00:00 Two, three.
00:01 Tonight the super trooper lights are gonna find me
00:06 Shining like the sun
00:10 Smiling, having fun
00:15 Feeling like a number one
00:18 Tonight the super trooper beams are gonna find me
00:24 But I won't feel blue
00:28 Like I've always do
00:32 'Cause somewhere in the crowd they're too
00:37 Oh that was wonderful, thank you very much.
00:41 Now we're with the Gumby Singers at one of your rehearsals
00:46 and we've got Graham Bournborough over here who's the musical director.
00:50 Tell me about your group.
00:51 Well, I don't know them that well.
00:56 I think I've been doing this since just before Covid, I think it was.
01:00 And so we had a load of rehearsals for a concert and then Covid happened
01:05 and nothing happened and then we came back and fortunately
01:09 they just about all of them came back again.
01:11 We've done a few concerts recently.
01:15 We did one for the coronation out at, where was it?
01:19 Holton Holgate.
01:20 Holton Holgate, yeah.
01:22 We've also done a few at Askefield, a project out in Frisney.
01:27 We've done one in St Clemens Hall for Christmas last December.
01:33 That's a long while ago.
01:34 And we did a concert here last May, I think it was, wasn't it?
01:39 And we joined with Skegness Ukuleles to do a concert for the Methodist church here.
01:45 And we tend not to charge except we ask for donations for a particular charity
01:51 or we do it for the, like the chapel we're here, we did it for their funds.
01:55 And they are the loveliest people you could ever imagine.
01:59 Well, they certainly seem to be having a lot of fun.
02:02 Yeah, well, that's looking at my conducting.
02:05 Pardon?
02:09 It's the jokes.
02:10 It's the jokes, yes, you haven't heard a joke yet.
02:12 And I've got a new one this week.
02:13 Oh, we're really sad.
02:16 Yeah, somebody said this morning, I told the extractor fan joke at Ukes this morning
02:20 and they said, you're not telling that tonight again, are you?
02:22 That was it, that was it.
02:24 Yes, so we have great fun.
02:27 And if you think about it, tonight's a freezing cold night to come out.
02:30 I have to say that two of our members are over 90
02:33 and both of them are here tonight and both of them came out in the freezing cold to come and sing.
02:39 So we must be doing something right.
02:41 But you would like more members, I understand.
02:44 Yes, we would, because
02:48 the more people you've got, the bigger noise you can make.
02:51 We can make a really good sound with four of us, so someone's got all four parts.
02:55 But to bulk it out is lovely.
02:57 And also, bearing in mind, you do get times when people can't be here.
03:01 We've got three or four who can't be here tonight.
03:04 And that does happen with concerts.
03:05 So the more people that we've got, the more we can do.
03:09 And also, the more ambitious music we can put together.
03:13 Now, do you have to be a really good singer to join?
03:16 Well, no, no, no, you've heard them.
03:18 They all sounded wonderful.
03:21 Sorry, no, no, no, you've got to be enthusiastic.
03:26 I have this, it's not a theory, it's a fact.
03:29 Everyone can sing.
03:30 It's just the confidence to do it.
03:33 Listening to what you do and doing it.
03:36 And if you're with people like this, who will always give you confidence.
03:41 So if you stood alongside or sat alongside someone who enjoys singing and wants you to enjoy singing,
03:49 you're going to enjoy this, then you'll be able to sing.
03:52 Now we have Jean over here, who's 95, I understand.
03:57 How long have you been a member?
03:59 We'll be in control.
04:00 Yes, how long have you been a member?
04:04 Oh, since it started, what was that, seven years ago?
04:06 Yeah, seven years.
04:07 Seven years here.
04:08 You must really love singing.
04:11 Oh, I do, I do love singing, yes.
04:13 Yes, I take after my mother.
04:15 She had a beautiful voice and she used to sing in concerts and so I thought, I must do the same.
04:22 So you've appeared in some of the Gumby singers' concerts, have you?
04:28 When they have concerts, I'm there, yes.
04:31 I wouldn't miss it for anything.
04:32 What do you enjoy about it?
04:35 Well, one of the things I enjoy is the people here.
04:40 They're so nice and they're so friendly.
04:42 It makes me happy because I live on my own.
04:45 And of course, I enjoy the music too.
04:48 I play the piano.
04:50 I've been right up to grade eight on the piano.
04:52 And I tend to sing at home, play the music and sing with it while we're playing at home.
05:02 How long have you been a member?
05:04 Must be seven, seven odd years.
05:09 Okay, what do you enjoy about it?
05:11 The company.
05:12 We have good fun and they're all good friends.
05:16 Would you recommend joining to someone?
05:19 Certainly.
05:20 It gets you out of the house and it gets you with folks that you can enjoy their company.
05:27 ♪ Troubadours are gonna find me ♪
05:30 ♪ Shining like the sun ♪
05:35 ♪ Smiling, having fun ♪
05:39 ♪ Feeling like a number one ♪
05:43 ♪ Tonight the super troubadours are gonna find me ♪
05:48 ♪ But I won't feel blue ♪
05:52 ♪ Like I've always do ♪
05:57 ♪ 'Cause somewhere in the crowd they're too ♪
