POSTED: Friday November 18th 2011
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McFly star and London 2012 mascots eye up music chart position

Download images from the event at Great Ormond Street Hospital school from 1pm
Download images from the event at Westfield Stratford City from 5.30pm
London 2012 mascots Wenlock and Mandeville are set to burst on to the music scene with the official London 2012 mascot song ‘On a Rainbow’. The single, penned and recorded by McFly star Tom Fletcher is available to download now. Wenlock and Mandeville have proven popular in schools and online, the duo have also appeared in the children’s comic ‘The Beano’ and have starred in their own animated films - the third instalment of the adventure is also being premiered today and features the new song.
‘On a Rainbow’ is written by Tom Fletcher, lead singer and guitarist from pop rock band McFly and features Tom’s sister Carrie Fletcher as well as pupils from West Leigh Junior School Choir in Southend-on-Sea. The song is based on Wenlock and Mandeville’s journey to the London 2012 Games and the young people they meet along the way.
Tom’s inspiration for the song came from the animated mascot films created since their launch in May 2010. The short films show how Wenlock and Mandeville are created from the last two drops of steel from the Olympic Stadium and then also follow their journey as they continue on their sporting adventure across the UK, inspiring young people to take up sport.
Tom and Carrie will perform the song live at events at Great Ormond Street Hospital School, a member of the Get Set Network and at Westfield Stratford City today. Children in Get Set Network schools across the UK will be learning a dance to accompany the song through the London 2012 Education Programme, and will perform the dance on London 2012 World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB on Monday 25 June 2012.
The third mascot film called ‘Wenlock and Mandeville’s Rainbow Rescue’ will also be previewed at the events and will be shown on 373 screens in more than 100 ODEON cinemas nationwide before selected family movies from 25 November to 23 December.
Rainbow Rescue features CGI animated versions of Olympic and Paralympic athletes Louis Smith, Zoe Smith, Victoria Pendleton, Shelly Woods and Tom Aggar. It was written by British author Michael Morpurgo and also features narration by English TV and film personality Stephen Fry.
Tom Fletcher said: ‘This is an amazing opportunity and it’s something I'm very proud to be involved in. I wanted it to be fun for kids and a song that kids could remember and sing along to.’
Wenlock and Mandeville also appear on learning resources available to teachers through the London 2012 Education programme ‘Get Set’ and the costume characters have together made over 200 appearances across the UK. People have ‘customised’ their own version of the mascots as just one of the interactive mascot games on the mascot website and 23,700 people follow Wenlock and Mandeville on Twitter and Facebook. The mascots feature on over 25% of official London 2012 products. Visit http://www.london2012.com/mascots for more details.
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Notes to editors

London 2012 Games partners:
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the London 2012 Olympic Games and the 204 National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos, Dow Chemical Company, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.

LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are seven domestic Tier Two Supporters - Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twenty-eight domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers - Aggreko, Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, CBS Outdoor, Crystal CG, Eurostar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, G4S, GSK, Gymnova, Heathrow Airport, Heineken UK, Holiday Inn, John Lewis, McCann Worldgroup, Mondo, NATURE VALLEY, Next, Nielsen, Populous, Rapiscan Systems, Rio Tinto, Technogym, Thames Water, Ticketmaster, Trebor and Westfield.

There is one domestic Tier One Paralympic Games Partner, Sainsbury’s and one domestic Tier Three Paralympic Supplier, Otto Bock.

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