Missing one of their number?
Molly Sterling was looking quite relaxed in the holding area backstage, but there were a few anxious faces glancing at their watches. Molly has a total of three female backing vocalists on stage with her, but only two were to be seen. Where was the third vocalist, Naomi Clarke? Well she had to take her exams back in Ireland, and was only able to join the delegation at the very last moment, and that was quite literally five minutes before going on stage. There were smiles all around when she arrived, and of course they were all asking her about her exams.
One of the three female backing vocalists is also playing the cello on stage, and there is a drummer and double bass player to complete the ensemble. Molly is seated at the piano, and is dressed all in black, with a short leather sleeveless jacket, a lace top underneath, plus ripped jeans and black shoes.
The backdrop to the song Playing With Numbers is countryside scenes, with sunlit woods, mainly picked out in light brown colours, to present a calm, easy-going atmosphere on stage.
For a relatively young artist, Molly gave a vocally strong confident performance in each of her rehearsals today in the Wiener Stadthalle. She will have her second rehearsal on Saturday the 16th of May.