Montfort Hall

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A buzz of excitement, the echoes of The Audience as a gospel choir files onto the stage, the snake, in front of a body tinted pink from the lights above.

"you Have a good look at the cameras," The Audience is told. It is best not to stare at you while you sing. But Two People in The Audience who already know The Drill . You have for the coming years.

Trevor and Christine Ransome, a few in the 70s from Cambridgeshire, joined hundreds of others in a songs of praise recording in Leicester, De Montfort Hall This Week to count down The Nation ' s Top 10 favorite Church songs.

It was her 37th, and last trip for a hobby that she has taken, from Glasgow to Penzance in the last year alone. Two Weeks previously, she had traveled to The Isle of Wight.

"I would if I could," jokes Trevor, sitting in the stands, as the performers sound check in the background. Christine, eyebrows raised, agrees: "He'd fly to Timbuktu, if they did it. "

On your way through a crowded backstage area, a producer Christine holds for a hug. "We know that you all by their first names," says Trevor. "It's almost like part of the family. "

Trevor and Christine met as a teenager in a Church in Suffolk, where they bonded over their love of singing and music. Hobbies played a large part of their relationship is already there: Two Days before he to Leicester, they celebrated their 58. The Day of the wedding in Prague, where Trevor, 78, had been racing a 10km.

"Although I'm not the fastest runner, I was not last", he beams. "But I was the oldest. "He says he is a way from his goal of completing 50 races.

excursions in order to photography started over 10 years ago, if you were a few years in retirement. Before then, Trevor had worked for a packaging company, while Christine, a stenographer was.

she was always in choirs, sang, and played keyboard in Church groups. "We sang here a couple of years ago," says Christine, looking into the room with the vaulted Ceiling .

Trevor Ransome with the pair of the reserved seats in De Montfort Hall

their first recording in the year 2008 in a Church in Ealing, London, where they sang, as part of a choir. Trevor describes it as a "great experience" that left you with a "real feel-good-factor".

Not long after, a woman, said of your local Church you, that you had been inspired after I the praises.

"you wanted to know where this happiness came the happiness she saw on the faces of the people singing," says Trevor.

'heavens Touch'

your next recording was performed in Peckham in 2010, and since 2014 once Trevor from his role as a Church elder, you have gone to every, can make.

"To me, with all of the wonderful things that make songs of praise to the technical team - lighting The Place - and with all of these different people and different [Church], the traditions, it is touching a bit of heaven," says Trevor.

recordings with gospel choirs are his favorites, he adds: "I love the freedom, I love the joy with which everyone is approaching him. The Choir sings it, the Assembly are up on their feet and I can't help it, you know? I'm in. "

the balance between their travels, however, with the demands of a large family: two sons, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren must.

"We go to Church regularly, we are sad that none of Our Children ," says Trevor, before adding that her family are very supportive of your hobby.

"you all see it, to see if you can get us out into The Audience ," says Christine.

you will also see, if you don't shots, although they say, nothing in comparison to the in the Assembly.

Asked about tips for people that are shy to sing at Church events, Trevor suggests taping yourself.

"Try, the sound of your Voice , The Day before you go to A Wedding or a funeral, where, you know, you could sing to get used to it," he says. "Do not be afraid of your own Voice . "

Trevor and Christine joke with the presenter Aled Jones

- the praises of running has been to find a national vote for The Audience favorite hymn. For Christine, it is Carl Boberg 's How Great Thou art.

"It makes me want to worship, because sometimes I don't feel like worship," she says, lamenting that the people can say "something offensive" things about their faith.

"Everyone has his own [faith]," says Trevor. "We believe that God have us free Choice . "For him, the opening lyrics of Keith Green There is a Redeemer, is the full of are.

"It is not, I hope, I will stand in glory, it begins thus: when I stand in glory," he smiles. "This is a certainty in a very uncertain world. And that is a great comfort. "

The couple has no plans to stop participating in The Show . "We are celebrating our 60. Wedding anniversary in September 2021. Wouldn't it be nice if we the same time managed the 60 songs of praise recordings on virtually?"

"We have laughs some," Christine.

The recording of songs in the De Montfort Hall , Leicester, will be broadcast on Bbc One on 29. September .

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Source of news: bbc.com