Video Information

• Choir: Westminster Chorus
• Piece: Gagòt
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Justin Miller
• Voices:  TTBB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaumemusic.com/...  
• Genres: A cappella, Barbershop, Folk/Ethnic, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Creole, Sydney Guillaume, Westminster Chorus
• Westminster Chorus at the 2014 ACDA Western Division Conference in Santa Barbara, California. "GAGÒT" was composed by Sydney Guillaume for the Westminster Chorus.
  It's sung in Haitian Creole, with a couple of lines in French. - - See score at: moreWestminster Chorus at the 2014 ACDA Western Division Conference in Santa Barbara, California. "GAGÒT" was composed by Sydney Guillaume for the Westminster Chorus.
  It's sung in Haitian Creole, with a couple of lines in French. - - See score at:
  sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/gagot
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  Check out the Westminster Chorus video: Journey to ACDA (Barbershop in the Choral Community):
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhLEchV6bQ
  
  To learn more about Westminster Chorus, visit: www.WestmisterChorus.org.
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  The text of "Gagòt" is written by Sydney's father Gabriel T. Guillaume.. Here's the complete text:
  
  (English Poetic Translation)
  
  Since I rose this morning I've gone through ups and downs,
  Running around in circles like a crazy mad dog.
  I speak, I sing, I sleep, I rise;
  I pray, I scream, it's mess upon mess.
  
  It's a mess here, it's a mess there,
  A mess up, a mess down,
  Mess everywhere, it's mess upon mess.
  
  Messy are my thoughts,
  Messy are my actions,
  Messy are my words,
  Messy is my vision.
  
  Everything is entangled:
  Pain and joy, doubt and faith,
  Disgust and hope, good and evil.
  My head is spinning and spinning,
  Everything is entangled.
  What a mess!
  
  Morning after morning, I fight a battle;
  The contredanse of life recommences daily.
  I sing, I dance, I yell: "Hooray!"
  Suddenly and swiftly I am back in a mess.
  
  In the midst of this mess I decide to search,
  To search for an understanding to what is happening.
  I dig, I seek, and I finally find
  In the very depth of my heart
  The solution to this mess:
  
  Life before death is a battle of every instant
  That can not be won but one moment at a time.
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