
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And you all go, "Oh, right, yeah."
0:12:31 > 0:12:33You know? No.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36If I'm covered in spit by the end of a rehearsal, I'm a happy man.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Two, and...
0:12:38 > 0:12:40# Feeling good
0:12:40 > 0:12:42# Feeling good
0:12:42 > 0:12:45# Feeling goo-oo-ood! #
0:12:45 > 0:12:48OK, Laura. I heard your F.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Yes!- You were the ONLY one!
0:12:50 > 0:12:55And I went, "Oh, ping! It's Laura." OK? And I want everyone.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58It's about just going, "I'm not afraid to be myself."
0:12:58 > 0:13:02To show a different side to my personality. It's a challenge.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I mean, you know, not... maybe not individually,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07some of you are totally confident about that,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10but as a group, that's what's got to come across.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14We're going to take a break right there. Thank you very much.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's a good song. I'm enjoying it, so...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It is a good song. But we've got to get into the feel of it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Once the words and the notes are absolutely nailed down,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25then we can sort of get into the feel of it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Just got to loosen up a bit. We're standing there
0:13:28 > 0:13:31a bit like, like a rabbit in the headlights at the moment.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I actually realised, seeing the other choirs,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35we're actually really tame!
0:13:35 > 0:13:38We're not as, we're not as lively as I thought we were,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- we're actually quite, kind of... - Reserved?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Yeah, I think, well-behaved.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47If it isn't full of character and full of life,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50then it's going to fail epically.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Not just for the contest, but as a performance.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And I'm not prepared to let them do that.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So I've got to find a way to just draw a bit more guts
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and a bit more determination out of them.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08One, two, three, four.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11# Don't stop thinking about tomorrow... #
0:14:11 > 0:14:14In the run-up to the final, Gareth arranges additional rehearsals
0:14:14 > 0:14:16with local choirmasters.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Yes, now!
0:14:17 > 0:14:23# Ahhh! #
0:14:23 > 0:14:28# If you wake up and don't want to smile... #
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Each song includes a solo section, so Gareth has chosen three soloists.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36# You'll see things in a different way... #
0:14:36 > 0:14:39For Royal Mail, postman Sam Fry once again takes the honours.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40# ..About tomorrow
0:14:40 > 0:14:43# Don't stop it'll soon be he-ere. #
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Think I've learned the words,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48just worry about going wrong
0:14:48 > 0:14:52on the big day, before all those people, but I don't think I will.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57# For once in my life I have someone who needs me... #
0:14:57 > 0:15:00At Lewisham Hospital,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03speech therapy assistant Natalie Beaumont will sing again.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07# ...Not afraid I can go where life leads me.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10# Somehow I know I'll be strong. #
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Good, so much better.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- It just needs a massive bit of energy.- Right.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16To do the solo is the most exciting
0:15:16 > 0:15:20yet frightening thing I think I'm ever going to have to do.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24# Breeze drifting on by
0:15:24 > 0:15:26# You know how I feel... #
0:15:26 > 0:15:28But at Severn Trent Water,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31it's first time for resource manager, Laura Clark.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34# ..It's a new life... #
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Yeah, good.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37What you mustn't do is show any fear in the eyes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Don't go, #New life... # - uh oh!
0:15:41 > 0:15:42- Yeah?- Yeah.- High note. Ooh!
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- I think the problem with me is, performing, just my nerves.- Really?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- My nerves take over. - In the moment?- Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- You're... What, you're just more worried than...enjoying it?- Yeah.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Definitely.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Yeah. That's not good. - No. No, it's not.- No.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59I always think that, psychologically, visualising that audience,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02thinking about how many of them will be there,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04what it's going to be like,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07thinking about everyone behind you, really being on your side.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Yeah.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10And thinking, "I know the notes, I know the words."
0:16:10 > 0:16:11I think that can settle it.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14'I think being the first one to actually sing...'
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I've just really got to relax
0:16:17 > 0:16:19and really got to put some energy into the performance.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I don't just want to stand still, frightened and scared.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It's now less than two weeks to the final
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and Gareth is heading back to Bristol.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I am worried about the technical aspects
0:16:37 > 0:16:38for the Royal Mail choir,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41because I think against the other two, who, let's face it,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44are a lot more technically accomplished,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47they do sound a little weaker.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Especially with the women.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It just feels like the men are starting to get it,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54starting to make a good, round, solid sound
0:16:54 > 0:16:58and the women, it just sounds sort of thin and a bit nervy.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And I think that is something I've got to address before the final.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05To encourage the women to give it more energy,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Gareth holds the next rehearsal in one of the largest
0:17:07 > 0:17:11and noisiest areas of the delivery centre.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14You know what, I'm going to send you guys away down that end,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and I want you to listen.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Walkie-talkie me when you can start really hearing it, OK?
0:17:19 > 0:17:23It's the perfect space for them to learn how to project their voices.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Right. Let's have a little go at "all I want is to see you smile".
