Video Information

• Choir: The Girl Choir of South Florida
• Piece: Pete, Pete
• Arranger:  Rosephanye Powell
• Conductor:  Jorge Valls
• Voices:  2-Part
• Sheet Music:   www.sheetmusicplus.com/ti...  
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic
• "Pete, Pete" West African folk song, arr. Rosephanye Powell.
  
  Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida...  more"Pete, Pete" West African folk song, arr. Rosephanye Powell.
  
  Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Jorge Valls, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.
  
  This popular children's folk song from Ghana is sung traditionally as a call and response. It is an Akan playground song. "Pete" (which means "vulture") is a nickname for children. It is a reference to a child's great appetite.
  
  Vulture, vulture, your mother is calling you.
  What does she want me to do?
  She said the meal is ready.   less