Who's joining the band, who's singing the songs? Actually - who's writing the songs?
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Oh - there's an idea! The madrigal sea shanty!
Who's joining the band, who's singing the songs? Actually - who's writing the songs?
Who's joining the band, who's singing the songs? Actually - who's writing the songs?
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When I was in the Whitehorse Community Choir, we did a concert of sea shanties and other songs about the sea. Here's one, dedicated to those transcribers suffering on a boat with an undisciplined crew.
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That is SOME Community Choir! (I like the hiccups.)
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It was a lot of fun, and I made a lot of friends. The choir usually had about 100 people in the fall, and about 70 in the spring. One year we did Carmina Burana for our spring concert, which was amazing. Our biggest registration was for Handel's Messiah, and we had 140 singers. In July, 2000, fifty of us went to Ottawa for a July 1st choral event. We did three small concerts and we were part of a 1,000 voice choir for Canada Day.
I joined in 1997, and in the spring of 1998 we had two big events. We had a concert with the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble, who came to Whitehorse from NYC. That was a wonderful experience. We had two workshops with Francois Clemens and then we did a concert with his singers.
A month after that, we did "Voices of the Klondike". It was a narrated concert of 19 songs about the history of the Goldrush and the Trail of 98. All the songs were extant in 1898, except for two, written in 1902: Label Your Luggage for Klondike; and, He Is Sleeping in the Klondike Vale Tonight. We did our dress rehearsal in Haines Junction, 180 km west of Whitehorse. Our concerts were don along the Trail of 98. We started with a concert in Skagway, two concerts in Whitehorse, and the final concert was sung in the Palace Grand in Dawson City. (540 km north of Whitehorse) One of the songs we sang had been performed at the opening of the Palace Grand.
We had been invited by the Anglican Church to sing during their morning service. So, on Sunday morning, about half of us went to the church and we sang five hymns from our concert as part of the morning church service. Some of the churches cancelled their services so their parishioners could come to Saint Paul's. We wore our costumes and it was just as if we were going to church in 1898. The roads in Dawson City aren't paved, so the ladies had to lift their skirts to keep them from getting muddy. The church was built in 1902, and it was heated with a wood stove, so the church was warm with the smell of the wood fire. We sat just as individuals in the congregation, not together as a choir. This was one of our hymns.
We also had costumes made from patterns from the 1890s. The ladies had blouses and walking skirts, the patterns came from the museum in Skagway. The men wore vests with black pants white shirts. A video was made about the tour, the concerts, the research etc.
The choir won a national award from the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors for the best production of 1998-1999. (The award is given every two years.)
This was not the full choir. Not all the ladies had finished making their skirts, and some people were still at work. The river boat, the S. S. Klondike is behind us.
I joined in 1997, and in the spring of 1998 we had two big events. We had a concert with the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble, who came to Whitehorse from NYC. That was a wonderful experience. We had two workshops with Francois Clemens and then we did a concert with his singers.
A month after that, we did "Voices of the Klondike". It was a narrated concert of 19 songs about the history of the Goldrush and the Trail of 98. All the songs were extant in 1898, except for two, written in 1902: Label Your Luggage for Klondike; and, He Is Sleeping in the Klondike Vale Tonight. We did our dress rehearsal in Haines Junction, 180 km west of Whitehorse. Our concerts were don along the Trail of 98. We started with a concert in Skagway, two concerts in Whitehorse, and the final concert was sung in the Palace Grand in Dawson City. (540 km north of Whitehorse) One of the songs we sang had been performed at the opening of the Palace Grand.
We had been invited by the Anglican Church to sing during their morning service. So, on Sunday morning, about half of us went to the church and we sang five hymns from our concert as part of the morning church service. Some of the churches cancelled their services so their parishioners could come to Saint Paul's. We wore our costumes and it was just as if we were going to church in 1898. The roads in Dawson City aren't paved, so the ladies had to lift their skirts to keep them from getting muddy. The church was built in 1902, and it was heated with a wood stove, so the church was warm with the smell of the wood fire. We sat just as individuals in the congregation, not together as a choir. This was one of our hymns.
We also had costumes made from patterns from the 1890s. The ladies had blouses and walking skirts, the patterns came from the museum in Skagway. The men wore vests with black pants white shirts. A video was made about the tour, the concerts, the research etc.
The choir won a national award from the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors for the best production of 1998-1999. (The award is given every two years.)
This was not the full choir. Not all the ladies had finished making their skirts, and some people were still at work. The river boat, the S. S. Klondike is behind us.
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That's a lot of wonderful memories, Michael.
SS Klondike looks fabulous too.
SS Klondike looks fabulous too.
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Great story, Michael. Thanks for sharing 
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Wonderful story, Michael, what an amazing memory! 
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That is WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing and all the pictures to go with it! What an experience.
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Zooniverse shuts down OW4, OW5 and the original OW Whaling: "OK guys, if you think you can do it better yourselves, be our guest!"
Spoiler alert: We did do it better. Much better.
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NEVERMORE
Oh - that picture certainly paints a thousand words. Very happy words! It's a fantastic image. Spot on Chris, and the legend below. (Hunted around and found a pic of the Mad Cap Digital Buccaneers rushing away, ready for their flight to freedom
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reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost:
Maybe merged with Poe's Raven "Quoth the Raven "Never more."
The red sky looks like the sky with forest fire smoke.Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Maybe merged with Poe's Raven "Quoth the Raven "Never more."