Cheesy anthem takes the biscuit with ode to Cheddar

An east London choir’s ode to Cheddar set to the strains of Land and Hope of Glory has been named as the cheese’s new national anthem.

The Upbeat Community Choir, who meet at Wanstead High School, saw off fierce competition from a host of musical cheddar enthusiasts to snatch the top prize in the British Cheese Board’s hunt for a national anthem for Cheddar. The Board had invited the public to come up with original lyrics to the tune of God Save the Queen, Land of Hope and Glory or Jerusalem.


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The winning entry secured more than 40 per cent of the vote after it was pitted against other entrants in a public poll. As a reward for their efforts the choir received a year’s free supply of the cheese.

Upbeat conductor Tim Sutton said: “I’m so proud of the choir who really rallied around what was quite a bizarre project. We’ve raffled off the cheese prize already and it will split between 12 of the choir members.”