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Southend's Beatboxing choir!
Southend Vox Chamber Choir is well-known for its ability to perform a wide range of music including pop, choral and swing; and recently the choir's members flexed their vocal talents even further to learn beatboxing! The award-winning Chamber Choir, set up in 2014, usually focuses on performing intricate pieces well suited to special events such as weddings, naming ceremonies and memorials. Always looking to bring a different element to their choral singing, they decided to expand their repertoire to include some beatboxing in some of their more contemporary pieces.
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Beatboxer Lee Gibling joined the all-female group at one of their regular rehearsals in Westcliff to share his skills and find out if anyone had been harbouring a secret talent!
Musical Director of Southend Vox Chamber Choir, Jo Human, says: We love performing at weddings because it's always a privilege to be part of such a special moment in a couple's life. We always hope to bring something magical to their day and now we have this extra skill in our box of tricks!"
It was a sunny, hot day outside and inside the workshop as the group built up steam learning how to mimic drum machines and create vocal percussion with their mouths to hits such as Lady Marmalade by La Belle, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters and My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue.
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Jo hopes this will help to create even more special moments for couples, "Some of my favourite memories of performing are when we've been a surprise to the guests and started singing from the back of a beautiful church for the bride's processional, and everyone turns round."
It hasn't always been plain sailing though!
"We've travelled all over to help give couples the best day, sometimes going above and beyond. One soggy memory in particular involved us having to walk in and perform straight after the choir had been covered in stagnant water that had fallen off a flat roof! Surely, the absolute definition of 'the show must go on'!"
Could a beatboxing choir be a new wedding trend for this season? If you're interested in hiring Southend Vox Chamber Choir for your special event, prices start from £400 for a wedding or civil ceremony reception performance. To find out more or to request the Event Information Pack please contact info@southendvox.com or visit www.southendvox.com
