Alaska At Last: WAIT!! ONE MORE THING!!!

Monday, December 20, 2010

WAIT!! ONE MORE THING!!!

"Teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

James Eastmen Barthelman AKA Mr. B AKA Jim and his 5th Graders humbly present their version of the Hallelujah Chorus! You Absolutely Must Watch This It Will Make Your Day:) It certainly made all of ours up here:) They worked so hard on this! Rumor has it they spent 15 hours this weekend running all over tarnation in Quinhagak putting this together. Their incredible debut was today for the whole community at our Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat (Quinhagak School) Christmas Program! We laughed, we cried, it's simply a joyfully-village-filled-moving rendition of Handel's Messiah like you've never seen it before:) It is Amazing!!! Enjoy and Be Blessed! Great Work Jim and the fabulous 5th Grade.

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.”
(which means, God with us)
Matthew 1:23

8 comments:

AnonymousDecember 21, 2010 at 6:01 AM
Absolutely LOVED it, had to post it on my facebook page to share to my friends too. Have a Merry Christmas Rachel!
Gwen
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AnonymousDecember 21, 2010 at 7:00 AM
That was awesome!!! Merry Christmas to all!!

Lisa in Hayward:-)
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UnknownDecember 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Loved it! Thanks for sharing this.
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AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM
Rachel,

Loved it! Thanks. Was caroling last Sunday to your grandma. She's looked well and was so full of joy. Your mom said you'd be be home over Christmas. I just arrived in Delaware and will probably miss your visit. Have a Merry Christmas!

Heath
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AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Amazing, Rach...just checked it out on YouTube and see that it already has over 101K views! Simply awesome! I'm so proud of our community of Quinhagak!
Merry Christmas
Connie Sankwich
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AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 7:56 PM
p.s.
not very anonymous, was I?
CS
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CathyDecember 24, 2010 at 4:40 AM
Merry Christmas, Rachel! The video is amazing! May you have a restful and enjoyable time at home during the season of our Savior's birth. xoxo from Ohio!
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AnonymousJanuary 1, 2011 at 1:42 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Rachel!!

Gwen
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