This will be the last post for the 2019-2020 school year. What a term it has been. I hope you have enjoyed the music selections I have chosen for you. I look forward to seeing you all in person. To the Gr. Â 7 grads: congratulations and keep singing (at a social distance)! Stay safe and have a good summer everyone!
Love,
Ms. Raap
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Don’t forget to sing O Canada at 12 noon on Sunday to thank frontline workers. See the April 20-24 post for more information.
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National Indigenous Peoples Day takes place on June 21st of every year. The day commemorates and honours First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People’s cultures, histories, and contributions to Canada. June 21st was chosen because it is the longest day of the year and has long been celebrated by Indigenous Peoples.
For this week, we’ll be listening to 2 songs:
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- First is a rendition of  O Canada sung by Asani in English, French and Cree (with a call of the goose and wolf!) Asani is an Aboriginal women’s acapella trio from Edmonton. The members in this recording are Debbie Houle, Sarah Pocklington and Sherryl Sewepagahan. (Sherryl wrote Nisakihaw, a love song to parents in Cree. The Morley Primary Choir learned and performed Nisakihaw a few years ago at Primary Days of Music.)
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- Our second song this week is a cover of the Beatles song, Blackbird, sung in Mi’kmaq by Emma Stevens. The Mi’kmaq is a group of First Nation’s People from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador. Students at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni, Cape Breton recorded Paul McCartney’s Blackbird in their native Mi’kmaq language. The song was produced by the school’s music teacher, Carter Chiasson. The Mi’kmaq words were written and translated by Mi’kmaq language teacher Katani Julian and her father.
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For additional music activities, explore the online resources/links. Check out the gallery too!