After the success of last weekend’s flashmob, a Male Voice Choir have announced they’ll be following up with another similar event.
The choir, who beautifully sang Calon Lan in Mumbles on Saturday, announced the plans this morning following the positive reaction from the public.
Choir leader Pete Bowen said: “The response has been phenomenal and the video of us has gone viral. The funny thing is that it was completely spontaneous because we were just waiting for a table in Prezzo.
“We felt it was important to follow up with another performance, as well as show off the musical range the choir can cover, so we’re going for gangsta rap this time.
“It’s an opportunity for us to try to engage some younger members and there’s also a hidden message to the policeman who pulled me over for speeding the other week.”
Choir member Rob Gray added: “It’s a challenging set of lyrics to learn with some interesting words, but I don’t speak Welsh and I pull that off when I sing some of our more traditional tracks.
“That being said, I empathise with the N.W.A. because I’ve been persecuted by the police over the occasions when I purposefully park my car in front of my neighbour’s drive.”
Choir leader Bowen rapped: “F**k the police ‘cos we listen to Swansea Sound. Found my medication in the community centre lost and found.”
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Whilst I accept you are a satire publication, can I strongly disassociate Dunvant Male Choir from this article.
I’m disappointed that I’m now seeing it for the first time, three months after publication.
Yes, we did have a very successful “Flashmob” in Mumbles on Saturday 24th March. and at that time had no more such events planned.
Your article is full of factual errors:-
Your photo is not of Dunvant Male Choir.(although it’s just implied).
Our Choir leader is not Pete Bowen.
We don’t have a member Rob Gray.
So all the quotes in the article including the title cannot be associated with the choir.
Regards
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Hi Dewi,
Thanks for the message. You’re correct, it is purely satirical and not meant to cause any offence. It’s not ‘that’ kind of satire.
Actually it was drawing on the success of the event, I like most people in Swansea, was moved the rendition. That being said, it was a fairly major event and therefore something I’d pick up on.
I don’t use real names, in fact I use the same names in every story because then the audience will know none of it is real, quotes included.
As I alluded to earlier though, it’s not about causing offence and is a light hearted publication. So I’ve removed Dunvant from the story.
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