We had a final practice on Monday, before the concert on the Wednesday. Everything went really well in rehearsal - we practiced the JLS song in the Red Room as we had been doing for the past 2 weeks. The guys had been practicing at home, and it showed! Joe and Jack (our lead singers) had improved so much!  Then we went into the hall and ran through the whole concert. This also went really well - the signed songs looked and sounded great. Jed read his poem in front of an audience for the first time and did really well. The JLS band performed exceptionally well.

When I started working for Drake Music in 2006, Doug Bott (DM South West Coordinator) told me that he had an ambition to see students who use communication aids singing in a mainstream choir. This project, funded by Sing Up and coordinated by the Wells Cathedral School Outreach program will be a big step closer to that goal. Next week, students from Avalon Special School in Street, Somerset will be performing alongside students from 3 local mainstream primary schools, the Junior Choir and choristers from the Cathedral School.