Now relocated, working and recording as Stage Parades, Theatre Exce, also known as Theatre Of Excellence, was formed in East Finchley in 1974 by Peter Andersen and Steve Smith. They were later joined in the 80's by Steve's cousin, Debbie Hopkins-Davies (front row top friend) and her cousin Sean Letchford (pending profile) both from South East London and were active until 1993. These are all 'live' recordings, so you may hear the dog barking or a car door slamming on a track or three. Sean is featured singing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 with Debbie on tracks 2, 4, 5 and 6 and Steve on track 8. Friends of STAGE PARADES are most welcome to join and as we are not expecting any rush for tickets, please disregard any traditional British queue waiting and climb on board this very select club. Lyrics to all songs are on Stage Parades blog.
'Victims' came out of the senseless killing of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common, but is more generally also about people being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 'Chapters Of Our Life' lyric is what it says on the tin and was written for Debbie's 30th birthday. 'Freefalling' is our attempt at doing a Pet Shop Boys type song, its about agreeing to a charity jump. 'Centre of Stage' and 'Winning Streak' are songs of optimism, written with the UK Eurovision entry in mind and is where the name Stage Parades originated from. Recently added are 'You Say You Don't Love Me' a duet, 'Landed In Toyko' and 'Developments'. The last 2 tracks 'Eurotunnel' and 'The Awakening' are Peter's first instrumentals.
All 14 Theatre Exce vocal tracks are available as free DOWNLOADS, when the myspace facility returns, please read the blog for more information and access to more. Thanks for taking the time in reading this blurb and by adding us to your friends list would be a bonus.
Our 2008 Favourite Eurovision Video Entry from Iceland (11th)
2009 Eurovision Runners Up and Winner. Our top 2 also this year. These are their videos from the Semi-Finals. Others - Azerbajan 3rd, Turkey 4th, UK 5th, Estonia 6th, Greece 7th, France 8th.
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