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Jeremy Clarkson’s choir set for mystery performance
The choir teased a new performance showing their rehearsals and asking their fans “any guesses what we are rehearsing for?”
The winners are believed to be rehearsing for the Royal Welsh Show, held by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, marking their first welsh appearance.
Abbie Condon, a specialist in Red Tracto farm assurance from Witney, is part of The Hawkstone Farmers Choir (Image: Abbie Condon)
The 34-strong choir, which has 10 members from Wales, will be performing at the show on Monday, July 20.
The group initially set up by the former Top Gear host was crowned the winners of the talent show on Saturday, May 30.
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With their win the choir won 250,000 and a spot at this year’s Royal Variety Performance, which takes place in November.
The group – which is entirely made up of people connected with farming – who came out on top, narrowly beating drone art act Celestial.
Mr Clarkson was in attendance at the final and was seen to be in tears as the choir, which includes several Oxfordshire members, was announced as the winner in a tense reveal.
James Florey, from Northmoor, is part of The Hawkstone Farmers Choir (Image: Abbie Condon)
The choir was originally formed for an advertisement campaign for his Hawkstone beer and cider brand.
The creation of the brand – which is named after a site near to his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm near Chadlington – was chronicled on hit Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm, the fifth series of which came out last month.
It is dedicated to raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention in an industry often defined by isolation and intense financial pressure.