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Steve Sims concludes, ’Seventeen babies dying every day is totally unacceptable and I hope that by recording this CD it helps highlight the issue of stillbirth and neonatal death and raises much needed funds for research to prevent so many babies dying.’
LOCAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE SINGING SENSATION RECORDS ‘ANTHEMS OF HOPE’ FOR CHARITY
Winner of BBC Gloucestershire's Undiscovered Talent contest, 'Best Male Vocalist 2007' and local singing sensation, 17 year old Steve Sims, headed to the world famous Rockfield recording studios, in Monmouth, for the weekend 25/26th July to record a three-
The CD will feature Bread’s ‘Everything I Own’ and Abba’s ‘I have a Dream’, both highly emotive songs to Michelle Dimery, who runs the Gloucestershire Sands group and who persuaded Steve to get involved.
In addition to recording the CD on the 25/26th July, Steve performed at the ‘Music in the Park’ Festival in Gloucester on the Saturday afternoon singing ‘Everything I Own’ and one of his own compositions.
Steve of Hucclecote, Gloucester, says of his involvement, ‘I met Michelle through her daughters at sixth form, and when she explained about the work Sands undertakes in supporting parents of stillborn babiesand babies who die shortly after birth, I was 100% behind getting involved. My younger brother was very ill when he was born and so I know only too well that having a baby doesn’t always work out as expected.’
Michelle takes up the story, ‘What makes this story so great is that Steve is only just 17 and through this CD he is supporting Sands Why17? campaign, (www.why17.org), which aims to highlight the tragic fact that 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every single day in the UK, plus raise funds towards research that could significantly reduce the numbers of babies dying.
‘My own son, Christopher, died in 1987 following a difficult delivery, he lived for 7 hours and it has taken me 22 years to get myself together enough to undertake setting up a sands group. The songs Steve will be recording were both ‘anthems of hope’ to me when things were very bleak and I hope the CD will strike a chord with other bereaved parents, but also mums and dads who’ve never suffered such a loss.’
In addition to recording the CD on the 25/26th July, Steve performed at the ‘Music in the Park’ Festival in Gloucester on the Saturday afternoon singing ‘Everything I Own’ and one of his own compositions.
Steve of Hucclecote, Gloucester, says of his involvement, ‘I met Michelle through her daughters at sixth form, and when she explained about the work Sands undertakes in supporting parents of stillborn babiesand babies who die shortly after birth, I was 100% behind getting involved. My younger brother was very ill when he was born and so I know only too well that having a baby doesn’t always work out as expected.’
Michelle takes up the story, ‘What makes this story so great is that Steve is only just 17 and through this CD he is supporting Sands Why17? campaign, (www.why17.org), which aims to highlight the tragic fact that 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every single day in the UK, plus raise funds towards research that could significantly reduce the numbers of babies dying.
‘My own son, Christopher, died in 1987 following a difficult delivery, he lived for 7 hours and it has taken me 22 years to get myself together enough to undertake setting up a sands group. The songs Steve will be recording were both ‘anthems of hope’ to me when things were very bleak and I hope the CD will strike a chord with other bereaved parents, but also mums and dads who’ve never suffered such a loss.’