It may only have been the 23rd of November, but
it felt very much like the festive season when the Tars were singing in the
John Lewis store on Oxford Street that day. We were there to help promote the
Seasalt department in the John Lewis flagship store on what is apparently the
busiest shopping day of the year. (In August we were performing for Seasalt in
the John Lewis store in Southampton, so this is becoming almost a regular
event)
Both the store and Oxford Street were incredibly busy, and
we think we have “logged” our biggest audience ever. This is mainly because we
were standing opposite both the up and down escalators, so shoppers were passing
us at the rate of perhaps a hundred a minute. Over the day we did three sets of
40 minutes each, so that could be about 12,000 lucky folk who got to hear the
Tars, even if very briefly (a few did get of the escalator and stop to listen!)
Another highlight was our first experience of a “green
room”. No fridge with a selection of alcohol, but some very nice sandwiches and
Danish pastries, and it was a real pleasure to share these facilities with
Father Christmas and some very attractive Elves.
