Warbling High Peak youngsters spread some joy with Walking On Sunshine cover video

The 12 youngsters - members of Perfect Pitch choir - recorded clips of themselves at home singing along to upbeat classic Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.

Joyous footage shows them dancing, on swings and even doing acrobatics in gardens with beautiful landscapes in the background.

In other clips the smiling singers - aged between 12 and 16 - lark about playing drums and mime with fake brass instruments.

During the vivacious video the sunny songsters can be heard harmonising together as others fill in other music parts.

Emma Hopkins, choir coach and owner of Tilly Studios, produced the video - editing the performers’ video and audio parts together - to cheer them all up.

She told how members - which number 70 all together and were now isolated from each other at home - had been due to perform the song at Buxton Opera House on March 22 which had closed the week before.

She said: “The kids see each other quite a lot on a weekly basis during normal times but they can’t anymore.

“I just wanted to keep them singing because they all love doing it – but it’s really hard to do that with online lessons.

“This was made with the help of their families to keep them busy while they’re just sitting at home - it was good fun.

“It’s a song they’ve practised a lot and we were going to record it anyway.”

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At the time of publication the video had been viewed over 5,000 times on YouTube.

Emma - who coaches 40 members of Perfect Pitch and 30 in the practice choir - told how the enthusiastic warblers provided too much footage to fit into the jolly cover version.

Emma said: “They sent me so many clips through and it really made me smile.

“The video has had some great comments and it made the kids feel really special - it was a nice thing to do.”