My Paddle's Keen And Bright

"My Paddle's Keen and Bright - II" is based on a beloved "campfire" song, written by Canadian Margaret Embers McGee to honor the First Nations people and their love of the waterways. Part of the "Sing & Ring" series, it embodies the essence of a native folk tune motif with driving rhythms and haunting melody that will make it one of your ringers' favorite pieces. Beginning and L1 ringers are included in the performance: playing chords on Orff or guitar, ringing chords from a chart, lyric sheet or a L1 score, adding percussion. Your entire student body and all your festival ringers/campers can participate in this song for a wondrous concert finale. All scores in this edition are reproducible by the original purchaser. Appropriate for concert, school, camp and festival use.

RE2306 "My Paddle's Keen and Bright I" is the compatible concert score and may be added to accompany your singers and ringers. Fully scored for 3-5 octaves, this L2+ piece is a "Split-Level" piece: written to gently assimilate new or beginning ringers into an established group or to allow multiple-levels/grades to perform together. In this case, 3 ringing positions are somewhat easier (B4C5, D5E5 and F5G5) at Level 1+; and a special extracted score for these ringers is included, if needed, to allow them to quickly learn new skills and succeed in ringing. Most of the small 16th-note motifs fall within ringing positions, making them much easier to master a goal of the "Class ring" series from ringTrue. Written for Sound Wave youth handbell ensemble, directed by Janet Nordstrand, Vancouver, Canada.