Barton Hills Choir

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BHC performs at SXSW ‘Breakfast Club’ anniversary screening

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The Barton Hills Choir had the honor of performing the memorable anthem Don’t You (Forget About Me) from The Breakfast Club at the 30th anniversary screening of the movie during SXSW.

The screening featured a conversation with two of the film’s stars, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. The photos above (click to enlarge) were captured from video of the performance. Watch this site for it to be posted soon!

BHC rehearses ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’

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Enjoy this video of the Barton Hills Choir rehearsing Don’t You (Forget About Me), the signature song from the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.

Recorded at Barton Hills Elementary School, March, 2015.
Gavin Tabone – keys, guitar, tambourine
Don Cento – guitar
‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ – written by Forsey/Schiff
Video produced by Gavin Tabone

Fun Facts:

Soundtrack producer Keith Forsey originally asked The Fixx, Bryan Ferry, and Billy Idol to record Don’t You (Forget About Me) for the movie, but all three declined.
Simple Minds initially also declined, but encouraged by their record label, agreed to record it. Don’t You (Forget About Me) became a number one hit in the United States and around the world.
The song’s “la-la-la” coda is a case of a placeholder becoming the actual lyric, as neither Keith Forsey nor Jim Kerr of Simple Minds could think of actual words that made sense.

2015 2nd-3rd Grade Choir Show Videos

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Second and third grade choir members performed their annual show at Barton Hills Elementary on Thursday, February 26 to a large and appreciative audience. Watch these videos to relive the event, or enjoy it if you weren’t able to make it.

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Shot by John Scannell
Produced by Gavin Tabone

Musicians
Gavin Tabone – keyboards
Perlman – drums
Vocals – 2nd/3rd grade choir members

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Part 3

2015 2nd-3rd Grade Choir Show Photos

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Second and third grade Barton Hills Elementary choir members performed their annual show at the school Thursday evening, March 26, 2015 before a sold out audience. Choir Director Gavin Tabone played keyboards and was accompanied by Jake Perlman on drums.

The choir sang a mix of classroom songs and choir standards. Enjoy these photos taken by Romain Nayalkar (click to enlarge)