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Altos.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31# All I want is to see you smile. #
0:17:31 > 0:17:32And, one.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34# If it takes just a little... #
0:17:34 > 0:17:37LOW-LEVEL CHATTER OF WORKERS
0:17:39 > 0:17:41# ..Ooh, ooh, ooh
0:17:41 > 0:17:42# Ahh, ahh, ahh... #
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Good.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- 'Could you hear that?'- No.- No.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47No, we couldn't hear anything there, sorry.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So, let's try and get a bit more space.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... #
0:17:53 > 0:17:57# If it takes just a little while... #
0:17:57 > 0:17:58That's half the way there
0:17:58 > 0:18:02but there's just a sense of lack of connection and commitment.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03# If you LA! LA! #
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I want lots of 'LA!' One, two...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- DISTANT:- # Laa-aa.. #
0:18:07 > 0:18:09That's better.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11# Ah, ah, ah... #
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Are you receiving that sound?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14That was much better.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16'More depth to it,'
0:18:16 > 0:18:17so, yeah, really good.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- We're going to give you both parts.- OK.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Just turn, face there, and really sock it out to them.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27# All I want is to see you smile
0:18:27 > 0:18:29# If it takes just a little... #
0:18:29 > 0:18:31SOUND OF CHOIR IN DISTANCE
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Man, what a difference!- Yeah.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37# ..Ooh, ooh, ooh
0:18:37 > 0:18:39# Ah, ah, ah! #
0:18:39 > 0:18:41'Can you hear that?'
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Yeah, that's brilliant.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Hooray!
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It was inconceivable to me,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50when we started this, that you would end up making a sound like that.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52And there is stuff to be done.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55But it's credit to you, you've worked incredibly hard.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Excellent, thank you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Well done, sopranos. And well done, altos.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Right, ladies.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03How's that? Better?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Much better.- Oh, much better.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Mum made a comment to me earlier. She went,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12"Oh my God, I've opened my mouth and music's come out!"
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Yeah.- Yeah. And that's what it feels like.- Completely shocked.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Didn't it sound pleasant? It's really good. Really, really good.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- I think confidence is growing by the day.- I think so.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I think, as long as we believe in ourselves.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25It's the confidence to come in solidly on every single line.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Yeah.- Good, I'm glad that helped.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Thanks, Gareth.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35In London, at Lewisham Hospital,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Gareth has organised an extra rehearsal session
0:19:38 > 0:19:39for the tenors and basses.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Concerned the men lack expression,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45he's designed his own special experiment.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I think the key with these guys
0:19:48 > 0:19:52is that I can't appeal to their emotions.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I can't make sort of passionate...
0:19:54 > 0:19:55attempts to draw them in.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58That's not how they work. They work on facts.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00They work on sense and reason.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03And they like a scientific approach to everything.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05So if I'm to draw a more convincing performance out of them,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07it has to be done...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09There has to be a rationale behind it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Whoa, look at you, mister!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Hello.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13- Dressed like me!- Yes!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- You didn't dress for the occasion. - No, I didn't realise...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Yes, it's fancy dress.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Hello, you dressed up, that's kind of you.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Hello. Hi. You all right?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Look, today, I wanted to think a little bit
0:20:23 > 0:20:26about this business of smiling during performance,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28so we're going to do a little scientific experiment,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32wherein we will attempt to prove
0:20:32 > 0:20:35that singing and smiling makes a better sound.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Tenors, why don't you do your lovely long line behind that curtain?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42So, decide whether you're going to smile or not amongst yourselves.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Two, three, four...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45# For once in my life
0:20:45 > 0:20:48# I won't let sorrow hurt me
0:20:48 > 0:20:51# Not like it's hurt me before
0:20:53 > 0:20:55# For once I have something
0:20:55 > 0:20:58# I know won't desert me
0:20:58 > 0:21:02# I'm not alone any more. #
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Thank you. Smiling or not smiling?
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- No, not smiling.- I don't think they were smiling.- Not smiling?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10OK. Let's hear version two.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Two, three, four...
0:21:12 > 0:21:14# For once in my life
0:21:14 > 0:21:17# I won't let sorrow hurt me
0:21:17 > 0:21:21# Not like it's hurt me before
0:21:21 > 0:21:24# For once I have something
0:21:24 > 0:21:26# I know won't desert me
0:21:26 > 0:21:30# I'm not alone any more. #
0:21:30 > 0:21:31- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Big difference or a small difference?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36When they're smiling there's just altogether more energy.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40OK, right, gather back together, let's try together.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Good, perfect.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You look so happy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45For once, two, three...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47# For once in my life
0:21:47 > 0:21:50# I won't let sorrow hurt me
0:21:50 > 0:21:52# Not like it's hurt me before
0:21:52 > 0:21:54# Not like it's hurt me before #
0:21:54 > 0:21:56# For once I have something
0:21:56 > 0:21:59# I know won't desert me
0:21:59 > 0:22:02# I'm not alone any more
0:22:02 > 0:22:04# For once I can say this is mine
0:22:04 > 0:22:07# You can't take it
0:22:07 > 0:22:10# As long as I know I have love
0:22:10 > 0:22:11# I can make it #
0:22:11 > 0:22:14# For once in my life
0:22:14 > 0:22:15# I have someone who needs me. #
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Look at that, double goose bumps!
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Really fantastic. Really fun.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Excellent. I thought that was very useful, actually.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Did you find it useful?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Yeah, I did. Yeah, I did find it useful.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30And interesting hearing the difference between the...sounds,
0:22:30 > 0:22:31you can definitely detect that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34It does make, or should make, the difference.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Good. Job done. Thank you very much, see you later.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40That was an excellent session,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43because it appealed to their scientific sensibility,
0:22:43 > 0:22:47that actually putting it in clear technical terms,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49if you smile then the sound is better.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01At Severn Trent Water, Gareth thinks the workmen
0:23:01 > 0:23:03may hold the key to getting a more dynamic performance
0:23:03 > 0:23:05from the office staff.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It feels like the guys who are quite sort of manual
0:23:08 > 0:23:12and out in the field, they're just not corporate.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15So they don't... They don't have that reserve
0:23:15 > 0:23:19that I think a lot of the people who are stuck behind desks have.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I'd like to use them as a kind of inspiration to the rest,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25because I just don't think that the choir can see
0:23:25 > 0:23:28just how...
