The competition in Brighton was not quite as fierce as in London, given the smaller number of teams and singers. What’s more, despite being the biggest team on the day, the THT team was not as full to the brim of show offs as other teams, so also fielded less contenders than others.
However, that’s not to say that the talent wasn’t as impressive by the sea – oh no. There were plenty of X-Factor-missed-me-this-year starlets to prompt a standing ovation or five.
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I have fifteen new grey hairs in my head and I am dedicating each and every one to the Brighton leg of the charioke. Although in London we had so many interested charities we could have filled Lucky Voice Islington twice over, Brighton still won’t bite.
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And the winners of the hotly contested sing-offs at the London leg of charioke were…
Top fundraiser
Although Reverend Vanessa from Refugee Action‘s team was streaking ahead in this category initially (raising £1,030 overall), she was blown out of the water by the marvellous Martin who signed up for charioke just four days before the Islington event. Martin raised an incredible £2,125.34 for Food Chain and was awarded a Lucky Voice Golden Ticket for his awe-inspiring events.
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Refugee Action staff past and present are busy collecting freebie food and donated prizes from every corner of London…
I am sitting in Lucky Voice Islington holding a clipboard and talking fundraising targets with someone in a Tina Turner wig and an Asthma UK t-shirt…
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Lucky Voice’s emergency Twittering saves us again.
The vivacious lot at Scene and Heard take the spare Islington room. Once again, the thesps are saving charioke’s bacon once again.
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The charioke marathon is mourning the loss of the ASOS.com team and the Sussex RAG Society team. Tumble weed is blowing through Brighton Lucky Voice for the 9th.
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Given that we’re not by definition an arts charity, or a singing charity, or a music charity like some of the charity friends we know and love, Refugee Action surprisingly does have more than a touch of Fame Academy about it.
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Yes, yes, the much-vaunted power of Twitter. Blahblah,##whateva.
Or so I used to think a few days’ ago, unreconstructed technophobe that I was. I just didn’t get why people would want to be updated about other people’s minute-by-minute brain vomit. Surely your random musings are best kept to yourself? Best to retain a bit of mystery, no?
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Working for a charity has a touch of the Oliver Twists about it.
You feel as if you’re perpetually scurrying around with a large begging bowl, whimpering at companies, friends, journalists, celebrities…
‘Please, Sir? Can I have some more?’
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There’s a certain danger attached to being too friendly with people that work for charities. A danger that’s not quite of the magnitude of being too friendly with undercover CIA agents or people that rob banks, but a clear and present danger all the same.
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