Barton Hills Choir

Apr 20

Pinball Wizard rehearsal video

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Barton Hills fith and sixth grade choir members perform Pinball Wizard

Enjoy this rousing rendition of Pinball Wizard, performed by 5th and 6th grade Barton Hills choir members. Musicians include Choir Director Gavin Tabone on keyboards, Jake “Mr. Bubbles” Perlman on drums, Jason “Mr. Boom Boom” Brint on bass, and Aaron “Hair Doctor” Dembe on guitar. Video taken by Lynn Williamson and edited by Gavin Tabone.

Fun facts about Pinball Wizard:

Pinball Wizard was written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who. It was featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy.
Townshend once called it “the most clumsy piece of writing [he’d] ever done, and added the song to Tommy as an afterthought to lighten the load of the rock opera’s heavy spiritual overtones.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 19MB, and 2:46 in length, so a high-speed internet connection is recommended (but the file size is small enough to play on your iPhone). Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).

Help! rehearsal video

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Barton Hills choir members rehearse the Beatles’ Help!

Rendered in retro monochrome, this video taken by Lynn Williamson and edited by Gavin Tabone shows the Barton Hills Choir rehearsing the Beatles’ Help!.

Fun facts:

John Lennon wrote Help! to be the title track for the Beatles second movie after the title was changed from Eight Arms to Hold You.
John said that because of its honesty Help! was one of his favorites among the Beatles songs he wrote.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 16 MB, and 2:26 in length, so a high-speed internet connection is recommended (but the file size is small enough to play on your iPhone). Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).

Nowhere Man rehearsal video

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Barton Hills choir members rehearse the Beatles’ Nowhere Man

Rendered in retro monochrome, this video taken by Lynn Williamson and edited by Gavin Tabone shows the Barton Hills Choir rehearsing the Beatles’ Nowhere Man.

Fun facts:

Nowhere Man is rumored to be Bob Dylan’s favorite Beatles song.
George and John played identical blue Fender Stratocaster guitars on Nowhere Man.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 17 MB, and 2:32 in length, so a high-speed internet connection is recommended (but the file size is small enough to play on your iPhone). Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).

Dreaming Eagles-6th grade music room video

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Barton Hills sixth grade choir members perform Dreaming Eagles

Here’s a new arrangement of Dreaming Eagles, performed by 6th grade choir members at Barton Hills. Words, music, and keyboard accompaniment by Choir Director Gavin Tabone. Drums provided by the dependable Jake “Mr. Bubbles” Perlman, with Aaron “Hair Doctor” Dembe on guitar. Mr. Tabone also shot and edited the video.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 21 MB, and 3:05 in length, so a high-speed internet connection is recommended (but the file size is small enough to play on your iPhone). Click on image above to play (requires QuickTime).