0:23:28 > 0:23:30held back their performance feels.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37What I think we can all learn from is Mick.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39But Mick announces that he's about to sing, physically.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42He sort of goes, "I'm going to sing!"
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And I think we could all do that, it's like, "Look at us!"
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Because if you stand there looking like, "Oh, God, we're in the final!"
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Then you've lost immediately.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So you've got to look ready for the fight.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Here we go, here's your fighting men.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57OK. One, two, one...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59# And I'm feeling good...
0:23:59 > 0:24:02# Blossom on a tree
0:24:02 > 0:24:05# You know how I feel
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- # It's a new dawn - A new dawn
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- # It's a new day - A new day
0:24:08 > 0:24:14# It's a new life for me
0:24:14 > 0:24:16# And I'm feeling good. #
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Right, do you get the idea, yeah?- Yeah!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Thank you. Well done, good. Right, back you go.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Everyone's got to look that involved. Everyone, in their own way,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28has to use their faces, has to use their bodies, has to tell the story.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31What I don't want is that we all stand there
0:24:31 > 0:24:34looking...stiff.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I know that it's hard for them,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38cos they sit with their shirts and their ties on.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41They come from a more corporate sort of working environment.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44So it's got to be hard to just let that go.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Find a partner.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48To get them to loosen up even more,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Gareth decides it's time to get physical.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Ready? And one, two, one...
0:24:55 > 0:24:58# Feeling good, feeling good
0:24:58 > 0:25:00# Feeling goo-oo-ood
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- # Freedom is mine - Freedom is mine
0:25:05 > 0:25:07# You I know how I feel
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- # It's a new dawn - A new dawn
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- # It's a new day - A new day
0:25:11 > 0:25:15# It's a new life for me
0:25:15 > 0:25:19# And I'm feeling good. #
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Good, right, very good, well done.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Right, now, let's go straight in after Laura's solo.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28OK? Positions.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29One, two...
0:25:29 > 0:25:31# And I'm feeling good
0:25:31 > 0:25:34# Feeling good, feeling good
0:25:34 > 0:25:36# Feeling goo-oo-ood! #
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I'd like to do that again.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It looks like you're all waiting for a bus and then you go, "Oh!"
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Yeah? So it needs to be...
0:25:43 > 0:25:46# And I'm feeling good! #
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Yeah? So you're preparing. "I'm about to do a move.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54"Yeah! I'm doing a move." Yeah? Ready, one, two, one...
0:25:54 > 0:25:56# And I'm feeling good
0:25:56 > 0:25:57# Feeling good... #
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You lost it. All of you were like this...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I don't want this performance to be nice.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06You know, I want it... I want to feel something,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I want to be made to feel,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12I want them to reach out to the audience and grab them.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14And I don't feel like some of them are very good at that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And I think it doesn't come naturally to them,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18because they're a water company
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and they take calls, and they deal with people politely.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24You know, it's not in their nature to do something raucous.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I've worked here for a long time, and you know,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30it is a corporate feeling, our attitudes and behaviours,
0:26:30 > 0:26:31you behave this way,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and we've got to sort of forget that for two minutes.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39I think there's still a little bit of corporateness within the choir.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's going to take a bit longer to shake out,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44but I think most people are feeling relaxed now and getting into it.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47But there's a few stiff bodies still out there that need to be improved.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52For the final performance, singing to an audience of thousands,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55all three choirs need to look the part.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Well, hello, everyone!- Hello!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Each choir must design their own outfits.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Are we trying to show that we have an NHS connection?
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Other than being in our uniforms,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09only way I can think of is through the colours,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11through having royal blue on its own or royal blue and white.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Nice.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Weirdly enough, as I'm stuck with the men most of the time,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18out on the bass section, I don't get to do these sort of things
0:27:18 > 0:27:20with the girls in the choir,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22so I actually quite like it, you know.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25A bit of metrosexual coming through there but, yeah.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27We want to reflect Severn Trent,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and this song is sophistication.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32You've got to have a decent neckline,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34not everything hanging out.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Because we want to be noticed, but noticed for the right reasons.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40If you feel good and you look good,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44hopefully the performance will be good and it'll all come together.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Can we just vote?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48People in favour of A, which is the red at the top, black, yellow.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50OK, nobody.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53We all come from different jobs. I think it'll be great
0:27:53 > 0:27:55that we all join up,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58looking the same, being the part and being united.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01C, which is black at the top and red at the bottom.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02OK, fine, C is carried then.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06We're going to be wearing a winning outfit
0:28:06 > 0:28:08and we are going to win.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15With less than a week to go,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Gareth has time for just one final rehearsal with each choir.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24It's a last chance to fine-tune things at the Royal Mail.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27They came on so much in the last rehearsal,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I think it's worth spending a little bit of time
0:28:30 > 0:28:32just improving them technically,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34even with this short amount of time to go,
0:28:34 > 0:28:35and then see where we're at.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- Hello, everyone. ALL:- Hello! - Can you believe it?
0:28:41 > 0:28:42This is our final rehearsal.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44ALL: Ooh!
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Listen, today, for me, is about making everyone feel good and ready.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I hope that... I hope you ARE ready.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Hopefully we won't get bogged down too much in notes.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Do you all feel like you know your notes?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Mmm! Well we'll find out, we'll find out.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02So, it's good to practise, just, performance mode, silence,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04audience is in,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07judges are sitting there, positions.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10See if you can think about the sound you're making at all times.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12And the moves. And everything.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Welcome to choirs! One, two, three, and...
