Video Information

• Choir: USC Chamber Singers
• Piece: Fèt Chanpèt
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Jo-Michael Scheibe
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaumemusic.com/...  
• Genres: Classical, Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary, Haiti, Haitian, Creole
• English Poetic translation of Haitian Creole text:
  
  "Ding, ding, ding", I hear "ding",
  The bell strikes, "ding"
  The month of July strikes "ding" on all the calendars.
  All the children are free, Teachers are gone,
  ...  moreEnglish Poetic translation of Haitian Creole text:
  
  "Ding, ding, ding", I hear "ding",
  The bell strikes, "ding"
  The month of July strikes "ding" on all the calendars.
  All the children are free, Teachers are gone,
  In all corners of the country, school is out!
  
  All the pilgrims are ready; it's the frivolous party season!
  The feast has begun, everywhere it's part time!
  
  Many have arrived at Lakou Migonga.
  Chickens, turkeys and ducks
  Are carousing in the yard.
  
  Fathers, grandfathers, brothers and sisters are gathered,
  Neighbors and friends, we all make one family.
  These are all customs in the country of Haiti.
  
  Artocarpus incisa, Millet, Sugarcanes are flourishing.
  Mangos and Avocados are falling all day long.
  
  The night before, it's wood burning,
  The next day, it's the ten a.m. Mass.
  Everyone's celebrating:
  Hail to Saint James the Great! It's "Fèt Chanpèt"!
  
  Oh, what a beautiful season,
  It's joy, it's festivity!
  After Plaine-du-Nord, at Limonade we party some more.
  It's the frivolous party season!
  We are all singing,
  We are all yelling out: "ding, ding, ding"!
  
  "Ding, ding, ding",
  We are yelling "ding",
  We are singing "ding",
  Let's party until the very end!
  
  "Ding, ding, ding"!
  We party "ding"!
  We yell "ding"!
  We sing "ding"!
  The bell strikes "ding"!
  
  The month of July strikes "ding" on all the calendars...
  It's "Fèt Chanpèt", there's none like it!
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