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Friday Videos Inspire You, Too
by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | June 12, 2009 | Friday at 4:28 pm | 19 CommentsOoh! Special! A second Friday video!
If you’re doing something big this weekend, have some inspiration.
But wait, there’s more:
I love that YouTube lets us see amazing school choirs doing their thing - with amazing teachers.
Filed: Friday Videos, General Bitching
Tagged: youtube, video, awesomesauce
darlynne said on 06.12.09 at 05:51 PM • [link]
What great singers and kudos to their teacher for encouraging them this way.
Anthea Lawson said on 06.12.09 at 06:40 PM • [link]
Lol from Eye of the Tiger to Coldplay. I want that dynamite guy for my chorus teacher! Thanks for the link~
Spamword: may56 May 56 classic hits be reborn and sung by elementary-school kids!
Jenny said on 06.12.09 at 06:48 PM • [link]
My eyes got seriously misty watching these videos—this is exactly how to keep kids motivated, keep them in school, reach out to them, and let them know that they can create beauty in the world. Wonderful.
caligi said on 06.12.09 at 07:06 PM • [link]
The kids do that song better than Coldplay does.
Liz said on 06.12.09 at 10:49 PM • [link]
wow! i wish that my choir could have done something that cool when i was a kid…the coolest song we sang was Somewhere Out There from An American Tale.
Deb Kinnard said on 06.12.09 at 11:40 PM • [link]
The PS 22 school choir ROCKS. I don’t think I’ve ever heard kids that age sing better. They nailed it.
Amie Stuart said on 06.13.09 at 02:04 AM • [link]
Aw that was FAB!!! I wish our jr. high did more contemporary stuff like that
JoanneF said on 06.13.09 at 02:16 AM • [link]
Hey, one of you great authors out there! That teacher would make a fantastic romance hero. I’m madly in lurve!
Altruistic. Loves kids. Musical. SIGH!
Tina C. said on 06.13.09 at 03:40 AM • [link]
I second that motion!
Those kids were just awesome! I loved the emoting while they sang—one of those girls kept pointing to herself when they sang the line, “That was when I ruled the world”. I loved that!
radio88—this thing is definitely sentient, isn’t it?
krsylu said on 06.13.09 at 04:01 AM • [link]
I got tickled by the Nightline anchor/announcer introducing the report. He said the kids were singing “in unison,” thereby showing his own musical ignorance. They were not singing “in unison.” These 5th graders from a not-very-well-off school/neighborhood were singing IN HARMONY!!!!!!!
How many 5th graders can do that? Yea, Mr. B! (See http://www.ps22chorus.blogspot.com for more stories, videos, kudos, etc.)
I am in awe.
Alyssa Day said on 06.13.09 at 04:37 AM • [link]
These made me cry. What a wonderful wonderful thing.
Laura (in PA) said on 06.13.09 at 03:14 PM • [link]
Wow. What a great group of singers, and what an awesome teacher.
FantasyBookLuvr said on 06.13.09 at 04:29 PM • [link]
That was SO awesome! I was really impressed with how enthusiastic and happy they were, just to be singing. It was very touching.
Their parents should be very proud. And the teacher gets 5 gold stars for keeping his class inspired.
Kismet said on 06.13.09 at 06:12 PM • [link]
Wow….great little singers. Why couldn’t my chorus singer have been that cool? Only occasionally were we allowed to even sing current Broadway hits, and once we sang “Walkin’ On Sunshine”, but that was it for contemporary songs. Everything else was “traditional”. I got bored and quit as soon as I was in HS (when chorus became optional).
Katie Dickson said on 06.14.09 at 04:08 PM • [link]
No one has yet mentioned the hotness of the teacher. Just thought I’d throw that out there.
Ponytail. Serious guitar playing chops. Obvious passion for music and kids. (Epic win.)
Katie Dickson said on 06.14.09 at 04:12 PM • [link]
Oh, with apologies to JoanneF who did imply something of the sort.
KimberlyD said on 06.15.09 at 12:15 AM • [link]
That was AWESOME! And I agree with Jenny-this is exactly how to inspire (obviously) underprivileged kids!
Becky said on 06.16.09 at 03:18 AM • [link]
ABC News did a piece about these kids this evening. The really sad thing? This is a 5th grade class, and they’re all “graduating” to junior high next year. Where there are no choir classes because of budget cuts.
Erin said on 06.20.09 at 05:06 AM • [link]
OMFG. *sigh* Sometimes I’m just sure that we really are going to change the world. So glad I ran across this. I missed it when it originally posted.
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