Busker sings in the face of multiple sclerosis

“I’ll stop when I get crap,” says busker Marion Hounsome, who has multiple sclerosis. 

She’s talking about singing. Today she’s performing outside the Bishopdale New World supermarket in Christchurch in her 1pm to 3pm busking slot. She's come ready to deliver a concert of 30 songs over two hours - an effort that would shame many stadium bands for value.

But there’s a technical glitch. It turns out it is the amp that is crap. It dies after a couple of songs leaving her with no backing tracks and bravely facing an a capella performance. She’s game but suspects listeners like the backing tracks. “I’ll do a couple more songs and then maybe go,” she says resignedly. 

It took 20 minutes for Hounsome, 51, to steer her electric wheelchair along the footpaths from home to the small suburban mall while towing that amp on its own little wheels with one arm.

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