Sister Cities Girlchoir Concert Book, October 19, 2019

CONCERT BOOK

Saturday Girlchoir Academy

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019 PALMER PARK, PHL

www.sistercitiesgc.org

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Song & Story with Sister Cities Girlchoir Date/Location: Saturday, October 19, 2019, 10:30am @Palmer Park (Frankford Ave and East Palmer Street, Philadelphia PA 19125) Song & Story with Sister Cities Girlchoir is a family-friendly, musical adventure inspired by the connection between music and narrative.

The concert will include sing-alongs for families and musical performances by the Girlchoir.

This performance is part of the City of Philadelphia’s Arts in Action initiative managed by the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

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PROGRAM Sing-A-Long Lift Every Voice & Sing Ode to Sister Cities Travel Girlchoir led by Alysia, Anne, Ruth-Noemí & Irina Senwa Dedende Traditional Poor Wayfaring Stranger Traditional Down the River to Pray Traditional Sing-A-Long Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round Littles Girlchoir led Kendra. Ruth-Noemí & Emily Lead with Love, Melanie DeMore Mantusha Lupamusha One Heart Beating Sing-A-Long We Are Rising Up Today Travel Girlchoir We Shall be known MUSE We are Here Alicia Keys Queen in You Donald Lawrence Wade in the Water Traditional Sing-A-Long R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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2019-2020 SEASON

L I T T L E S I S T E R S

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2019-2020 SEASON

T R A V E L G I R L C H O I R

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2019-2020 Staff Choir Conductors: Alysia Lee Anne Agresta Dugan Kendra Balmer Ruth NoemĂ­ Belonni Rosario

Accompanists: Irina Bakis Emily Watkins Site Coordinators: Jacqueline Fox

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2019-2020 Board of Directors Stacey Cruise Tom Knoche Dali Bo Banwo Fran Connolly

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EMAIL alysia@scgirlchoir.org

WEB sistercitiesgc.org

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Ode to SISTER CITIES


Hey Sister Cities!

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22 Ode to Joy Beethoven Joyful, Joyful! Sing together, Sing of glory, Sing of love.

Joyful, Joyful! Sing forever, Sing unto the skies above.

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In the morning, in the evening— How I love to sing and play!

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So I sing songs everyday!

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2. Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me ’round…

3. Ain’t gonna let racism turn me ’round…

4. Ain’t gonna let no hatred turn me ’round…

5. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round…

Copyright © 2017, J. David Moore Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution.

Other inquiries or permissions: jdavidmoore.net

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33. We Are Rising Up Words & Music by Reginald Unterseher Kenniwick, WA | 2017

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We Are HerE CHORUS: We are here We are here for all of us We are here for all of us That's why we are here, why we are here We are here Verse 1: Bombs over Baghdad, tryna get something we ain't never had Let's start with a good dad So real but it's so sad And while we burnin' this incense, we gon' pray for the innocent Cause right now it don't make sense Right now it don't make sense Let's talk about Chi town Let's talk about Gaza Let's talk about, let's talk about Israel Cause right now it is real Let's talk about, let's talk Nigeria In a mass hysteria, yeah Our souls are brought together so that we could love each other Brother,

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Verse 2: No guns made in Harlem, but yet crime is a problem He wanna shine, they wanna rob him Single mother, where they come from?

How we gonna save the nation, with no support for education?

Cause right now it don't make sense, Right now it don't make sense.

Let's talk about our part, My heart touch your heart.

Let's talk about, let's talk about living Had enough of dying, not what we all about.

Let's do more giving Do more forgiving. Yeah!

Our souls were brought together so that we could love each other Sister, CHORUS 2X Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh LAYER IT

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What you want ! ! ! ! ! baby I got it ! ! ! ! ! ! what you need! ! ! ! ! you know I got it! all i’m askin’! ! ! ! ! ! is for a little respect when you’re at school yeah baby when you’re at school ain’t gonna do you wrong while you’re gone ain’t gonna do you wrong ‘cause I don’t want to all i’m askin’!! ! ! ! ! is for a little respect when you’re at school yeah baby when you’re at school

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RESPECT find out what it means to me RESPECT Take out the T C P I’m about to give you all my knowledge all I’m asking in return honey Is to give me my proper respect when you’re at school Yeah baby when you’re at school RESPECT find out what it means to me RESPECT Take out the T C P

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