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Quesnel’s youth choir InSong looking forward to Remembrance Day performance

InSong is set to perform two beautiful songs for the Legion’s Remembrance Day celebrations
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InSong youth choir will perform In Flanders Field and Inscription of Hope in St. Andrew’s United Church at noon on Nov. 11.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #94 Remembrance Day celebrations has an added performance this year, with the introduction of Quesnel’s youth choir, InSong.

InSong’s manager Bev Haluschak says the national ceremony in Ottawa has their own children’s choir perform every year. Haluschak says she feels having a youth choir will add a powerful element to the service in Quesnel.

A choir consisting of 23 singers from grades 3 to 9, InSong has been working together for the past three years, winning gold medals at music festivals and has been invited to perform provincially.

Haluschak and her team have worked several hours and applied their own experience as part of a singing group called After Eight.

The team shared a common goal of creating a youth choir in Quesnel. They have since performed at several events, but this is the first time InSong has performed for the local Legion.

Haluschak says it was important to educate the children on the history of Remembrance Day and the relevance of Flander’s Field.

“We get them to try to visualize a big field full of white crosses with poppies blowing, so they know what they’re singing about.

“Having [emotion] is really important in the performance. Our focus is to help them understand that they’ve been given a gift [of song] and sharing that gift is really important.”

Eleven-year-old Ameya Rentmeester is one of the newest members of the choir and is very excited to perform.

“I think it’s going to be really nice to be able to share all these powerful songs with everyone and teach them what Remembrance Day is really about.”

Dave Beaumont, a longtime member of the Quesnel Legion, says he thinks it’s important for the children of the choir to become more involved in community functions.

Beaumont adds he’s looking very forward to the performance and hopes that many people will attend to support not only the veterans and their families, but also the children.

InSong will be performing the well-loved In Flanders Field, as well as Inscription of Hope, a song based on the words found written on the walls of a cellar where people hid from the Nazis.

Once their voices fill the church, it will likely be hard to keep from getting emotional.

Their performance will be held on Nov. 11 in St. Andrew’s United Church across from the cenotaph on Kinchant Street at noon.