Lisa aims for top of charts
A locked down choir and orchestra has joined forces with one of the largest Facebook Covid support groups in a bid to bag a Christmas number one single.
The musicians from Somerset are working alongside the online group, called ‘Shine A Light To Fight Coronavirus’, created by Lisa Bailey from Cannock, to release a festive version of Together in Electric Dreams.
The song will mark all of the lives lost in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. Released as a charity single under the artist banner ‘Shine A Light To Fight’, the song’s proceeds will go to mental health and bereavement charities MIND and Cruse Bereavement Care.
The Facebook group which has more than 360,000 members is the brain child of Lisa Bailey, a medical staffing advisor for the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
She said: “I’d love the song to reach Christmas number one to honour all those lost, just when their loved ones will need it most.”
The accompanying video features the names and faces of people who died in 2020 and Jeremy Millington, producer, said: “We were so moved when we stumbled across the group, overflowing with real stories of lost loved ones.
"We were inspired to use the power of music at Christmas to remind people that each of the daily death statistics is a family member.”
