Singing Librarian flashback: S Club Library
Last weekend’s charity concert of The Pirates of Penzance put me in mind of another charity singing event, and one that was much stranger than dressing up as a pirate and a policeman. I was, however briefly, a pop star. With screaming fans, signed photos, farewell performances and everything else that goes with great fame.
When I joined the merry staff of the Library of Doom, men were few and far between on the front line, and young men even more of a scarce commodity. But after a while, a number of young men were recruited almost simultaneously and someone remarked that we now had enough to form a boy band. The seeds of a very silly idea were sown. As the annual fund-raising opportunity of the BBC’s Children in Need appeal approached, I decided to attempt transforming this ridiculous idea into a reality. Why not, for one performance only, form a library boy band to raise some cash for this very worthy cause? Unfortunately, one of my colleagues chickened out after initially agreeing to take part, and we were left with a trio, including one chap who just can’t sing (much like many members of real boy bands, then). The obvious solution was to invite a couple of carefully selected young lady library staff members and form S Club Library, a take-off of a group who were very popular at the time (November 2002).
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