KW Glee’s version of O Canada rings out in classrooms across Canada
A model of O Canada that was created two years in the past by younger singers from Waterloo area in Ontario remains to be being performed at faculties throughout the nation.
The younger voices behind Ok-W Glee are recognized for his or her upbeat performances. The group recorded the nationwide anthem for July 1 in 2020 on the request of Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic, inventive director Amanda Type wrote in an e-mail to CBC.
“We had been humbled by the ask,” she stated. “We by no means imagined that so many individuals would get pleasure from our model of the nationwide anthem. It is wonderful to see the numbers climb on YouTube … it is unimaginable to know that individuals are listening to our group from each nook of the nation. The children are thrilled.”
Because the anthem’s launch in 2020, the group has acquired requests from faculties throughout the nation to play their model of the music.
Recorded in isolation
Isabelle Aboagye, lead singer for the Ok-W Glee model of the anthem, stated she nonetheless will get messages when folks hear her at their college.
“A variety of my buddies will ship me pics and messages: ‘Hey, had been you singing O Canada throughout my bulletins in school at present?’ And I am like — yeah, that is me. It is fairly cool,” she informed The Morning Version’s host Craig Norris.
“I truthfully had no concept that so many individuals would get pleasure from our model of O Canada. And I actually prefer to suppose that individuals that see youngsters that appear like them, singing O Canada, they only get as blissful as we do, as a result of it was such an enormous factor for us.”
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, every vocalist needed to report the music on their very own, after which it was all melded collectively into one video.
“It was a really completely different expertise,” recalled Aboagye. “We needed to get used to recording it, and never being collectively and counting on one another after we sing.”
The group’s video on YouTube has greater than 180,000 views. The anthem can also be obtainable via Apple Music and Spotify.
