Andre Jebbinson, Staff Reporter

Aabuthnott Gallimore High in performance at 'All Together Sing' at the TVJ studios recently. - File

Ting A Ling A Ling, School Bell a ring. Two schools will be sent back to school, and one will be out celebrating when the winner of the All Together Sing competition is revealed.

Last Sunday marked the final performance show of the competition and as expected, it was going to be exciting.

Adding to the excitement were guest performers, Voicemail. Vauxhall High got knocked out leaving Aabuthnott Gallimore, Rusea's and Oberlin high schools doing battle for the $300,000 purse.

Aabuthnott Gallimore is known as the school with the powerful and versatile lead singer so the audience knew they would be milking him to the very end. They did just that when they performed Oldies But Goodies and a festival medley. The renditions had a nostalgic feel that would cause anyone in love or a couth person to go back in time.

By the end of both perfor-mances, all the judges assured the choir that their place in the finals was justified.

For Oberlin, it is felt that they have been the most consistent in producing good sounds. As returning champions, they came out with a firm grip on the trophy.

"Oberlin, they would have to come and take it from you," said judge Lawrence Wright after Oberlin performed Wayne Wonder's No Letting Go.

They also had the lone female judge, Lileth Sewell, in an emotional state. She said that would always happen whenever she hears young people sing so well.

The Russians are here, or not quite, but Rusea's is known to always bring something special to the table. This time around, they came with their original lyrics to Voicemail's Feeling Good Tonight.

Their energy reached the maximum level and everyone was just having fun. Their second performance was not as strong, but they have always had a place in the public's heart.

By far though, the night's most captivating and wooing performance belonged to Oberlin High. The soloist position was kept in the family when brothers Jermaine and Jerome Blake shared the role. Oberlin's second performance brought the studio and the curtain down as it was the final event of the night. Jerome, a grade eight student, revived an old classic, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, and blew everyone away. Nobody foresaw the tiny lad bellowing such massive chords.

"If this was cricket, that would be a century, tennis, a smash and boxing, a knock out!" said an excited Dennis Ruston.

The live results show will be aired on Television Jamaica on December 10 at 8 p.m. Rusea's and Oberlin will need to generate some extra votes if they are to climb their way up from their respective second and third positions. Aabuthnott Gallimore needs to retain their voters. Viewers will have the entire week to vote as the phone lines close at 8 p.m. next Sunday.