The Barton Hills Choir was invited to perform with two other Austin artists, Fresh Millions and Cowboy and Indian, at a special birthday party September 8 to celebrate 10 years of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. They performed a 40 minute set before a large and appreciative crowd at Republic Square Park in downtown Austin.
Check out these videos from the performance. Above is “Sir Duke” and below is “Rockin’ Robin.”
The Barton Hills Choir has been invited to play at the world famous Austin City Limits Music Festival, performing on Friday, September 16. Make plans now to attend and watch this web site for additional details as the event date gets closer. For now, be sure to visit the artist web page for the Barton Hills Choir at the ACL Festival web site and add the Choir to your list of artists you plan to see.
The Choir last performed at the ACL Festival on October 10, 2009. Video and pictures of that show are available here.
UPDATE: Upon hearing who is headlining this year’s ACL festival, the choir has chosen to perform a special medley of Stevie Wonder songs.
Barton Hills Choir performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, October 2, 2009
BHC Parent Jeff Clarkson created a DVD of the Choir’s performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival with video from both onstage and audience cameras. In addition to the music you’ll see the choir posing for a picture at the Festival entrance and members swarming KEYE-TV reporter Bettie Cross who covered the event for the news.
Video for the DVD was taken by Lynn Williamson and Jeff Clarkson. This video is 320×240 pixels and 31:45 in length. Note that this file is 125 MB in size, so is only recommended for high-speed internet connections. Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).
Set list: Hear The Noise / Race For The Prize / Kamera / Let The Music Take You Away / Spoonful Weighs A Ton / Brand New Day / Nowhere Man / Help / I Got You (At The End of The Century).
Barton Hills Choir rehearses “I Got You” from their ACL set during summer, 2009
BHC Parent Jeff Clarkson created a DVD with video from multiple rehearsal sessions and the choir’s performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.These videos provide a unique insight into the choir’s beginnings during the summer of 2009 as they prepared for their first show which just happened to be at a world-famous music festival that’s held within walking distance of their music room at Barton Hills Elementary.
Video for the DVD was taken by Lynn Williamson and Jeff Clarkson. This video is 320×240 pixels, 24.5 MB, and 6:34 in length. Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).
This is the seventh and final selection from the DVD and includes credits.
Barton Hills Choir rehearses “Help!” from their ACL set during summer, 2009
BHC Parent Jeff Clarkson created a DVD with video from multiple rehearsal sessions and the choir’s performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.These videos provide a unique insight into the choir’s beginnings during the summer of 2009 as they prepared for their first show which just happened to be at a world-famous music festival that’s held within walking distance of their music room at Barton Hills Elementary.
Video for the DVD was taken by Lynn Williamson and Jeff Clarkson. This video is 320×240 pixels, 9.5 MB, and 2:29 in length. Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).
This is the sixth selection from the DVD; the remainder will be posted here shortly so check back soon!
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