Wednesday, January 26, 2011

WILLIAM BARCLAY MEMORIAL CONCERT

I ATTENDED THIS CONCERT LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS A SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT WHERE 200 KIDS FROM 6 HIGH SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER AT SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL. I SAT BY A SAMOAN MAN AND HIS SON. EACH SCHOOL SANG THREE SONGS. THE PINER HIGH SCHOOL SANG THREE RHYTHMS WITH THE LAST ONE BY JOHN MAYER. THE KIDS PLAYED TWO UKULELES AND THE DIRECTOR PLAYED A GUITAR. MOST OF THE SONGS WERE SUNG ACAPPELLA.



THE MARIA CARRILLO CHOIR SINGERS WERE VERY GOOD. THEY SANG A SPIRITUAL SONG, A FUN SONG, AND A SERIOUS SONG ALL IN ENGLISH. THE NEXT CHOIR WAS ELSIE ALLEN CHOIR. THEIR FIRST SONG WAS AN AFRICA SONG WHICH EVERYONE LOVED. THEIR NEXT TWO WERE IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH - "I GOT YOU".



THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT SANG A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS CHOIR. ANOTHER WAS A HEBREW, AND THEIR LAST SONG

'NOEL' WAS AFRICAN. IT WAS A GREAT CHOIR. THE SANTA ROSA CHOIR WAS A LARGE CHOIR AND IT HAD SEVERAL SOLOISTS AND AN ENGLISH SONG.



AFTER A BREAK THE REDWOOD CHORDS MEN GROUP SANG SOME FUN SONGS INCLUDING HOME ON THE RANGE AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG! THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FROM SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DIRECTED ALL THE CHOIRS AND SAID THAT BACH SAID MUSIC IS ALL THINGS ETERNAL. THEN ALL SIX CHOIRS SANG A SPANISH SONG, A LATIN SONG A HYMN AND AN ENGLISH SONG.

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