Sherborne Boy performs in trafalgar Square

Harry Onslow (Lower Sixth) took to the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square recently to sing excerpts from Les Misérables. Standing for a full hour between 11pm and midnight, and dressed in Black Tie, the theme for Harry's presentation was "dinner parties and musicals"! A backing track - which was playing just the right volume to be audible from within a few yards of the plinth - provided accompaniment for him to sing almost every number from the show with which he was involved when it was staged at Sherborne in November 2007. Chorus numbers such as "Do you hear the people sing?" received rapturous applause whilst many in the crowd (numbering some 150 at various stages in the hour) joined in with the bits which they knew. At the end of the hour, when possibly Harry's voice was just beginning to sound a little tired, Harry said "It was amazing how quickly the time went: I enjoyed every minute of it and would do it again! Les Misérables is one of my favourite shows and it was fun to sing it on my own - I'll always remember this occasion."
 

Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2009