Coronavirus: Peterborough family’s online song performances ‘going viral’

The Parson family have been entertaining friends on Facebook with their family concerts.

What started out as ‘a bit of laugh’ has spiralled with the family now inundated with requests and kind comments.

Though they normally only play as a family at Christmas, every evening durning the lockdown Dave, Jane and Millie record their performances of popular songs for all to hear.

The multi-talented family plays a number of instruments between them including the flute, clarinet and the saxophone.

So far the trio have played hits such as Aha’s ‘Take on Me’ and The Killers’ fans’ favourite ‘Mr Brightside’.

Dave has admitted that doing the arrangements has been a challenge, especially for rock songs with guitars, as neither of them play the guitar.

Having been dubbed the ‘Peterborough Von Trapps’ by one of their friends, they even broadcast when things don’t go as planned.

Dave said: “People are waiting for us to post each night. Last night we were trying and trying but we couldn’t get it quite right.

“So instead we posted some out-takes like when the dog went bananas because the cat came in. Some key workers have stayed up just to see our videos before they go to sleep.”

The family still have around 10 requests left to perform with more coming in each night.

You can watch them on their facebook here: