World Music
2,
Oakwood Middle School Choir
Spring Concert
Program Part One | 5:30 P.M.
7th Grade Choir
Banyan Tree .......................................
Cangoma .............................
Tongo ................................................................ arr. Greg Gilpin
Syhlas Morgan, Djembe
Ho Ho Watanay .................................................
Des Colores ....................................................
Oakwood Select Choir
Program Part Two | 7:00 P.M.
arr. Victor C. Johnson
Over the Sea to Skye arr. Mary Donnelly & George L.O. Strid
Eva Robinson, Flute
Obwisana (Goin’ to Ghana)...................
arr. George L.O. Strid
Des Colores
arr. Greg Gilpin
arr. Mark Weston
Oakwood Select Choir
Banyan Tree is a Jamaican folk song describing a fig tree. These “Banyan Trees” are often widely spread due to the aerial roots that descend from the branches, creating additional trunks. These trees are planted for ornament and shade.
Cangoma meaning “drum” is a celebratory song, marking the end of slavery in Brazil. I was asleep and the drum called to me, saying, “rise, people, captivity is over.”
Tongo, which means mangrove, is a traditional canoe song from Polynesia. The lyrics of this piece are non-translatable vocables that are meant to illustrate people communicating from canoe to canoe as they travel between islands.
Al Tambor is a Panamanian folk song. Tambor, meaning drum, is the focus of the text, encouraging listeners to drum and dance to the lively beat! Won’t you come have some fun? Come and play your drum with me! Let’s play with a lively beat. Maria, oh Maria, Maria is my best friend! She plays on the drum with me. As we play, we dance and sing.
Over the Sea to Skye is a traditional Scottish folk song. Much like other folk songs, it retells a story or legend from the culture in which it originated. This piece recalls the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie to the Isle of Skye.
Obwisana (Goin’ to Ghana) is a pairing of two folk songs from Ghana. Tue Tue and Obwisana are both often used as dance songs or for children’s games. There is much debate as to what the lyrics of Tue Tue are actually about, but most sources describe the song as being about a plentiful harvest of food for the season.
Des Colores is a Spanish folk tune. The text alternates between English and Spanish and celebrates the vibrant colors of nature and beauty.
Ho Ho Watanay is a lullaby, originating from the Canadian Iroquois people. Indigenous North American music often uses a minor pentatonic scale in folk songs and lullabies. Sleep, sleep, my little one.
Siyahamba is recognized as the most popular South African folk song. The Zulu text translates to: We are marching in the light of God.
Special Thanks
Board of Education
Dr. Ambrose Perduk Jr., President
John W. Halkias, Vice President
Eugene M. Cazantzes
Monica Rose Gwin
Jennifer Fitzsimmons
Plain Local Schools
Brent May, Superintendent
Gayle Kimbrough, Assistant Superintendent
Mary Beddell, Public Relations Director
Chicola Whitfield, Principal
Braylin Taylor, Deputy Principal
Mark Yocum, Assistant Principal
Kamrin Pudder, Building Secretary
Taylor Keller, Educational Secretary
Roben Keener, Business Secretary
Anthony DePinto
GlenOak Theater Tech Students
All Choir Parents
Vocal Patrons Association
Oakwood Custodial Staff
All of the Oakwood Staff who have assisted this evening!
