This was a dollar. It had decent songs on it , plus it was Canadian. It was also sealed.Glamorgan Elementary is a public schools serving the Glamorgan community, a south-western neighborhood of Calgary, AB. It was opened in 1958.
Glamorgan Community Association
This is a collection of songs sung by the school choir augmented with monologues from kids. While most of the credits on the album go to Mr Kuzmar, the conductor, I wondered more about Mrs Slaught, who I assume is the overworked and underappreciated music teacher who played the piano on this. Poor Mrs Slaught.
The theme of the album is peace and unity between all people. It is strange now, just how optimistic this album is. I am not sure when this came out. I am guessing late 70’s/ early 80’s. Regardless, this was made during the Cold War and it sort of makes one misty thinking about the kids’ message of peace. On the other hand, how could we live thru the threat of nuclear annihilation only to have these current times, where despite the threat of mass extinction being diminished, the dream of unity among people is now further than ever? That is because there was no internet during the Cold War. If there was, we would most likely have nuked the planet silly.
For a sample, I went with two popular Broadway numbers which were put together; “Sunrise, Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof and “Impossible Dream” from Man of LaMancha. These are combined with a monologue from a Valerie Miller and one from a Kathy Buck. Additionally, “Sunrise” has a solo from Heather Gargan.
This is satisfactory for the price and for a kids record. I have heard a lot worse.