0:29:14 > 0:29:17# Don't stop! Don't stop! #
0:29:17 > 0:29:18And richer.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- # Don't stop! # - Now let it go!
0:29:21 > 0:29:22# Don't stop!
0:29:22 > 0:29:25# If you wake up and don't want to smile... #
0:29:25 > 0:29:26That was excellent.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29# ..If it takes just a little while
0:29:29 > 0:29:31# Open your eyes...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33# Open your eyes and look at the day
0:29:33 > 0:29:35# You'll see things in a different way... #
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And match that, Rich!
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- # ..Don't stop - Thinking about tomorrow
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- # Don't stop - It'll soon be here
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- # It'll be here - Better than before
0:29:49 > 0:29:53ALL: # Yesterday's gone yesterday's gone!
0:29:53 > 0:29:56# All I want is to see you smile... #
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Give me that "All I want", and make it sound like an opera chorus.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01One, two, three, and one...
0:30:01 > 0:30:04ALL: # All I want is to see you smile. #
0:30:04 > 0:30:08One more time. It could go, # All I want is to see you smile. #
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Richer. One, two, three, and...
0:30:10 > 0:30:14# All I want is to see you smile. #
0:30:14 > 0:30:16That's a moment where the colour...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18it can't BE too operatic there.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21You can't do too much of that sound.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Because what I want is that
0:30:22 > 0:30:24when the judges hear you there,
0:30:24 > 0:30:28they go, "Blimey! They can really sing! "That's a really good sound."
0:30:28 > 0:30:29From a musical point of view,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33that was pretty, pretty near where I'd like it to be.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35EXCELLENT at the beginning.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Just so... That's completely it, isn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40So we go from nothing to everything.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Bit too much alto at the end, though.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46THEY LAUGH
0:30:46 > 0:30:49APPLAUSE
0:30:49 > 0:30:51'Unbelievably, the balance
0:30:51 > 0:30:53'between men and women is completely transformed.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55'The women are now incredibly strong.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57'They're really working hard, they're improving
0:30:57 > 0:31:00'every single time I see them. Leaps and bounds.'
0:31:00 > 0:31:03There's a much better sound, there's a much better energy,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06they're positive, I'm really...I'm excited.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I think just key moments today,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- we've heard each other singing. - Yes. Yeah.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13And I think it's just made us think,
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- "Hang on, we CAN do this."- Yeah.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17It's a big step from performing Postman Pat
0:31:17 > 0:31:19in front of 30 colleagues
0:31:19 > 0:31:21at your audition to singing...
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- 2,000 people.- Exactly.- Whoa!
0:31:24 > 0:31:27If we as a group can look out to the audience,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29see people tapping their foot, nodding their head,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32big smiles on their faces, we've done our job. We've done our job.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36OK, hi everyone!
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Hello.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40This is it, last rehearsal.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Shall we?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Hi.- How you doing?- Good.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Right, ready?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Ready to rehearse?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50So, you're in your positions, and...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52OPENING BARS OF "FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE" BY STEVIE WONDER
0:31:52 > 0:31:55That's it, just a little bit of...very cool.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59# For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
0:31:59 > 0:32:01# Long before I knew
0:32:01 > 0:32:04# Long before I knew
0:32:04 > 0:32:07# Someone warm like you
0:32:07 > 0:32:10# Would make my dreams come true
0:32:10 > 0:32:12# Yeah, yeah, yeah!
0:32:12 > 0:32:14# For once in my life
0:32:14 > 0:32:17# I won't let sorrow hurt me, ahhh
0:32:17 > 0:32:19# Not like it's hurt me before
0:32:19 > 0:32:21# Not like it's hurt me before
0:32:21 > 0:32:25# For once I have something I know won't desert me
0:32:25 > 0:32:29# I'm not alone any more
0:32:29 > 0:32:31# For once I can say
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- # This is mine, you can't take it - Ooh-ooh
0:32:35 > 0:32:36- # Ahhh - As long as I know
0:32:36 > 0:32:38# I have love I can take it
0:32:38 > 0:32:40# For once in my life
0:32:40 > 0:32:43# I have someone who needs me. #
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Good, OK, so one or two,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47just still a little bit embarrassed.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Like, "Ooh!" You've GOT to go for it.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51You've got to be a bit more American about it.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54There's no room for polite English reserve here.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56One, two, three...
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- # For once I can say this is mine, you can't take it - Ooh-ooh
0:33:00 > 0:33:05- # As long as I know I have love I can take it - Ahhh
0:33:05 > 0:33:08# For once in my life I have someone who needs me. #
0:33:08 > 0:33:11OK, fine, just the final bit on that.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15# For once! # This is THE MOMENT. Yeah?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17# For once in myyy... #
0:33:17 > 0:33:18Really, like lots of pop in that.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21One, two, three...
0:33:21 > 0:33:25# For once in my life, I have someone who needs me. #
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Have you got any more?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Yes!- One, two, three...
0:33:29 > 0:33:34# For once in my life I have someone who needs me. #
0:33:34 > 0:33:35HE SHOUTS I love it!
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Great, it's fantastic!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Very good.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42That is a really, really stonking level of musicianship,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44and it's a great achievement,
0:33:44 > 0:33:48and testament to all your hard work and your talent as well.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50You've got something fantastic to be proud of.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53It really is very, very, very good.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54I feel like we're done.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Off you go. Thank you very much. - Bye!- Bye-bye!
