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Episode 171: Magical Sounds of the Season from JSD Students

It was a magical night of holiday music at Herriman High School as students from across the district gathered for a Christmas Concert like no other.

On this episode of the Supercast, we invite you to enjoy music that is bound to put you in the holiday spirit, performed by some really talented high school students.


Audio Transcription

Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It was a magical night of holiday music at Herriman High School as students from across the district gathered for a Christmas concert like no other. On this episode of the Supercast, we invite you to enjoy music that is bound to put you in the holiday spirit, performed by some really talented high school students. What makes this concert even more incredible? The show went on despite a school-wide power outage. It didn't stop students from singing their hearts out for the holidays.

Speaker 1:
Good evening, this is Riverton High School. Great to be with you. We'd like to sing for you first, an African American spiritual called Children, Go Where I Send Thee. It is an old familiar one, often sung with Christmas. The composer did some fun things to bring it into 2022, so you'll hear a rap and you'll hear an Audra McDonald type soloist. So that is Kate on the solo and Peter on the rap. We’ll have them come way forward so hopefully you can hear them. And we’ll ask the choir to go way down on their solo, we'll adjust. Thank you.

Soloist Singing:
Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?

Choir:
Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee one by one
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped in swaddling clothing
Laid down in a manger
That’s born, born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send you two by two
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped in swaddling clothing
Laid down in a manger
That’s born, born, born, born in Bethlehem

Children, go where I send thee
How shall I send thee?
I'm gonna send thee ten by ten
Ten for ten commandments
Nine for the nine that dressed so fine
Eight for the eight that stood at the gate
Seven for the seven that went up to heaven
Six for the six that never got fixed
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped in swaddling clothing
Laid down in a manger
That’s born, born, born, born in Bethlehem.

Peter (rapping):
The story that I’m writin’, seed to sow is never ending
everlasting to everlasting and you know it’s on to heaven,
You get the God message in the aim is a lesson
and quit the instant messin and the messages are festerin’
Softening our hearts and it’s reachin’ all the people.
We do this in the streets and underneath the steeple.
Rather talk the talk but the young ones walk the walk.
They are crawlin’ in the dark but my voice it is the torch.
Drink the milk, eat the meat, fallin’ at the Savior’s feet.
The sinner take a peek, everybody take a peek
at the heart of the matter he’s the King of Kings.
Married to the church I got the Lord of the rings.
Gold streets where I’m dancin’, Father got mansions,
beauty in God imagine. What do you fathom?
You heard this story to grow. Hey! So it’s time to go!
Hey! Hey! You heard this story to grow.
Love and light so it’s time to go!
Hey! You heard this story to grow.
Love and light so it’s time to go!

I'm gonna send thee ten by ten
Ten for ten commandments
Nine for the nine that dressed so fine
Eight for the eight that stood at the gate
Seven for the seven that went up to heaven
Six for the six that never got fixed, and he never got fixed, and he never got fixed, so he never got fixed, so he never got fixed.
Five the for gospel preachers
Four for the four that stood at the door
Three for the Hebrew children
Two for Paul and Silas
One for the little bitty baby
Wrapped all up in swaddling clothing
Laid down in a manger.
That’s born, born, born, born, born, born, born, born!

Soloist singing:
Children go where I send thee.
How shall I send thee?

Speaker2:
Hello, this is the Herriman High School A Cappella. Tonight, we'll sing for you First I Met Thee from Home Alone, actually Home Alone II, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, and Somewhere in My Memory by John Williams.

Choir Singing:
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the glorious season.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for a happy new year.
Sing merrily, merrily, loud and strong,
Welcome the wintry season.
Just follow along with the holiday song.
Santa is here again, yes!

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the glorious season.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for a happy new year.
The reindeer fly, if you need any proof.
It's merely a matter of reason.
Just listen, you'll hear when they land on the roof.
Santa is here again, yes!

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the glorious season.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for a happy new year.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the obvious reason.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It’s a magical, miracle, annual, lyrical,
sing-along now, sing a song for a happy new year!

Sing merrily, merrily, loud and strong,
Welcome the wintry season.
Just follow along with the holiday song.
Santa is here again, yes!

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the glorious season.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for a happy new year.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Sing a song for the obvious reason.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It’s a magical, miracle, annual, lyrical,
sing-along now, sing a song for a happy new year!

Choir Singing:
Candles in the window
Shadows painting the ceiling
Gazing at the fire glow
Feeling that gingerbread feeling
Precious moments, special people
Happy faces, I can see
Somewhere in my memory
Christmas joys all around me
Living in my memory
All of the music, all of the magic
All of the family, home here with me

Somewhere in my memory
All of the music, all of the magic
All of the family, home here with me

Speaker 3:
Good evening. This is a Legacy Choir from Mountain Ridge High School. We are pleased to sing Ola Gjeilo’s Tundra, conducted by our beloved student teacher, Bryce Hammond.

Choir Singing:
Wide, worn and weathered,
Sacred expanse
Of green and white and granite grey;
Snowy patches strewn,
Anchored to the craggy earth,
Unmoving, unmoving;

While clouds dance
Across the vast, eternal sky, eternal sky.

While clouds dance
Across the vast, eternal sky.

Anthony Godfrey:
Stay with us. When we come back the sweet sounds of Christmas from Copper Hills High and Bingham High School.

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Anthony Godfrey:
Welcome back. Now we'll hear from the Copper Hills High School Choir.

Speaker 4:
We are performing Niño Lindo by Julian Wachner.

Choir Singing:
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo

Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.

Esa tu hermosura, ese tu candor
El alma me roba, el alma me roba
Me roba el amor

Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.

La vida bien mío, mi alma también
Te ofrezco gustoso, te ofrezco gustoso
Rendido a tus pies

Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.

Adiós, tierno infante
Adiós, niño, adiós
Adiós, dulce amante
Adiós, dulce amante
Adiós, niño, adiós

Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.
Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú mi Dios.

Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo
Niño lindo

Speaker 5:
Hello everyone, good evening. We are Bingham High School A Capella choir, and we'll end with a perennial American favorite, Jingle Bells.

Choir Singing:
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle.
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle.
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.

Dashing through the snow,
in a one-horse open sleigh.
O’er the fields we go,
laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring,
making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
a sleighing song tonight.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh. Hey!

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh.

A one horse open sleigh.

Anthony Godfrey:
Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Supercast. Remember, education is the most important thing you'll do today. We'll see you out there.