They describe themselves as a choir for singers and the tone-deaf alike. The Darwin Beach Choir started small a way to ease after-work stress but they're now attracting large crowds of locals to their monthly gatherings.
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00:00A quick practice session before braving Darwin's morning humidity for their monthly performance.
00:12This time it's a tribute to John Farnham.
00:14For a choir that don't practice, we have no rehearsals, we just get together once a month
00:21and learn a song.
00:23It's a massive effort by everyone here.
00:26Talia Hewitt is a speech therapist, but once a month she transforms into the Darwin Beach
00:32Choir's conductor.
00:34It's a way to let off steam and to bring the community together.
00:38It's a really wonderful experience and I go to the choir and it makes you feel good and
00:44it's for people who can't sing and I'm one of them.
00:47It's an opportunity to sing in a really unstructured, friendly way.
00:51No one identifies as a professional singer.
00:55And it's not just for those wanting to sing, there's a loyal local audience too.
01:00Hello, excellent, yes.
01:02Have you ever thought about joining yourself?
01:05No.
01:06I did sing there, but my wife told me to shut up.
01:09Did you have a sing-along?
01:11No, I just read the words and did it in my mind.
01:16The group's grown beyond the expectations of its founding members after some meet-ups
01:22at a park on Darwin's coast.
01:25It started out just as a group of 10 of us that all worked together, going down to the
01:29park once a month on a Friday, just to let out some stress after work.
01:34They're now drawing around 100 people to the monthly sessions, with the next one planned
01:38for a social club in the city's northern suburbs.