The choir has a lot of great songs and I am glad they picked my favorite theme song. In the meantime, listen to these great tunes!

List of selections for 2009 include

Preludium/medley from Sound of Music, Kungala, Russian Picnic, Tico Tico, Inside Your Heaven (Carrie Underwood), An Irish Blessing, Stopping by Woods, We Rise Again, Inch Worm, Rhythm of LIfe, Baby its Cold Outside, Ain't Misbehavin', Blue Moon, Summertime, Pink Panther (really neat!) plus a few other selections to be finalized. The theme is about nature. KUNGALA another version of Kungala ( I think they go a bit flat so be aware!) but a zippy speed.

 

 

 

Bohemian Rhapsody (By the group Queen featuring the amazing Freddie Mercury) This will be a SATB piece...

When the band released a Greatest Hits cassette in Iran, a leaflet in Persian was included with translation and explanations (refers a book published in Iran called "The March of the black Queen" By "Sarah Sefati" & "Farhad Arkani" which included the whole biography of the band & complete lyrics with Persian translation {2000}). There Queen states that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about a young man who has accidentally killed someone and, like Faust, sold his soul to the devil. On the night before his execution he calls for God in Arabic, "Bismillah" (Basmala), and with the help of angels regains his soul from Satan.The song is of six sections: introduction, ballad, guitar solo, opera, rock and an outro. This format, with abrupt changes in style, tone, and tempo, was unusual to rock music.There is no chorus. In 1977, only two years after its release, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was named 'The Best Single of the Last 25 Years".

 

 

 

Kungala: Cindee says this is exactly what we are doing WITH repeats. So get your music out and follow along!

 

Kungala

 

Russian Picnic(With Actions!)

 

 

Inside Your Heaven

 

Here is Carrie Underwood's original version, very very good: Hard to find a really good choral version.  

We Rise Again Choral Version

This choir is amazing overall but especially two young girls sings the solo!

 

 

 

 

Here is the 1993 Rankin Family original video. Lovely.

Inch Worm with the incomparable Danny Kaye on the Muppet Show: Wow!

 

 

Rhythm of Life Great version with Sammy Davis Jr.

 

 

Here is another style with a straight choral sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4__EuY0jrA

Yet a THIRD version with Diana Ross and the Temptations:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfS_4XSS0WI&feature=related

 

 

Pink Panther (from a 1981 choral version with actions)

 

 

 

Baby It's Cold Outside (with Will Ferell in the movie 'Elf', lovely voices)

 

 

 

 

Ain't Misbehavin' (Choral version)

 

 Do we look like this?

"Summertime" choral version (we are probably singing faster than this according to Music Committee meeting)

Great sax solo at the beginning and double bass added....very good soloist, bit of a different version from ours.

 

 

The Sound of Music Nuns Preludium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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