Hey Imani!

This one is for Imani:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygMVl4V0tSbGRsNXc/view?usp=sharing

:)
Ms. Fox

Jr. High Concert Songs-- Recordings to Use for Practice

Here are Jr. High Songs.  Please practice as much as possible so that you feel fantastic when you are performing. :)


HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING...PLUS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygMU5rRURXUW1kazA/view?usp=sharing

CAROL OF THE BELLS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygSTNOcWVHN0ZlUGs/view?usp=sharing

MARY, DID YOU KNOW?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygZm50SDkyVWJORTQ/view?usp=sharing


LET IT SNOW!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygYm9YbHoyZ1lfRkk/view?usp=sharing

RUDOLPH
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygZFZCbmpLdVJYbTg/view?usp=sharing

Help for Elementary Choir and 3rd & 4th grade Soloists or Small Groups

Hello!  Here are recordings of our elementary choir song, as well as 2 verses from "La Marimorena."

This is a recording of "Campana Sobre Campana" that might help Elementary Choir students and those performing the verses for our concert:

1. “Campana Sobre Campana” Verse 1- SING IN SPANISH (English is translation is here to help):

 Part 1:

Recogido tu rebaño                        (Your flock is gathered)
a dónde vas pastorcillo?             (Where are you going, little shepherd?)

Part 2:
Voy a llevar al portal             (I’m going to the stable)

Requesón, manteca y vino.             (to bring cottage cheese, lard, and wine)

2. “Campana Sobre Campana” Verse 1- SING IN SPANISH (English is translation is here to help):

 Part 1:

Caminando a media noche             (Walking at midnight,)

donde va mira el pastor             (Where are you going, shepherd?)

 Part 2:

que llevarte y a cuidarte             (to the Child who’s being born)

como Dios mi Corazon            (As to God, I’m bringing my heart)

3. “La Marimorena” Verse 1-- SING IN SPANISH (English is translation is here to help):

En el portal de Belén hay estrellas, sol y luna  (At the entrance to Bethlehem are stars, the sun,                                                                                                 the moon,)
La Virgen y San José, y el Niño que está en la cuna. (the Virgin, Joseph, and the Child in the                                                                                                             cradle.)

4. “La Marimorena” Verse 2-- SING IN SPANISH (English is translation is here to help):

En el Portal de Belén hacen lumbre los pastores, (At the entrance to Bethlehem shepherd make                                                                                                 a fire)
Para calentar al Niño que ha nacido entre las flores. (to warm the Child born among the                                                                                                                         flowers.)

ROUGH RECORDING OF "LA MARIMORENA" VERSES:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygazI3SXc1WVBsY0k/view?usp=sharing

HELP for Junior High Solo/Small Group Parts

Here are lyrics and sample recordings of all the parts available for our junior high soloists and small groups...  [By the way, there were times I had to be more quiet than I would suggest you be, just because of my surroundings while recording. :) ]

6^th GRADE ONLY

1. Let it Snow Verse 1 SLOWLY, in your own style:

            Oh the weather outside is frightful,
            but the fire is so delightful,
            and since we've no place to go,
            Let It Snow!

            Let It Snow!

            Let It Snow!

Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygT1QwM2tQRExhSTA/view?usp=sharing 

OPEN TO ALL JUNIOR HIGH (except #3)- please do not forget to look at La Marimorena solos...

1. “Hallelujah” Verse 1 first half:

I’ve heard about this baby boy
Who’s come to earth to bring us joy
And I just want to sing this song to you

2. “Hallelujah” Verse 1 second half:

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
With every breath I’m singing Hallelujah

Recording of the piano part so you can practice singing along:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygT2prX3FPTGpWcjA/view?usp=sharing 

3. CHOIR MEMBERS ONLY-- “Silent Night (Noche De Paz)” in Spanish:

            Noche de paz, noche de amor  (Night of peace, night of love)
            Todo duerme en derredor  (All nearby, sleeping tight)
            Entre los astros que esparcen su luz  (Among the stars that spead their light) 
            Bella anunciando al niño Jesús  (Beautifully announcing the baby, Jesus)
            Brilla la estrella de paz  (Shines the star of peace)
            Brilla la estrella de paz  (Shines the star of peace)

4. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Verse 1 first half:

            Said the night wind to the little lamb,

            Do you hear what I hear?

