001Good morning and welcome to the grade or to the Travis school grade five coral concert. We have been hard at work in music classes the last few months in preparation for today. Yonder come day is a shout song from the Georgia Sea Islands. It's often sung during New Year's Eve watch night service which began in 1862. On that night, three enslaved African-Ameans gathered in anticip anticipation for of the Emancipation Proclamation taking effect at midnight on January 1st, 1863. [applause] Get your hands. Y day is a break day. Oh my soul come day is [singing] breaking sun is in my soul day. Oh my soul day is a breaking in my soul [singing] day. Oh my soul is breaking sunrising in my soul. [cheering and applause] >> [singing and music] >> break is a break is
002in my soul [singing] day [music] is a break day. for my soul. Y day is a breaking. [singing] Sun is rising in my soul. Come day is a break day. Oh my soul come day. Sun is in my soul. [singing] [applause] Our [applause] next song is written by composer Jimus. He wrote it after working with children in Mexico. When he asked them if they had a message to share with the world, they responded. Oo is the result of the hope that their voices would be heard by the rest of the world. >> [applause] >> I hear my dad. Daddy, you're [music and singing] a sweeter. [music and singing] >> [singing and music] [music and singing] >> Are you listening? Can you hear them [singing] calling? We are calling [music] you. O, are you listening? O,
003[singing and music] can you hear them calling? Oh yeah. Mira [music and singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] Oh yeah, [singing] are you listening? Oh yeah, [music] can you hear them calling? Oh yeah, we are calling to [singing] you. Oh yeah, are you listening? [music] Oh yeah, can you hear them calling? [singing] us. [music] [singing] Are you listening? [music] O if you hear us listening [singing] if you hear us [music] if you hear us [singing] hear us [applause] hear us [singing and music] hear Oh yeah, [applause] we are calling to you. Oh yeah. Oh [singing] yeah. Oh yeah. Can you hear us? Oh yeah. [singing and music] Are you listening? Oh yeah. Can you hear us calling? Oh yeah. We are calling [singing] to you. Oh yeah. [music] Are you listening? Oh yeah. Can you
004hear them? [singing] Oh yeah. Can you hear us? Oh yeah. [applause] Where's the book? >> Home word bound by Marta King is a song about someone embarking upon a new phase in life's journey. It's beautiful melody and phrasing expresses the souls yearning to change while at the same time desiring desiring to return home where it all began. Chen, Annie Dodie, Lyla Havens, Morgan, Ryland Gracias, Olivia Mazer, Addison, and Coren will sing the solo section as octave. [applause] I got you. In the quiet misty morning [music] and the sky is fair. [music] When the summer [singing] ceased its gleaming, when the horn is past it, [music] when adventures [singing] lost its meaning, I'll be [music] home where mountain time [singing] meure me [singing and music] to the set me free to find my falling then I'll
005return [music] to you [music] soon [music] in the road I'll stop [singing] and turn then the [music] wind Set me racing as my journey [music] near it. [music] Again, find me [music] to the pasture. Take me [singing] to the plow. Set me free [music] to find [singing] my calling. And I'll return to you somehow [music] in the morning. I'll be home or found again. >> I think I'm coming home. [applause] Our final piece is one you might find from the movie greatest show. This is me is a song about coming of age in spite of the challenges. The opening phrase and third part >> [applause] [applause] >> That's treats. I'm [music and singing] not a stranger to the way they say your broken [singing and music] hearts to be ashamed of all my [music and
006singing] love. Don't let them break me down to [music and singing] dust. I know that there's a place for us. [singing] [music] The sharpest words want to cut me down. [music] [singing] Going to drown them out. I am brave. I am bruised. I am meant to be. This is me. Look out cuz here [music] I come. [singing] Your arms will be a drunk. [music] I'm not scared to be seen. I [singing] make no apologies. This is me. [music] [singing] [music] [music] Opening around the barrels chase my skin away. [music] I won't let the chase again. We are bursting through the [music and singing] barricades and reaching for the stars. We are glorious and that's what we [music] do. That's what we don't let them break me down to dust. I know that there's [music] a
007place for us [singing] [music] down. [music and singing] I am brave. I am Bruce. I am who I meant to [music] be. This is me. [singing] Here I come. You're watching [music] how to lead a drug. I'm not scared to be seen. I make [music and singing] no apologies. This is me. Oh, [music] [singing] [music] this is me. [singing] Oh [music] [music and singing] sh [music] here I [music and singing] come and I'm maring to be a drunk. [singing and music] You see, I make no apies. This is me. [music and singing] D [music] [singing] oh, [music] this is me. [applause] >> [applause] [applause] >> That concludes our 2026 grade 5 concert. We hope you enjoyed the show. Thank you for coming out to support us today and we'll see you on Chester School's YouTube
008live stream next year for our day of chorus. Have a wonderful week. >> [applause] [applause]