Meet Clifton Close Harmony whose successful fortnight's tour of Torbay last summer netted £1,357 for the RNLI. The octet, made up from Anthony Newman, teacher at Clifton College, and seven pupils, most still recovering from 'O' and 'A' level exams, toured local hotels giving no fewer than 36 mini concerts.

Audiences were regaled with barber shop and close harmony numbers such as 'Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye' and 'Java Jive'. The group also did their share of busking, sometimes in as unlikely places as on a steam train, aboard the Dartmouth ferry, on a pedalo (to a crowded beach) and even in a public convenience..