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- Singalonga_phenomenon abstract "The term sing-a-long-a (or singalonga, singalong, sing along) has been around for a long time but in the last twelve years has been used for a series of commercial theatre shows that have developed a format of interactive performance, which seems to have caught the zeitgeist of audience-created entertainment. It would seem that the first ever Sing-a-long-a show (soon to blossom into a worldwide phenomenon) happened at an old people’s home in Inverness. The nurses wanted to involve the old people in an interactive group therapy and so screened Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and gave out song sheets so that everyone could sing along. The idea was then developed for The Sound of Music for the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in London in 1999 before opening at the Prince Charles Cinema in August of that year. It was here that it was given the blessing of Mary, daughter of the composer Richard Rodgers, who attended one of the early shows.It soon became apparent that the main audience for the show was young women, who discovered that attending the show in large groups was a fun, safe and bonding experience. Initially, there was an eight-show run but by the end of this run the show had sold out, picked up a mass of TV coverage and newspaper stories. Demand was so huge that the telephone answering service at the cinema allegedly blew up. A regular programme of bi-weekly shows of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music at the Prince Charles Cinema began.Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music has now appeared in 11 different countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Holland, Austria, Malaysia and Russia. It has played at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles seven times to capacity audiences of 17,000.A range of other sing-a-long-a versions by the same producers has included The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Annie, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, as well as live sing-a-long-a shows such as Sing-a-long-a Elvis and Sing-a-long-a Abba. The most recent is Sing-a-long-a Grease now running in the UK and Canada.".
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- Singalonga_phenomenon subject Category:Singing.
- Singalonga_phenomenon comment "The term sing-a-long-a (or singalonga, singalong, sing along) has been around for a long time but in the last twelve years has been used for a series of commercial theatre shows that have developed a format of interactive performance, which seems to have caught the zeitgeist of audience-created entertainment. It would seem that the first ever Sing-a-long-a show (soon to blossom into a worldwide phenomenon) happened at an old people’s home in Inverness.".
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