Fairytale of New York

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The Southsea Alternative Choir

Christmas 2012 will see The Southsea Alternative Choir record their version of The Pogues' classic Fairytale of New York, with all proceeds donated to Samuel's Fund, a charity initiated to raise money for a young lad with cerebral palsy. The recorded track will be online later in 2012, but in the meantime, check out the following videos, which show The Southsea Alternative Choir rehearsing Fairytale of New York for the first time, and drunkenly busking the track last Christmas. 

The Southsea Alternative Choir is an octet of like-minded friends from Southsea, UK. The band is led by Stuart Scott and also features former Bluesky Research trio Sam Richards, Matt Gill & Charlie Waddington; former Ricky singer Jim Lines; former Kid Idiot duo Sam Davidson and Ashley Hills; and Adam Collier. In 2011 the band raised a significant amount of money for Samuel's Fund, a cerebral palsy charity, performing some of their favourite songs, including The Beach Boys' God Only Knows, Blur's End of a Century, Primal Scream's Movin' On Up, and, of course, The Pogues' Fairytale of New York.