Wana Baraka
July 5th, 2010 by napa high
Napa High school Chamber Choir sing Wana Baraka at Northern California Golden State Choral Competition on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Pacific Union College, Angwin, California. We got 2nd place by 2 points… (more)
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July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Good job guys…kweli wana baraka !
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@parissupuu : When I said “dark sounding”, I didn’t mean sad. Dark means tone. Its the difference between a pop singers tone and a opera singers tone, as well as church choirs, which alot of them sound amazing at all songs, whether sad or happy. You could infer that “dark” is to mean more rich, not sad… I was trying to say that the song currently sounds emotionless, that it needs to be more happy.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@CarlosIsDown Unfortunately I left Kenya before the advent of youtube so I do not have any recorded videos. Most African songs are joyful, I mean, we sing and dance at funerals!
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@parissupuu If you have a chance to upload a video of this as performed in Kenya by Kenyans, please do so. I am very interested.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@CarlosIsDown You guys did great. It is a happy song. (I am from Kenya, origin of the song).
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@AwesomeBuddyC : I am from Kenya and don’t understand why anyone would want this to be a classical (read: sad) song. We clap and dance when singing this song in Kenya. It is not a sad song because we are thankful for blessings :baraka.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I can’t agree with any criticisms stated previously. I though they were great. I like a faster tempo for this song, but this was great too. The swaying I had no problem with.
Well, I guess there was that “pop-y” voice thing but we’re Californians. We can’t help it.
Anyone know of an actual African Choir doing this on youtube?
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
flat
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Too fast!
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
love
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@rachelo93 not me they just confused me
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@jeffrey8475
chanicleer singers for the win! i was there too. im in love with this song, my director recorded the performace and we really pulled it off!
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
idk, body movement helps me a lot.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@jeffrey8475 I was with the Palo Alto Concert Choir
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@sexyinnkeeper
I’m in the santa rosa high school chamber singers. You?
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@jeffrey8475 Same! which choir were you with?
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
it sounds kind of emotionless, sorry, but it does. They are all pretty good with pitch and all, but tone needs more classical, dark sound, and dynamics, like many have said are a must.
Just a side note. You don’t need to move your whole body to appear to feel the music, just head movement works, actually sometimes better…
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
just sang this with chanticleer and 400 other students at the davies hall in san francisco and it was absolutely amazing. great song
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
This is the best I’ve seen on youtube yet – Allstate choir is singing this in a few weeks and I needed to hear what it sounded like all together! Very good performance. I like the djembe. =)
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
i like this song and my choir sang it and the way u r singing it is slow for me. dont get me wrong, you did good but get into the song more and move around. this is a party song
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Are you serious, thats the thing i noticed most about this choir!
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
wow. i sang this at 8th grade all state. && im 16 now :/
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
No dynamics. Not very good.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
because the starting dynamic for them is pppp.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
East Rowan High School Honors Chorus from is much better