            Way up in the sky, little lamb,

            Do you hear what I hear?

5. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Verse 1 second half:

            A star, a star, dancing in the night

            With a tail as big as a kite

            With a tail as big as a kite.

6. “La Marimorena” Verse 3 (SING IN SPANISH—English is just the translation):

Una estrella se ha perdido y en el cielo no aparece,  (A star has been lost and does not appear in heaven)
En el portal se ha metido y en su rostro resplandece. (It is shines on the entrance and on His face)

7. “La Marimorena” Verse 4 (SING IN SPANISH—English is just the translation):

De Oriente salen tres Reyes para adorar al Dios Niño (From the East, 3 Kings leave to adore the God Child)

Una estrella les guiaba para seguir el camino. (A star guides them on their path.)

8. “La Marimorena” Verse 5 (SING IN SPANISH—English is just the translation):

Todos le llevan al Niño yo no tengo que llevarle, (All take things to the Child, I don’t have a thing to take…)

Le llevo mi corazón que en el mundo es lo que vale. (I will take my heart—it is what matters most in the world).

Slower and then faster recording of all three "La Marimorena" verses (I could use more practice):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygenpmRXVTRXVVMTQ/view?usp=sharing

Next Family Mass is on 11/20-- Here are the Hymns!

Family mass in November is on Sunday, the 20th at 11:30 in St. Sylvester Church.  All school choir members and any children who attend St. Sylvester and would like to are invited to sing!  Here is a list of hymns we will be singing.  They relate to the fact that the 20th is The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.  There are links to recordings of these songs and lyrics listed here, too.  Please practice a bit before 11/20.  Thank you!

Gather Us In

Here in this place

New light is streaming

Now is the darkness vanished away

See in this space

Our fears and our dreaming

Brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in, the lost and forsaken,

Gather us in, the blind and the lame;

Call to us now, and we shall awaken,

We shall arise at the sound of our name.

We are the young--

Our lives are a mys'try [mis-tree]

We are the old-- who yearn for your face

We have been sung

throughout all of his'try [hiss-tree]

Called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in, the rich and the haughty

Gather us is, the proud and the lame

Give us a heart so meek and so lowly

Give us the courage to enter the song.

Here we will  take

The wine and the water

Here we will take the bread of new birth,

Here you shall call

Your sons and your daughters

Call us anew to be salt for the earth.

Give us to drink the wine of compassion,

Give us to eat the bread that is you;

Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion

Lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

Were You There

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Oh---------- Sometimes

It causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Oh---------- Sometimes

It causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

*The song continues with this same pattern and different words about the crucifixion of Jesus

All Who Hunger

All who hunger, gather gladly

Holy manna is our bread

Come from wilderness and wand'ring

Here, in truth, we will be few.

You that yearn for days of fullness

All around us, is our food

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, never strangers;

Seeker be a welcome guest

Come from restlessness and roaming

here, in joy, we keep the feast.

We that once were lost and scattered

In communion's love have stood.

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, sing together

Jesus Christ is living bread

Come from loneliness and longing

Here, in peace, we have been led.

Blest are those who from this table

Live their days in gratitude.

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good

Taste and see the grace eternal

Taste and see that God is good.

Jesus, Remember Me

Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.

Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.

Ride on Jesus, Ride

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Ride on, Jesus, conquering King!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

King Jesus rides on a milk-white horse

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

The river Jordan he did cross

Ride on, Jesus, ride.

Ride on, Jesus, conquering King!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

My Jesus lifted his throne above, 

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

See his mercy and his love, 

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Ride on, Jesus, conquering King!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

****we will probably end here by singing what we did at the beginning****

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Ride on, Jesus, conquering King!

Ride on, Jesus, ride!

Gospel Acc. Verse for Singers Tomorrow

This post is just a short recording for those singing the verse tomorrow morning at mass.  Longer, broader music post will be here shortly!

A and L, here you go:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygMy1UT0xzZDZmd1E/view?usp=sharing

CHOIR PIANO PART! You got this!! :)

A link to the piano part!!  Work on those verse lyrics and sing a few times with this recording, and your hard work will pay off for sure!  The second one is a little faster.  I had a problem with rushing.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygMUY5ajFZbnRmZzA/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygLU9rMTJOTkhIVWs/view?usp=sharing