Feeling Good - Really Good
For six weeks in February/March, five of our boys were trained by top London choreographer, Lizzi Gee, in a street dance routine from the West End musical Billy Elliot. They were followed by TV cameras in this amazing journey from audition, through strenuous and exacting twice-weekly rehearsals to final filming for The Feelgood Factor, hosted by Myleene Klass and Eamonn Holmes. None of our boys had previous dance experience, but this did not matter, as the point of their participation was to show that dance is fun and good exercise. At the end of March, Yonnatan, Matthew, Theo, Joe and Ronan performed the 'angry dance' with Tom Holland, who plays Billy in the hit show. To familiarise them with the dance, the boys were taken to the show in February and were filmed meeting Tom backstage afterwards. This incredible journey culminated in two days of final rehearsals and filming in ITV's Manchester studios. The fact that the studio was right next to the Rover's Return and Coronation Street was the icing on the cake! The boys took everything in their stride, however, and were an absolute credit to the school and their parents who are so proud of them. As an additional reward, each boy was given a year's free subscription to Stagecoach Theatre School so they could continue their new-found hobby.
If you missed the fruit of their hard work shown on ITV1 on Saturday 28 March, you can catch up on this episode and the one where Myleene came to Thames to spring the surprise on them on Youtube.
