rehearsal songs

Jun 07

Rehearsal songs for July 4 Parade

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The Barton Hills Choir will be performing July 4 at the annual Independence Day Parade sponsored by the Barton Hills Neighborhood Association. The parade starts at 9 AM at the Barton Hills Market and ends at the Barton Hills Elementary playground.

The set list includes two new songs which you can practice by downloading appropriate versions below.

Star Alto 4th of July

Star Both 4th of July

Star Sop. 4th of July

This Land Alto 4th of July

This Land Both 4th of July

This Land Sop. 4th of July

Nowhere Man rehearsal video – in colour

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Barton Hills fifth and sixth grade choir members rehearse the Beatles’ Nowhere Man

In living color, this video taken by Lynn Williamson and edited by Gavin Tabone shows the Barton Hills Choir rehearsing the Beatles’ Nowhere Man, accompanied by their all-star musicians: 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.

Fun facts:

Nowhere Man is featured in the Beatles animated movie Yellow Submarine.
“Nowhere Man” is cited by some experts as a landmark Beatles song since it was their very first original composition not to deal with romantic love in its subject matter.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 17 MB, and 2:05 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).

Help! rehearsal video – in colour

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Barton Hills fifth and sixth grade choir members rehearse the Beatles’ Help!

In living colour, just like the movie Help! was, this video taken by Lynn Williamson and edited by Gavin Tabone shows the Barton Hills Choir rehearsing the Beatles’ Help!.

More fun facts about Help!:

Help! ranked number 29 on the Rolling Stone’s 2004 500 greatest songs of all time list.
The American record release of the song Help! includes a 15 second James Bond-style instrumental introduction not found on the original British version.

This video is 480×270 pixels, 17.5 MB, and 2:36 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).

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).