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The Florin Street Band to Support ITV’s Text Santa Appeal
"The ITV producers really liked the song and felt it would be a great match for Text Santa, so they asked if I'd consider letting them use it as the theme music for the appeal. When they explained the project I was really impressed by the idea and the nine fantastic charities it's supporting, so of course I said yes! Since the song will undoubtedly become synonymous with Text Santa, and they're such great causes, I think it's only fair that the charities benefit from the success of the song too, so I have decided to donate all of this year's UK download recording profits to the Text Santa charities along with Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust - an amazing educational charity whose Victorian town was the location for our beautiful music video."
Leigh Haggerwood is now writing a Florin Street album for release in 2012, and is currently discussing the possibility of turning Florin Street into a musical animation. The Text Santa launch show hosted by Philip Schofield and Christine Bleakley will be broadcast on ITV1 on Sunday 11 December with its live finale hosted by Ant and Dec and later Holly Willoughby , taking place on Christmas Eve . is released on December 5 2011 and is available at iTunes, Amazon and most other online stores. All UK download recording profits will be shared between the following charities:
6/7 to go to the Text Santa Charities: Carers UK, Crisis, Help the Hospices, Samaritans, WRVS, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Noah's Ark Appeal, Helping Hand, Yorkhill Children's Foundation. And 1/7 to: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
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