[HANASHIR:13449] Re: Song for the Columbia

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

Robin, you may want to try my "We Will Remember Them," which uses Rabbi Jack 
Riemer's poem (Gates of Prayer, p. 552) with only a few minor word 
adaptations.  While the melody isn't familiar, by the time you're on the 
second verse of five, everyone will have picked right up on it.  The melody 
is designed to be sung by a congregation, so if you've got a choir helping 
lead, the congregation will have absolutely no problem singing along if 
presented with a songsheet.  I used it Sunday with a 5th/6th grade music 
class of typically reluctant singers but they immediately joined in without 
ever having heard it before and sang it in a very heartfelt manner.

It's in my Jewish Life Cycle songbook.  If you don't have a copy, let me 
know and I'll fax the sheet music for "We Will Remember Them" to you on 
Wednesday.

If other hanashir members need it urgently, please email me privately and 
I'll work something out.  Just let me know.

The song concludes, "So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are a 
part of us.  And we will remember them."

-- Carol


Carol Boyd Leon
Songwriter/Cantorial Soloist/Music Educator
E-mail:  CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com
Phone:  703-250-0554
Web page:  http://www.geocities.com/CBoydLeon



>Subject: [HANASHIR:13444] Song for the Columbia
>Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:37:14 -0800 (PST)

>My choir would like to sing something special at
Shabbat services, in memory of the crew of the
Columbia.  Any suggestions of something
appropriate, that the congregation might know?
Thanks in advance.

Robin


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