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Nov 24

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Fifth grade Barton Hills Choir members are scheduled to record a show of Christmas music at KUT in Studio 1A on Friday, December 17. The show will air the following week – watch this web site for specific date and time.

Meanwhile, here are six rehearsal songs to practice for the KUT show. Musicians for these recordings are:

  • Gavin Tabone, bass and piano
  • Aaron “Hair Doctor” Dembe, guitar
  • Jake “Mr. Bubbles” Perlman, drums

Fun facts:

  • The Christmas Song (more commonly recognized by the beginning verse “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”) was written by Mel Torme and Bob Wells in 1944 in the middle of a blistering hot summer.
  • According to BMI “The Christmas Song” is the most performed Christmas song. One of the most recent artists to record it is Vanessa Doofenshmirtz for Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites.
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Nov 18

Family Time Rocks! LP Cover

Summer members of the Barton Hills Choir recorded the Gavin Tabone original song Brand New Day for inclusion on the newly released Family Time Rocks! The Universe album.

Family Time Rocks! is a project launched by Sara Hickman to promote her belief that “families who create together, do great together!” As Sara describes it:

This was a concept I had that contains many levels: a website with information for kids, parents and teachers; an actual band performing songs for families at live shows, and outreach within schools/HEB in-stores to promote creativity within families, all supported by a CD that contains music and poems, interspersed with short ideas from a variety of different ethnic/cultural backgrounds given by actual families sharing what they like to do in their homes for creative fun.

The album Family Time Rocks! The Universe was released November 1, 2010, and includes 37 tracks of songs, poetry, and conversations from people of different cultures/ethnicities speaking in their native tongues about creative things they like to do in their families. Accompanying the album are games and activities for home and the classroom to start kids and adults alike thinking about constant creativity.

Best of all, Family Time Rocks! The Universe is available as a free download from the Family Time Rocks! web site. You can also download Brand New Day as an individual track.

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Jul 23

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Here’s 16 “Sock Hop” songs for your listening and practicing pleasure, performed by members of the 2009-2010 Barton Hills Choir:

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Jun 18

BHC at ACL 2009
Here’s a studio recording of the Barton Hills Choir singing Brand New Day, a Gavin Tabone original that was one of the songs performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival last fall.

Lyrics for Brand New Day are below.

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