13-04-2025
Song celebrating Carlisle receives thousands of views
A song celebrating everything about Carlisle has received thousands of views online.
The song, entitled Love Carlisle, is performed by award-winning local youth theatre group, StageRight to help celebrate their 20th anniversary.
The music was written by talented local musician, Jonathan Millican with the lyrics celebrating everything great about the border city, from the stunning local scenery to the city's fascinating history.
The three soloists represent the three different age groups in youth theatre. Sam Murray starts, followed by Isabella Walby and then Anna Bedford.
The song had its first performance at StagedRight's recent concert which helped celebrate 20 years since its foundation.
The anniversary show, which was held at Rheged in Penrith, brought together both past and present StagedRight pupils for an unforgettable show.
StagedRight founder and director, David McNeill said that the group had been 'overwhelmed' by the response the song has got on social media.
'We wanted to thank Carlisle, its people, its history for helping shape StagedRight over the 20th years and what better way to do it for a theatre school than by a song,' said David.
'We asked our assistant musical director Jonathan Millican to compose something, and the end result was performed at our anniversary concert at Rheged in February.
'Whilst the 90 students sang about the city we love, images of the city from present day and back 20 years, played on the giant Rheged screen.
'We have been overwhelmed by the positivity to the piece and were constantly being asked to release it on social media so that anyone not at the show could enjoy it.
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'Since launching it on Saturday, to date 4,500 people have viewed it online and the number is rising every day.
'We would love it to become the city anthem and perhaps be played at key events etc.
'Our students make StagedRight what it is and we are so proud of them.'
StagedRight are now in preparation for their upcoming production of Les Misérables which is scheduled for July.
