Voices in Public (VIP for short) was a Canadian

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boy band from

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, consisting of Marty Beecroft, Glenn Coulson, Joe Heslip, and Peter Luciano.

History

Voices in Public was formed in the late 1990s by Beecroft, Coulson and Heslip, three friends who attended high school in Barrie."Music After Tuesday release debut CD"
Oct 20, 2006 ''Huntsville Forester'' They practised, wrote and arranged songs, and performed occasionally while completing their undergraduate degrees, and added Luciano to form a quartet."A VIP in the pop music scene is headed for the top with the boys from Barrie"
''Guelph Alumnus'', Spring 2000, page 22.do V.I.P. were featured heavily in Disney's ''The Music Man'' (2002), alongside Matthew Broderick. The four recorded their first album ''Do You Think You're Ready?'', which led to a hit single, "It's Just My Luck". and two cross-Canada tours. The band won the Best New Group Award at the 1999 Canadian Radio Music Awards, and a Genie Award for

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in 2000 for "One Thing to Say", their contribution to the film '' Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang''."Coulson goes solo with new album"
Oct 25, 2013 by Leigh Blenkhorn, ''Barrie Advance'' The band released several music videos in the late 1990s, and sang "

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" for various major league sporting events. V.I.P. released a Christmas album entitled ''Let it Snow'' in 2004.

After break-up

After Voices in Public disbanded, Coulson, Beecroft and Heslip went on to release a country album entitled ''After Tuesday'' in 2006. Heslip and Beecroft composed the original score for Universal Vivendi feature film ''Dark Rising'' in 2007. Heslip worked as a music teacher, counsellor, District Principal in British Columbia. Luciano became a lawyer in Toronto. Coulson co-hosted Rogers Local TV's "Daytime" in Barrie until 2012. Beecroft and Coulson continue to work on music / film projects. Beecroft worked at Microsoft for a number of years. Coulson is a Financial Advisor and man about town. Luciano is a member of 4Skor, a Toronto based vocal group.

References

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