They Came to Charleston, West Virginia as guests of the Appalachian Children's Chorus. I fed them approximately 180 1/3 lb cheeseburgers. We had a wonderful time. They taught me how to pronounce Lois Oosthuizen's last name..LOL

Beautiful. Great school.

Amina

Bravo, bravissimo!

Damn, one word, ‘Glorious’.

School choir sings the song about school shooting :/ Ironic.

Whoever recommended this song to this school was a legend and a legendary troll . I shall call them master

Pov: They didn’t know that it is about a school shooting

Get it right-it's a song by Tom Cochrane-he wrote it-check out his live version on Letterman live. Awesome. It's a song to make your soul happy.

Me, seeing the title: “it can’t be..” The video: “It can be! And it is!”

Too bad it’s such low quality. If they did a studio version this would be incredible

For a song about shooting It really slapps *Aight i'll see myself out*

i- do they know what this song is about?

Good job thank you

The words that are sung are “This Is My Song,” also known as “Song of Peace,” and were authored by the poet Lloyd Stone. The music (or, at least, some of it) is from the hymn-like portion of Finlandia composed by Jean Sibelius in 1899-1900. Finlandia had no words. Lloyd Stone’s poem was first set to the music in 1934 and published as a choral anthem by the Lorenz Publishing Company. The author of the words, Lloyd Stone, was a poet who was born in California and whose parents were from Missouri. The Finnish composer Johan Julius Christian [Jean] Sibelius (08 Dec 1865 - 20 Sep 1957) composed Finlandia in 1899-1900. Some people have posted “This Is My Song” but called it the “Finlandia Hymn.” Finns then protest that the words (Lloyd Stone’s words) aren’t the words of the “Finlandia Hymn.” The words sung in Finland, which weren’t written until 1941 (long after Lloyd Stone’s words were set to the tune!) are by the Finnish poet Veikko Koskenniemi. The “Finlandia Hymn” quickly became a popular anthem for Finland. There is no relationship between the words of Lloyd Stone's poem and the words by the Finnish poet Veikko Koskenniemi, except for their having been set to the same music. [There are other words sung to the hymn-part of Finlandia; “Be Still, My Soul,” for example. The old hymn “Stille mein Wille (Be Still, My Soul)” by Catharina von Schlegel (1752)-translated by Miss Jane Borthwick in 1855-was set to Finlandia for the 1941 Lutheran Hymnal. One source claims a setting of “Be Still, My Soul” to Finlandia appeared in 1927, but I haven’t found it.] Lloyd Stone was also an illustrator and composer. I own a copy of one of his books: The Story of an Ozark Grandmother: As the Grandmother, Jane Honey Howell Marr, Told her Story to her Grandson, Lloyd Stone. Point Lookout, Missouri. (1938). Lloyd Stone’s words appear in at least 18 hymnals. Its appearance in The Hymnal for Friends, published by the Friends General Conference (Philadelphia, 1955) is the earliest use of it in a hymnal I have found. Yale University Press published it in its Hymnal for Colleges and Schools the following year (1956). It then appeared in the Methodist Hymnal of 1966. In hymnals it is called either "This Is My Song" or "Song of Peace." Lloyd Shelbourne Stone was born 29 Jun 1912 in Fresno, California. His parents, Lowends Columbus Stone and Gurtha Emalaine Marr were born in Missouri. They had married in Texas County, Missouri, in February 1910, then moved to California. Lloyd’s father, Lowends Stone was from a very large family (brothers: Virgil, Frederick, Russell, Oscar, and Curtis; sisters: Mildred, Grace, Mary, and Ruth). In California he got a job as a “well puller” and worked for the Associated Oil Co. of Coalinga, California, on the Shawmut Lease. His mother was a seamstress. Lloyd Stone attended Lindsay High School, Lindsay, California, graduating in 1930. He was president of his class in his Junior year. He then attended the University of Southern California. He wrote “This Is My Song” before, or at about the time of, his graduation from USC. In October 1936, at age 24, his name appears on the passenger list of the S. S. Lurline on its voyage from Los Angeles Harbor to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii. An article in Esquire said: "Lloyd Stone was born . . . on a California desert . . . He went to school . . . graduating from the University of Southern California as a music major . . .supposed to be a teacher . . . joined a circus bound for Honolulu instead . . . Quit the circus to design in a jewelry shop . . . later joined the staff at Kulamanu Studios as pianist-composer . . . ' From a Hawaiian newspaper, The Islander, "Mr. Stone is probably among the most versatile contributors to the arts of whom Hawaii can boast. His poetry reflects Hawaii. He does not sing of the palms and the surf, but of the earthy human beauty which is the heritage of the islands. He finds his niche as an interpreter of that which lies beneath the lovely outward shell of Hawaii. He has made Hawaii his home. And Hawaii is fortunate." The Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii passed a concurrent resolution in 1951 “bestowing the honor and title of poet laureate of Hawaii (Ka Haku-Mele O Hawaii) on Lloyd Stone. WHEREAS, Lloyd Stone, of Honolulu, has so ably and beautifully recorded Hawaii in verse, poetry and art for posterity through: (1) eight books on Island Poetry which have wide circulation, (2) an annual Poetry Contest, (3) a weekly radio program on Poetry, (4) his teaching in the public schools of Hawaii, and (5) for his many other fine contributions to community activities, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Senate of the Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the ... He wrote many books of poetry while in Hawaii, illustrated his own works and those by others, and also created and sold greeting cards. His published works include: For You (with decorations by the author) (1937)-[original title For Me], Poems to Be Served with a Poi Cocktail (1940), Lei of Hours (1941), Hawaiian War Chant (1942), Aloha Means an Island (1944), In This Hawaiian Net (1945), Hawaiian Christmas (1945), Keaka, the Hawaiian Fishboy by Max Keith, illustrated by Lloyd Stone, Laughter Wears a Coconut Hat (1948), Escape to the Sun with illustrations by the author (1949), The Cave of Makalei: Old Hawaii Pageant Aloha Week (1958), Song Stories of Hawaii by Carol Roes with drawings by Lloyd Stone (1959), A Children’s Hawaiian Program: “Eight Islands” by Carol Roes, with drawings by Lloyd Stone (1963), Boy's Illustrated Book of Old Hawaiian Sports (na pa'ani kahiko) (1964), Christmas Luau (1976), and San Joaquin Carols (1977). Most of the volumes were self-published. His works during the period 1943 to 1946 were published by Keith-Stone (a partnership between Max Keith and himself). After spending many years in Hawaii, he returned to California. He served as state president of the California Federation of Chaparral Poets in 1982. His father died in Lindsay on 30 Jan 1978. His mother lived to be 100, dying on 03 Dec 1987. Lloyd Stone died, age 80, in Visalia, Tulare County, California, on 09 Mar 1993. His two-line obituary in the Fresno Bee described him as “a retired teacher,” and made no mention of his poems, his being the poet laureate of Hawaii, or his well-known “A Song of Peace.”