0:33:57 > 0:33:59'I feel like we've really nailed it today,'
0:33:59 > 0:34:01actually, in rehearsals.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03It fills me with confidence, frankly.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Just had this sudden mental image of what it might be like to win,
0:34:06 > 0:34:08and I got a little bit of like,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10"Oh! That'd be very exciting, actually!"
0:34:10 > 0:34:11So I'm quite excited.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14There's nothing technical to be done now.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15There's no more polishing,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17there's no more rehearsing that needs to be done.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21It's about guts and glory and determination.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29Gareth's final rehearsal is with Severn Trent Water.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32'I think this afternoon's going to be one of those rehearsals'
0:34:32 > 0:34:35where I know within the first two minutes
0:34:35 > 0:34:38whether or not anything's changed,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42and whether they're actually ready for this final.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45And if they aren't, then I'm going to do my absolute best
0:34:45 > 0:34:48within those few hours to get them better.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00# Leaves drifting on by you know how I feel
0:35:00 > 0:35:02# Ahhh
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- # It's a new dawn, it's a new day - Oooh
0:35:05 > 0:35:09- # It's a new life - Ohhh
0:35:09 > 0:35:12# For me
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- # Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh - Oooh
0:35:16 > 0:35:17# And I'm feeling good
0:35:17 > 0:35:20# Feeling goo-ood, feeling goo-ood
0:35:20 > 0:35:24# Feeling good-oo-ood
0:35:24 > 0:35:29# Fish in the sea, you know how I feel... #
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Now, careful.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34# River running free,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38# You know how I feel
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You know how I feel
0:35:38 > 0:35:43# Blossom on a tree, you know how I feel
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- # It's a new dawn... # - More!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- # It's a new day - A new day
0:35:47 > 0:35:49# It's a new life
0:35:49 > 0:35:53# For me
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Fo-o-or me... #
0:35:53 > 0:35:54I want, "LAAF!" Can we say, "LAAF!"
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- ALL:- LAAF!
0:35:56 > 0:35:57It goes, feeling good,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59HE RAISES HIS VOICE feeling good, feeling GOOD!
0:35:59 > 0:36:03HE SHOUTS Oh, freedom is mine! You know how I feel!
0:36:03 > 0:36:06It's that...it's evangelistic, it really is.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07- Big!- A-men!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10A-men! THEY LAUGH
0:36:10 > 0:36:12HE SHOUTS Hallelujah! It IS that.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Ready, here we go.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16A-one, two, one...
0:36:16 > 0:36:17# And I'm feeling good
0:36:17 > 0:36:20# Feeling goo-ood, feeling goo-ood
0:36:20 > 0:36:23# Feeling good-oo-ood
0:36:23 > 0:36:27# Freedom is mine
0:36:27 > 0:36:30# You know how I feel
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- # It's a new dawn - A new dawn
0:36:32 > 0:36:33- # It's a new day - A new day
0:36:33 > 0:36:39# It's a new life for me
0:36:39 > 0:36:43# And I'm feeling good. #
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Ooh, I love it! I love it with the...
0:36:45 > 0:36:49I think you're ready, and you just need an audience now.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51So well done, very happy man.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- I think that's really good. - Great!
0:36:54 > 0:36:56'There was a real goose bump moment today for me,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59'where the whole thing just came together.'
0:36:59 > 0:37:02The basses started really strongly and everyone responded,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05and the whole machine of the choir was just working brilliantly.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07And you think how far they've come.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10This time last week, I thought that the Severn Trent choir
0:37:10 > 0:37:12were the underdogs. And I don't feel like that now.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I feel that they've really notched it up,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18and all of the choirs have a fighting chance in that final.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21It just depends who does it on the day.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29It's the day of the final performances, and the choirs are preparing to travel
0:37:29 > 0:37:33to the International Choral Festival in Wales.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36We're all relaxed, up for a laugh. We all want to have fun.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38So hopefully no corporate faces.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40We've got one chance to do it well,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43and we hope it's going to be the best we've ever done it before.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45# Postman Pat, Postman Pat
0:37:45 > 0:37:49# And his black and white ca-a-t! #
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- The other choirs know that we are a threat.- Yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54They know that we're a threat if we get it right.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59# Counts up all the post bags in his va-a-a-n! #
0:37:59 > 0:38:00'We just want to win.'
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- We just want to win. - We literally just do want to win.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I think everyone's good, but we're good.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15'We haven't spoken about the competition at all.'
0:38:15 > 0:38:16We're going to go and try to keep it
0:38:16 > 0:38:18as relaxed as possible until we get there.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21And then hopefully we won't be overawed by the occasion.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23We've certainly come along technically,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25there's no doubt about that.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26The next level up
0:38:26 > 0:38:30is doing the performance and all the rest of it,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32which is actually quite hard work,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35but we got there, I think.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Or, well, I hope we'll deliver that tonight!
0:38:39 > 0:38:42All three choirs will be performing on stage
0:38:42 > 0:38:43at the final night
0:38:43 > 0:38:47of the prestigious International Eisteddfod in Llangollen.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51The International Eisteddfod is famous the world over
0:38:51 > 0:38:54for choral excellence, musical excellence,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56and my three VERY new choirs
0:38:56 > 0:39:00are going right into the lion's mouth.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06It's going to be incredibly intimidating, that audience.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07And to add to that,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11there's the pressure of being judged by our three judges as well.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14So I think they'll all be feeling incredibly nervous
0:39:14 > 0:39:16about tonight's performance.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Mid-afternoon.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Just a few hours until the choirs are due on stage.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Good. Perfect.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34I've never seen the lads looking so sharp!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Everyone's looking good. Starting to feel...
