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Only Boys Aloud teach Welsh hymns online to Japanese children
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Only Boys Aloud were planning to tour Japan until Covid-19 struck and Wales went into lockdown.
So instead the Welsh choir, which came third in Britain s Got Talent in 2012, began teaching Japanese school choirs in the cities of Kitakyushu, Kumamoto and Oita, via Zoom.
The youngsters have been singing Welsh language hymns and songs of national pride.
Only Boys Aloud musical director, Craig Yates, said: “It was hugely challenging. I mean, 6,000 miles apart to run a choir rehearsal is kind of crazy.”
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A BOYS choir that wowed judges on hit TV show Britain’s Got Talent is looking to have the same impact in Japan with the help of talented singers from Wrexham Only Boys Aloud will be taking part in a televised concert in the Land of the Rising Sun with three Japanese youth choirs from the cities of Kitakyushu, Kumamoto and Oita that hosted the Welsh Rugby team and so warmly welcomed Wales during the World Cup in 2019. Around 120 singers from all 14 of the organisation’s choirs will be taking part in the performance – among them will be members from their choirs in Wrexham, Rhyl, Caernarfon and Holyhead.
A boys choir that wowed judges on hit TV show Britain’s Got Talent is looking to have the same impact in Japan with the help of talented singers from Caernarfon and Holyhead Only Boys Aloud will be taking part in a televised concert in the Land of the Rising Sun with three Japanese youth choirs from the cities of Kitakyushu, Kumamoto and Oita that hosted the Welsh Rugby team and so warmly welcomed Wales during the World Cup in 2019. Around 120 singers from all 14 of the organisation’s choirs will be taking part in the performance – among them will be members from their choirs in Wrexham, Rhyl, Caernarfon and Holyhead.