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When the quiet chorus kid tells you to not come to school tomorrow

South African?

When the song is about shooting up a school

So amazing!

*pretty neat*

how iconic tho

I came here for the memes and keks but fucking hell that was entertaining as fuck. it was just so good holy shit

Actually, the song is part of Sibelius' Finlandia. The lyrics, though, is not Sibelius. It was composed by another individual to invoke the nationalistic feelings of the Finns.

genial

this made me fall asleep.

*Funny School Shooting Joke*

Very rythmical. Well done!

not sung by rascall flatts originally, tom cochrane #canada

This song is very nice but some words they are not pronounced good example (mjina lako litukezwe) this is not correct (jina lako litukuzwe) this is correct

Was this conductor ever with Drakensberg boy's choir?

All just love that song. And I just was watching "The tributes of Panem" and sat here at first: "Dafuq does the actor of Peeta there?" But it's a great song.

I understand that this is mostly a male song... But women's voices are needed here! In addition, You have so many mistakes in pronunciations in some lines...

Eh li tu keh zwe? Wasn't it supposed to be Eh li tu ku zwe??

Amazing!

Great performance and in contrast to the Angel City choir you guys are actually moving! Chapeau!

chris ledoux's too

civ 4 forever

Funtastic!

Funtastic!!

This is fine!!!!

I'm sure it sounds nice to some people, and the conductor made it clear that this was meant to be an adaptation. But beyond the uniforms, this performance seems to have lost the "Swahili-ness" of the original Civ 4 version and even that of the Calling All Dawns version. Of course, I'm not Swahili so what do I know. I'm saying this sounds more mainstream pop than world music.

Good job! I see full of joy!

ENCORE!!! ENCORE!!!

I want to kill thy soloist. He just keeps scooping!!!! Otherwise awesome.

Awesome

Beautiful song. Loved this in Civ 4

this is so cool

Where's female's voices????

Civ iv much?