The Barton Hills Choir joined the Austin High School Glee Club for a show in the AHS Performing Arts Center on Nov. 10, 2016. Brent Schneeman kindly shared these pictures from the performance.
Nov 13
The Barton Hills Choir was honored to share the stage with the Austin High School Glee Club for a performance on Thursday, Nov. 10th, 2016. Enjoy this video of Neil Sedaka’s ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’ from the show shot by Scott Havis and produced by Choir Director Gavin Tabone.
Musicians
Drums – Jake Perlman
Bass – Jason Brint
Guitar – Don Cento
Piano and choir director – Gavin Tabone.
Special thanks to Todd Gardner for running the PA and Austin High Choir/Glee director TR Forrest!
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Nov 10
BHC is chuffed to be honored by the Austin Chronicle in the 2016 edition of their annual “Best of Austin” issue as “Best Elementary School Elective.”
Head over to the Chronicle to check out the BHC award summary and all of the 2016 “Best Of” Readers Poll and Critics Picks.
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Oct 29
‘High Hopes’ and ‘Pick Yourself Up’ video from 2016 3rd/4th grade Halloween Show
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Barton Hills 3rd and 4th grade choir members performed their annual Halloween Show to an appreciative audience at the school on October 27. Enjoy this video of High Hopes and Pick Yourself Up shot by Scott Havis and produced by Choir Director Gavin Tabone.
Musicians
Drums – Jake Perlman
Keyboards – Gavin Tabone
High Hopes written by Van Heusen/Cahn
Pick Yourself Up written by Kern/Fields
Fun facts:
- “High Hopes” was written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn for the 1959 movie A Hole In The Head, which starred Frank Sinatra and was directed by Frank Capra.
- A children’s choir was used on the single release of “High Hopes,” which was credited to “Frank Sinatra and a bunch of kids.”
- “Pick Yourself Up” by Jerome Kerns and Dorothy Fields was written for the film Swing Time (1936), where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
- President Barack Obama, in his inauguration speech, quoted lyrics from the song, saying “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”
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