A sample from the Harrow Times by Tristan Kirk
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MORE than 25,000 have watched a music video created by a Scarborough school to raise money for a Harrow charity.
Scalby School pupils and teachers have recorded a version of Somewhere over the Rainbow/Wonderful World in memory of 14-year-old pupil Ellie Othick-Bowmaker who died on Valentine Day this year.
The song has been released on Amazon to raise money for Ali's Dream, a Harrow-based charity which is dedicated to furthering childhood brain tumour research.
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Jonathan Morgan, the school’s head of performing arts who produced the song and the video, said: “I have just been blown away by the response to the song. It is receiving views from right across the globe. We think it stands a great chance of getting into the charts.
“The main reason behind recording the song though was to raise funds and awareness of brain tumour charities.”
Ellie’s mother, Heather, said: “Every time I hear the song, it sends shivers down my spine. The fact that the school wanted to do it to raise brain tumour awareness has left me lost for words.
“It is the most underfunded of all the cancer charities and hopefully this will change that.”
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For more information on the charity, you can click here
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