7th Grade
Eden Adkins
Jaxson Allison
Haley Andreas
Maximus Andrews
Madison Baker*
Madelynn Barrino
Audrey Beach
Owen Beaudry
Avery Bell
Atticus Berg
Autumn Biagetti
Ashton Bischoff
Rina Bonds
Leah Bowman
Merrick Boyd
Grayson Brown
Callie Burns
Aubree Cannon
Alorah-Lynn Cano
Cameron Church
Addison Clarke
Noah Clary*
Aneliese Coates*
Da’Viere Collins
Mila Collins*
Layla Cottrill
Ava Daugherty
Nora Deibel
Logan Dennis
McKenna Dine
Arianna
Domenico*
Nikko Dovidio
Jaxson Dozier
Mackenzie
Duguay
Ethan Durbin
EllieKay Edwards
Jazmine Eichel
Julia Eldred
Mariah Evans
Zechariah Felton*
Konrad Ferrell
Conner Foky
Tatum Fox
Sophia France
Alex Gabler
Jacob Gatts
Makhiyah Gilmore
Shayanna
Goodwin
Amairah Gracia
Daisy Graybill
Addison Greer
Cy Griffith
Aubree Grimes
Jase Hall
Es’Maria
Hampton
Journey Harris
Travis Harris
Kendal Hayden
Cecilia Henry
Breanna Hesson
Kree HighBrown*
Riley Humphrey
Teegan Hunter
Spencer Hupp
Kaitlyn Jackson
Lilly Jones
Djbril Keys
Maysen Kilgo
Logan Krimmel
Delilah Laughlin
Abigail Leasure*
Alana Ledford
Eric Lenzy
Ceannah Lewis
Henry Long
Marlene
McCallum
Ailan McGuier
Ty McHenry
Ryleigh Michel
Case Miller*
Lexi Miller
Lilly Mizener
Michael Moffat
Jamaria Moore
Kevin Moore
Syhlas Morgan
Payton MorrisTooker
Zion Msangazi*
Skye Nelson
Morgan Nugent
Nylah Nutter
Aubrienne Oprean
Grace Patterson*
Jesslynn Patterson
Miles Ramsey
Jackson Rehfus
Jaxon Rippel
Tyrese Roberts*
Landen Schwing*
Rylee Shankle
Whitney Short
Josslyn Shortland
Marcus Silvestri
Gino Smith
Greyson Smith
D’Nyah Spencer
Jay’Ceon
Strickland
Rachel Tamang
Alonna Tavares
Kendall Thomas*
Brelynn Uhrin
Taylor Votaw
William Walker
Myka Ward
Hayden Werab
Connor White
Emma Whitford
Aubree Williams
Chandler Wilson
Isabella Wilson
Luke Wilson
Jaliyah Wise
Karee YoungFlenory
Taylor Zaksek
Aiyanna Zunac*
8th Grade
Trisha Agyare
Madelyn
Andrews*
Isabella Baker
Makhayasha
Barclay
Olivia Barr
Kyleigh
Blacketer*
Joycelyn
Blackledge
Samiyah Blue
Sophia Bowman
Jaxon Brooks
Nevaeh Brown
Norah Brown
Faith Buck
Marchesa
Burkhard
Lauren Caldwell*
Ella Carter
Cadence
Castellanos
Amber Caton
Aaliyah Clark
Milea Clark*
Clara Belle Coates
McKenna
Common
Anna Courter
Katy Craddock
Juelz Cyrus
Jace Daniels
Addis Desmond
Anna Dillon
Alexis Fleming
Will Foltz
Alexandra Foradis*
Layna Fox
Collin Geabler
Tianna Geibel*
Liam Gemmel
Ariana Giavasis*
Alexis Gilmore
Riley Glenn
Ariana Glover
Rayla Gordon
Avah Green
Benjamin Green*
Jadon Hanks
Emma Herman
Crystal Hindel*
Ava Howell*
Bailey Humphrey
Rosemarie Issa
Gillian Jarc
Ceecee Jenkins
Anabelle Jones*
Landon Jones
Briana Kephart
Anna Kolek
Wesley Kosht
Lauryn Lawson
Gigi Leon
Maddysyn Macovitz
Emmalyn Marple*
Addison Martin
Mason Mazzei
Maria McFarland
Keegan McManus
Emma Meader
Aiden Miracle
Noah Mitchell
Brook Monty
Sophia Morganti*
Bryce Nagle
Lowrell Neal
Aaliyah Ngetich
A’layya Nicholson
Journee O’Neal*
Breely O’Neill
Ella Ozenghar
Joshua Pace*
Chloe Pantelis
Zoe Pantelis
Grace Pattison
Madison Patton*
Brynn Pelger*
Autumn Perez-
Strohmeyer
Vivian Peters*
Alexus Pettis
Somaya Porter
Kelby Porteus*
Addison QuinnDragomire
Luella Rest*
Laila Reynolds
Madelyn Richards
Eva Robinson
Jackson Sanders
Samuel Schandel
Leo Schario
Laylah Shankel
Nori Shawk
Ava Shearer
Tyler Shundry
Ameir Smith*
Gwendolyn Smith
Madison Speakman
Sydney Spicer
Nay’Azia Strader
Alexandra Streb
Ava Stroud
Maria Swonger
Ashlyn Tausch
Lillian Thompson
O’Maraya Todd
Brooklyn Tucker
Harmony Vincent
Emery Walker
Harmony
Wasmund
Jo’Elle Waters
Lucas Weber
Kelsie Wheeler
Nakhi Williams
Joshua Zurbuch
Additional Select Choir Members:
Jake Dockus
Ashton Snyder
*denotes members of Select Choir
A Celebration of
World Music