0:39:37 > 0:39:38starting to feel the part.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45It's exciting, I can't wait to do it, but I'm so scared!
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I really am scared. I can't wait to get out there.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I just don't want to let everybody down.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52I don't want to start it off and then for everyone to be like,
0:39:52 > 0:39:53"Oh, God! That sounded awful!"
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Urgh! Uuurgh!
0:40:02 > 0:40:04'They're bright.'
0:40:04 > 0:40:07They'll certainly catch people's attention!
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Tidy enough?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13'We've just got to hope that it comes together on the night.'
0:40:13 > 0:40:15You know, it's going to be scary,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18because we're performing in front of thousands of people,
0:40:18 > 0:40:20which we've not done before.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22It'd be a brave man or woman in here now to say
0:40:22 > 0:40:25that parts of their anatomy isn't shaking a little bit.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29- # For once I can say this is mine you can't take it - Ooohooh
0:40:29 > 0:40:34- # As long as I know I have love I can make it - Ahh
0:40:34 > 0:40:38# For once in my life I have someone who needs me. #
0:40:38 > 0:40:41THEY MIMIC CLOSING CHORDS
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Yay!
0:40:42 > 0:40:45THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
0:40:48 > 0:40:49'The adrenaline has set in.'
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Little shakes. Butterflies in the tummy.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But I'm sure once we're on stage,
0:40:54 > 0:40:55the nerves will disappear
0:40:55 > 0:40:57and we'll deliver the song the way we're supposed to.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Just 15 minutes to go.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Amongst the audience of thousands
0:41:05 > 0:41:07are the three judges.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Manvinder Rattan, renowned conductor
0:41:11 > 0:41:13and champion of workplace choirs.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16'Competition's stiff, and it's going to be a matter of tiny degrees'
0:41:16 > 0:41:18between these choirs, as to who wins.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Ralph Allwood, esteemed choirmaster
0:41:21 > 0:41:24and former head of music at Eton College.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27'They're coming together to compete at the highest level.'
0:41:27 > 0:41:28So we judge them at the highest level.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30And Ruby Turner,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33internationally acclaimed gospel and soul singer.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35'It's not going to be easy to pick a winner,'
0:41:35 > 0:41:37but we will pick one tonight,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39and, hey, may the best choir win!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42# One, two, three, four, five, four, three, two, one... #
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Before they're called to the stage,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46a final warm-up.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48# Five, six, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
0:41:48 > 0:41:53# Five, six, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. #
0:41:53 > 0:41:57As soon as you're on that stage, grin from ear to ear. Smile.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00That's all I ask, that you love it, you enjoy it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Don't get intimidated by that audience.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05They LOVE music.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07They want you to do well, they want to enjoy it.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Let's do it! THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD
0:42:13 > 0:42:16First to sing will be Bristol's Royal Mail.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I'm nervous now. I wasn't before,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20but I'm now...I'm now nervous!
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Months and months of auditions and work and slog
0:42:25 > 0:42:28come down to that one moment when you're on stage.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30That's why I love it.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- PRESENTER:- It's my very great pleasure to introduce
0:42:34 > 0:42:36a special guest to you this evening.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Please welcome Gareth Malone!
0:42:39 > 0:42:43APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Noswaith dda!
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Diolch am y croeso.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Er, that's it for the Welsh!
0:42:51 > 0:42:54LAUGHTER I am honoured to be invited
0:42:54 > 0:42:56to the International Eisteddfod.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Thank you very much for having me.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Yeah, we're on! - 'Over the last few months'
0:43:02 > 0:43:04'I have been travelling all over the country,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07'starting up choirs in workplaces.'
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Why workplaces? Well, I believe
0:43:09 > 0:43:12in the power of singing to bring people together,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14no matter what the circumstances.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17And it doesn't matter to me whether you are the company director
0:43:17 > 0:43:19or the man that makes the tea.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21You have a place in a choir.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24This is one of their first performances, so please be kind.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27I'm delighted to introduce you to our first choir,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30the Royal Mail from Bristol.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33APPLAUSE
0:43:53 > 0:43:54# Don't stop
0:43:54 > 0:43:57# Don't stop
0:43:57 > 0:43:58# Don't stop
0:43:58 > 0:44:01# Don't sto-op
0:44:01 > 0:44:05# If you wake up and don't want to smile
0:44:05 > 0:44:08# If it takes just a little while
0:44:08 > 0:44:10# Open your eyes
0:44:10 > 0:44:13# Open your eyes and look at the day
0:44:13 > 0:44:17# You'll see things in a different way
0:44:17 > 0:44:21# Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
0:44:21 > 0:44:23# Don't stop
0:44:23 > 0:44:25# It'll soon be here
0:44:25 > 0:44:29- # It'll be here - Better than before
0:44:29 > 0:44:31# Yesterday's gone
0:44:31 > 0:44:33# Yesterday's gone
0:44:33 > 0:44:37# All I want is to see you smile
0:44:37 > 0:44:41# If it takes just a little while
0:44:41 > 0:44:45# If your life was bad to you
0:44:45 > 0:44:49# Just think what tomorrow...
0:44:49 > 0:44:52# Don't stop
0:44:52 > 0:44:53# Thinking about tomorrow
0:44:53 > 0:44:55# Don't stop
0:44:55 > 0:44:58# It'll soon be here, yeah!
