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Subject:Let the children sing Gordon Campbell!!!
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Author: Dan Parrell
Date: 10/25/2009 15:34
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Subject: Let the Children Sing Campaign
All,
I am pleading for your help and I'm only asking you to raise your voices, send an e-mail to the olympic comittee,the media, the bc government, nothing more. Please help Brenda and her kids by joing hands, standing behind them and making your voices heard.
I am asking you to help a devoted aboriginal teacher and her students who were invited by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell to perform at the 2010 Olympic opening ceremony but this week, the invitation was suddenly withdrawn and no reason for the change. He never even had the face to tell the children himself.
These children worked very hard and practised for 2 years to prepare for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Please raise your voices, UNITE get the word out, start a petition, get it in the news. I am asking Please ........"Let The Children Sing !!
It could be your childrens dreams that are stolen tomorrow.
To reach out and send letters of support to Brenda and the children by e-mail toodlie_doo@hotmail.com
See Brenda Jeddores CBC news story below
Olympic show quashed for Mi'kmaq youth choir
'I could not look at them'
Last Updated: Friday, October 23, 2009 | 4:27 PM NT CBC News
Young aboriginal singers in a choir from Conne River, on Newfoundland's
south coast, have been told they won't perform at the Olympics in Vancouver
in February.
Coming after two years of practising for possibly their biggest performance
ever, choir director Brenda Jeddore said the news is devastating.
"I could not look at them," Jeddore said, describing the moment she had to
tell the choir the gig was off. "I was sitting at the round table there, and
I just couldn't bear to look, and there was nothing said for a while."
The Set'A'newey Performance Choir is made up of 15 young Mi'kmaq singers and
drummers who are trying to keep their language and culture alive through
music.
Two years ago, after a performance at the National Aboriginal Women's Summit
in Corner Brook, on Newfoundland's west coast, the choir said it was invited
by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell to perform at the Olympic
opening ceremony.
But this week, the invitation was suddenly withdrawn, said Jeddore, and she
was given no reason for the change.
Choir member Shannon Jo Hinks, a Grade 12 student, said she and her fellow
choir members can't believe their planned Olympic performance has been
cancelled.
'Why would they do that to us?'-Chorister Shannon Jo Hinks
"I was really, really upset," she said. "A lot of us . just looked at each
other and we're like, 'What, we're not going now? Why would they do that to
us?'"
Hinks said she and her friends have been practising traditional songs and
preparing ceremonial native clothing to wear for the performance.
She said the group, which has performed as far away as Japan, deserves an
explanation.
"If we're good enough to go across the world and sing, then we're good
enough to go across the country and sing."
Jeddore said she will write to the B.C. premier to find out why they are no
longer welcome.
Campbell's office said the premier has no say over who performs at the
Olympic ceremonies.
The organizing committee of the Vancouver Games said it is looking into the
matter; however a spokesperson told CBC News the committee has no knowledge
of a scheduled performance by the Conne River singers.
In the meantime, Jeddore says the choir, in existence since 1993, still has
some high-profile performances scheduled. In two weeks they'll perform
during the royal visit to St. John's by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla,
the Duchess of Cornwall.
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