Episode 5: I Remember

Here We Are - The Pathhead Choir Songwriting Project

This episode hears about Jean Durrand's, one of the Here We Are project songwriters, experience of being in the project and being involved in writing 'I Remember.' It also features beautiful creative writing pieces written from lines in 'I Remember' by Val Dijkman and Shirley James, and hears from Gina Rae about writing her arrangement of this amazing song.
You can watch the video of the performance of I Remember at
https://youtu.be/fB8WYwkosGA
I REMEMBER (a song created from The Pathhead Choir Songwriting Project - Here We Are)
Lyrics by Jean Durrand with Sophie Bancroft, Val Dijkman and Shirley James and The Pathhead Choir Songwriting Group
Music by Sophie Bancroft
Choir Arrangement by Gina Rae
Beautiful blue, terracotta smooth, holes worn through by the sea
Close my eyes, carry me back to the tide
Hold you in my pocket, feel you in my hand, link to where I belong
Close my eyes, carry me back in time
Take me there where the salty air
And white spray catches my breath
Wild and free when you call to me
I remember….
Lazy summer days, cooling waves, gold sand, glistening skin
Close my eyes, carry me back to the tide
What will be, shaped by the sea, bringing clarity to my mind
Close my eyes, carry me back in time
Take me there where the salty air.......
On a shore full of promise treasures can be found
Far beyond where the land meets the sea
Where the birds fly up high and sunlight paints the sky
Waves bring me moonbeams
Take me there where the salty air
And white spray catches my breath
Wild and free when you call to me I remember….
HERE WE ARE - The Pathhead Choir Songwriting Project
saw Sophie Bancroft guiding a group of Pathhead Choir members aged 60+ to write original songs for The Pathhead Choir to perform. These songs were then arranged and notated for the choir by Pathhead Music Collective musicians and arrangers, rehearsed and performed by The Pathhead Choir, conducted by Sophie and choir co-leader Gina Rae, with Dave Milligan on piano. The choir gave three concerts around the Lothians in June 2023, performing eight new, original pieces.
Full information about the project, and sheet music and choir arrangements can be found at https://autumnvoices.co.uk/projects/the-pathhead-choir/