The Major Oak Chorus opened the days entertainment at The Big Wheels Big Day Out at Nottingham Castle on Saturday 26th September, 2009. Special Blend is pictured performing in front of the chorus and were given a rapturous reception by the onlooking throng. With a bit of pomp and ceremony, the Lady Mayoress duly arrived, by rickshaw, and joined us on stage to make the official opening speech which was followed by a rousing performance of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. As we were singing a cameraman from Central News took some footage and we had our 10 seconds of fame on the local TV network !!Special Blend and some of the guys from the chorus headed up towards the arena and gave an impromtu performance which went down so well one of the organisers asked us to sing in the main arena...result !! (Well the clowns had just finished and the organisers asked us to fill in) the crowds loved it !!
And then there was four. Special Blend continued to sing for a couple of hours more at various sites around the castle grounds. We decided to go the the main entrance and sing to the people entering the castle which was amazing. A huge crowd of people stopped to listen and we thought we were in trouble when a policeman came walking up to us, but he smiled, winked and walked on.......what a day to remember !!
And finally, the weather was sunny all day and the organisers were very impressed, last year 14000 people, this year 21000. Big thanks to all our mates in the chorus, espescially the guys who came and sang with us in the arena. Just a wonderful day singing and fantastic crowds !!
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