{"id":22174,"date":"2020-12-05T14:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/?p=22174"},"modified":"2020-12-05T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:09:16","slug":"busy-few-weeks-christmas-charity-song-online-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/busy-few-weeks-christmas-charity-song-online-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy few weeks&#8230; Christmas Charity Song online now&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excuse my absence from the blog folks, I&#8217;ve let my daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCrKY2R9L3c7nujvOzZuRQzzYS_zUoh4M\">Lockdown Logs<\/a> do the talking for me of late, but I do want to share something with you.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks ago, between Lockdowns, I got together with my mates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paulballo1977\">Paul BALLO Ballington<\/a>, and my fellow<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyorkshireteabaggers\">Yorkshire Teabagger<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommyteabag\">John Atherley<\/a>, to start work on a Christmas song.<\/p>\n<p>During this last lockdown we&#8217;ve recorded it, made a video, and now released it just in time for the Festive Season. \u00a0And we&#8217;re using it to raise funds for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yctrust.uk\">Yorkshire Children&#8217;s Trust<\/a><\/strong>. 100% of the funds raised will go straight those who need it and what&#8217;s more, it&#8217;s serving families in this region! &#8211; To donate, click here &#8211; <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/36plAaE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/36plAaE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Video is below &#8211; The single can also be downloaded on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8cX2pJTU-sM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the Blurb for it..<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The U.K&#8217;s favourite Singing Plumber, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paulballo1977\">Paul BALLO Ballington<\/a> always has an annual Christmas song available&#8230;\u00a0But this year it&#8217;s something a bit special.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As the nation struggled through the Covid Pandemic, Paul joined up with his mates from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyorkshireteabaggers\">The Yorkshire Teabaggers<\/a>,&#8221; John Atherley and Dave McClelland, to reassure families that Santa would still be calling on them this Christmas.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recording a song, and shooting a video, isn&#8217;t easy when you can&#8217;t be in the same room as your bandmates, but the team used technology to put it all together remotely, and the final video is like joining a Zoom call with a bunch of Yorkshire mates. And even Santa himself joins in the call!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And it became a family affair with Paul&#8217;s daughter Lana, and John&#8217;s wife Maria joining in, along with a cameo from actor Andy Whitaker who plays Policeman PC Swirling on ITV Soap Emmerdale \u00a0(as\u00a0Andy Moore) .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lads wanted to help families who are struggling through the Covid Crisis &#8211; and the Yorkshire Children&#8217;s Trust seemed like the perfect partner to raise funds for. 100% of the funds raised will go straight those who need it and what&#8217;s more, it&#8217;s serving families in this region! &#8211; To donate, click here &#8211; <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/36plAaE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/36plAaE<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The single can also be downloaded on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon Music!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excuse my absence from the blog folks, I&#8217;ve let my daily Lockdown Logs do the talking for me of late, but I do want to share something with you. Weeks ago, between Lockdowns, I got together with my mates, Paul BALLO Ballington, and my fellow Yorkshire Teabagger John Atherley, to start work on a Christmas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/busy-few-weeks-christmas-charity-song-online-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Busy few weeks&#8230; Christmas Charity Song online now&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#Christmas #Charity Song online now... with a #Yorkshire theme... @paulballo @tommyteabag @yorkshirechild #ChristmasSong @MooreWhitaker","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,41,55,77,84,195,17,2,9,64,94,274],"tags":[287,288],"class_list":["post-22174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acting","category-actor","category-celebrities","category-christmas","category-comedy","category-dogs","category-emmerdale","category-film","category-friends","category-humour","category-music","category-yorkshire","tag-charity-song","tag-christmas-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yorkshire-Christmas-FINAL-VERSION-v2.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VL6J-5LE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22178,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174\/revisions\/22178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}