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- # It'll be here - Better than before
0:45:00 > 0:45:03# Oh-oh, yesterday's gone
0:45:03 > 0:45:05# Yesterday's gone!
0:45:05 > 0:45:09# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:45:09 > 0:45:12# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:45:12 > 0:45:13# Don't look back!
0:45:13 > 0:45:16# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:45:16 > 0:45:24# Don't you look back!
0:45:17 > 0:45:24Don't look back! #
0:45:25 > 0:45:27APPLAUSE
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- Brilliant.- Well done, mate!
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Yeah!
0:45:51 > 0:45:53The reaction we had out there was fantastic.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57I could not smile any more, I enjoyed it so much,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59I just got this rush of this adrenaline -
0:45:59 > 0:46:00the buzz, it's amazing!
0:46:00 > 0:46:03I thought the sound we made was great.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05The blend we had in the sound was great.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07We hit the notes and I thought
0:46:07 > 0:46:09our choreography was really good, as well.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- So we've given ourselves every chance.- He's happy!
0:46:12 > 0:46:16I felt like everyone hit what they needed to, it felt good up there.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20They reached a level they'd not gone before, and that was great.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23Next to perform, Severn Trent Water.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26Can I just say one thing before we go on stage?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28If we don't win this, if another choir wins it,
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- I wouldn't swap places with any of them.- No.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36Because you have all been absolutely fantastic fun to be with.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Love you all, it really is brilliant.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40Let's do this!
0:46:43 > 0:46:47I'm scared but I feel... Oh, God, I feel really nervous.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51Ladies and gentlemen, our second choir - Severn Trent Water.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54APPLAUSE
0:47:16 > 0:47:19# Birds flying high
0:47:19 > 0:47:23# You know how I feel
0:47:23 > 0:47:26# Sun in the sky
0:47:26 > 0:47:30# You know how I feel
0:47:30 > 0:47:36# Breeze drifting on by You know how I feel
0:47:36 > 0:47:39# It's a new dawn, it's a new day
0:47:39 > 0:47:43# It's a new life
0:47:43 > 0:47:45# For me
0:47:45 > 0:47:49# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:47:49 > 0:47:50# And I'm feeling good
0:47:50 > 0:47:54# Feeling good, feeling good
0:47:54 > 0:47:56# Feeling good!
0:47:57 > 0:48:00# Fish in the sea
0:48:00 > 0:48:02# You know how I feel
0:48:04 > 0:48:07# River running free
0:48:07 > 0:48:08# You know how I feel
0:48:08 > 0:48:10# You know how I feel
0:48:10 > 0:48:12# Blossom on the tree
0:48:12 > 0:48:16# You know how I feel
0:48:16 > 0:48:19# It's a new dawn It's a new day
0:48:19 > 0:48:23# It's a new life for me
0:48:23 > 0:48:25# For me
0:48:25 > 0:48:26# And I'm feeling good
0:48:26 > 0:48:29# Feeling good, feeling good
0:48:29 > 0:48:32# Feeling good!
0:48:32 > 0:48:36# Oh, freedom is mine
0:48:36 > 0:48:38# You know how I feel
0:48:38 > 0:48:41# It's a new dawn It's a new day
0:48:41 > 0:48:47# It's a new life for me
0:48:47 > 0:48:52# And I'm feeling good. #
0:48:54 > 0:48:58APPLAUSE
0:49:19 > 0:49:22Mate, come here.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Oh, a big water services hug and a cuddle!
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Wicked. The buzz I got off that...
0:49:26 > 0:49:29We delivered, that was awesome.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31That was probably the best performance we've ever gave.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- It's what it's all been for, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Brilliant.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Just exactly what I'd asked them to do.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Really... beautiful singing all round, I thought.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45Last up, Lewisham NHS Trust.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48"Great devotion. Expends himself..."
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Before they take to the stage,
0:49:50 > 0:49:53stirring words from consultant surgeon, Eddie Chaloner.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57"And who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59"So that his place shall never be
0:49:59 > 0:50:01"with those cold and timid souls
0:50:01 > 0:50:03"who know neither victory or defeat."
0:50:03 > 0:50:04So let's get out and do it.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Woo-hoo!
0:50:08 > 0:50:10I feel like we're going off to war.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12I feel quite serious at the moment.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14I'll try and lighten up as we walk on stage.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16- Mate, you've got to get your show face on.- I know.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Sarah just came and asked me to smile, and I did this...
0:50:19 > 0:50:20So that's a problem!
0:50:20 > 0:50:23We cam smile so much, our faces are hurting.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25I'm doing that already.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33Our third and final choir, the Lewisham NHS Trust.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35APPLAUSE
0:50:56 > 0:51:01# For once in my life I have someone who needs me
0:51:01 > 0:51:05# Someone I've needed so long
0:51:05 > 0:51:09# For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
0:51:09 > 0:51:14# Somehow I know I'll be strong
0:51:14 > 0:51:18# For once I can touch what my heart needs to dream of
0:51:18 > 0:51:21# Long before I knew
0:51:21 > 0:51:23# Long before I knew
0:51:23 > 0:51:26# Someone warm like you
0:51:26 > 0:51:30# Could make my dreams come true
0:51:30 > 0:51:31# Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:51:31 > 0:51:36# For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me
0:51:36 > 0:51:38# Not like it's hurt me before
0:51:38 > 0:51:40# Not like it's hurt me before
0:51:40 > 0:51:45# For once I have something I know won't desert me
0:51:45 > 0:51:49# I'm not alone anymore
0:51:49 > 0:51:53# For once, I can say, "This is mine You can't take it"
0:51:53 > 0:51:57# As long as I know I have love, I can make it
0:51:57 > 0:52:03# For once in my life I have someone who needs me
0:52:07 > 0:52:11# For once in my life I have someone
0:52:11 > 0:52:15# Someone who...
