A marathon singathon in Dudley for Mary Stevens Hospice.

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Parkes Hall Social Club held a marathon singathon event raising money for charity. Organised by Dynamics Rock and Pop, we caught up with them in the morning as they kicked it off dressed in there PJ's.

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00:00So it's very early on a Saturday morning but there's a full disco in swing down here at

00:04Parkesall Social Club.

00:05Joanna, it's your fault.

00:06It is my fault, I do apologise to all the local people, but yes it's Dynamics Rock

00:11and Pop and this is our music marathon day where we're going to be doing musical activities

00:15for the next 15 hours.

00:16What?

00:17So we've got a choir of about 100 people and they're splitting up into groups during the

00:22day and we've got different theme hours going on and then tonight we've got a massive party

00:26tonight because we are getting together at 7 o'clock this evening and the choir will

00:30be performing for an hour, we want friends and family to come down, we've got a huge

00:34auction and a raffle, then I will be performing for an hour, which is the downside of things

00:38but never mind, and then the Dynamics band will be performing as well and then we're

00:43going to disco into the early hours.

00:44So it's going to be an absolutely great day, all in aid of Mary Stephens hospice.

00:48Mary Stephens, great cause.

00:50Absolutely.

00:51So we're really looking forward to raising as much money as we can so that Mary Stephens

00:55can benefit from our funding.

00:57So how did you pick Mary Stephens then?

00:59Some of our members have had relatives who have been looked after by Mary Stephens hospice

01:03so we thought that was important to support them so they could work.

01:06So what do you do to prep yourself for an event like this?

01:10Is there the bottles of Lucozade hidden under the stage?

01:12We're going to have lots of cups of tea, Parkes is all about providing us with cups of tea

01:16and coffee all day so we'll be keeping well lubricated during the day.

01:21We tried to get an early night last night but it didn't quite happen.

01:24Yeah, you got the buzz of the event haven't you, that's the thing.

01:27And you're in your PJs, we've got the teddy bear there, that's for the morning session

01:31isn't it?

01:32For the morning session and do have a change of clothes, I'm not stopping in my pyjamas

01:34all day.

01:35We've all got dressing gowns on and everybody's having a lovely time at the moment.

01:40So have you just ripped tomorrow off for like a salty bath to rest the legs?

01:43I wish, I've got things to do tomorrow as well.

01:46Oh no, but we'll see if they get done.

01:48Well, no, fantastic cause, I mean Mary Stephens are great and what a fun way to raise money

01:53and you know what, you're having a workout as well, I mean, it's a win-win isn't it?

01:57We've only done an hour, I'm shattered already.

01:59Right, thanks ever so much Joanna and good luck with the challenge.

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