0:52:15 > 0:52:23# Who needs me
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Ooh... #
0:52:23 > 0:52:26APPLAUSE
0:52:41 > 0:52:43- I done it! - THEY WHOOP
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- Very well done.- Thank you!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48It was fab, really fab. We all came together,
0:52:48 > 0:52:49and everyone sung their best.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52We did do well. We did do well.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Yeah. I think there was a good buzz out there.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57I enjoyed myself. I know everyone else enjoyed themselves.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59God, that was amazing!
0:52:59 > 0:53:02These guys are just amazing, I'm going to cry!
0:53:02 > 0:53:06- You're amazing, Natalie.- Wow!
0:53:06 > 0:53:10What I loved about it, was it felt like a show.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13It was not laid-back, at all, it was really fun, energetic.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16I thought they did a cracking job.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19All we have to do now is pick up the trophy and bugger off home.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Yeah!
0:53:21 > 0:53:26Performances over, the choirs gather for the judges' decision.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29For me, they stepped up this time round.
0:53:29 > 0:53:30Yes, you're right.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33When they sang low in their register,
0:53:33 > 0:53:36and quiet, that's a really difficult thing to do, isn't it?
0:53:37 > 0:53:39I thought the balance was better this time.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Harmonically speaking, it was tight.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45They walked on there looking like a choir. The harmonies were beautiful.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48They did something that was technically quite hard to do.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Shall we just say who we think should win and see
0:53:52 > 0:53:54if we say the same one?
0:53:54 > 0:53:57- And if not, we'll just have to sort it out...- Negotiate!
0:54:14 > 0:54:17So, after all this time, it comes down to this.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22This is the moment we've all been waiting for,
0:54:22 > 0:54:26the moment where we find out which choir has won the contest.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28But, before we find out, the judges are going to tell us more
0:54:28 > 0:54:30about what they thought about your performances.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35Royal Mail. Really very, very impressive.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39What I really liked was your very first chord, which is very quiet.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42And one of the hardest things you ever ask choirs to do is to
0:54:42 > 0:54:47sing quietly as a group and still have impact.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49And you really did still have impact.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Severn Trent.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53You looked so assured as you came on that stage,
0:54:53 > 0:54:57so confident, as though you knew exactly what you were going to do.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01And then you proved that you did know exactly what you were
0:55:01 > 0:55:03going to do.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Some fantastic singing.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Really, this was a very polished and accomplished performance.
0:55:07 > 0:55:08Lewisham.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11I heard you in the semi-finals, you walked on there, you blew me away.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15Tonight you came back, you did it again.
0:55:15 > 0:55:16Absolutely amazing.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20You sung one of my favourite songs, Stevie Wonder, For Once In My Life.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much, thank you.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27This is a celebration, this trophy, of a fantastic achievement,
0:55:27 > 0:55:31and with some degree of nervousness, I hand over to Ruby
0:55:31 > 0:55:32to tell us who has won.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39It was unanimous.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42And the choir that we've chosen is...
0:55:49 > 0:55:50Severn Trent.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53WHOOPING AND CHEERING
0:55:53 > 0:55:56APPLAUSE
0:56:04 > 0:56:07Severn Trent, I believe this belongs to you!
0:56:07 > 0:56:09THEY APPLAUD
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Congratulations!
0:56:11 > 0:56:14THEY CHEER Congratulations!
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Well done, well done.
0:56:16 > 0:56:17You dream that you're going to win it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20You wish you're going to win it, just to set yourself
0:56:20 > 0:56:24a goal that high and actually come away with it, fantastic.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- Very well done. - Thank you so much.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30That's brilliant.
0:56:30 > 0:56:31I'm astonished.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33I can't believe we've done it!
0:56:33 > 0:56:38I'm not disappointed at all. We've done really well.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41On the night, that team were better than us.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42That's the way it goes.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45Maybe we didn't have it on the night, but we will have it other nights.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48We'll definitely continue. There's no way we're stopping now.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51We had a point to prove.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53We know we were the underdogs.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54We went out there for the first time ever
0:56:54 > 0:56:57and showed everybody what we are.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Everybody had that belief, and that's what's worked for us.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02At least we can say, "We're not corporate!"
0:57:02 > 0:57:06I don't think the others lost it, Severn Trent won it.
0:57:06 > 0:57:10It was a harmonious performance. Just everything worked.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12And that's hard to beat.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17There is undoubtedly a place for choirs within the workplace.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19I think we've proved that tonight.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29# My life flows on
0:57:29 > 0:57:34# In endless song
0:57:34 > 0:57:38# Above earth's lamentation
0:57:38 > 0:57:46# I hear the real, though far-off hymn
0:57:46 > 0:57:53# That hails a new creation
0:57:53 > 0:57:57# No storm can shake
0:57:57 > 0:58:01# My innermost calm
0:58:01 > 0:58:07# While to that rock, I'm clinging
0:58:07 > 0:58:15# I hear an echo in my soul
0:58:10 > 0:58:15I hear an echo
0:58:15 > 0:58:23# How can I keep from singing?
0:58:23 > 0:58:33# I hear an echo in my soul
0:58:33 > 0:58:41# How can I keep from...
0:58:44 > 0:58:47# Singing?
0:58:47 > 0:58:55# Ooh-ooh. #
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