1968 Korean Children's Choir Ring Of Happiness Vinyl LP Record

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1968 Korean Children's Choir Ring Of Happiness Vinyl LP Record Vinyl / Jacket Grade per Goldmine Standard: VG / VG SIDE 11.Blessed Assurance (Crosby) 2:212.My Faith Looks Up To Thee (Marsh) 1:223.Allelujah! (Mozart-Aslanoff) 2:334.As A Little Child (Kaiser) 2:385.Amazing Grace (Newton) 1:376.Heiden Roselein (Werner) 1:457.Heaven Came Down (Peterson) 2:19SIDE 21.Try To Remember (Schmidt-Jones) 2:222.Lucky Little Cricket (Hoggard) 2:583.Simple Gifts (Copeland) 1:184.The Rain In Spain (Loewe-Lerner) 2:115.Chu Chun Ka (Korean Folk Song) 2:196.Edelweiss (Rogers-Hammerstein) 1:587.Up, Up And Away (Webb) 2:40“They sing like temple bells.”That was the report in Life magazine in 1960when the World Vision Korean Orphan Choir firstvisited the United States. In 1968, now known asthe Korean Children’s Choir, the sweet-singing young-sters toured the United States for the fourth time,their voices ringing more beautifully than everbefore.But they delivered more than music in scoresof concerts across the nation. They brought a musicalmessage of thanks from many thousands of once-homeless children in South Korea, and a reminderthat there are untold thousands of suffering childrenthroughout the world still needing help.Their message of thanks was for the generosityof Americans who, by their gifts through World VisionInternational, sponsor almost 16,000 orphaned orneedy children in South Korea. Choir members wereselected for their musical talent from among thesechildren in 176 childcare centers in South Korea. Thechosen youngsters were transferred to the WorldVision Music Institute, near Seoul, capital of SouthKorea, where they live and are given thorough musi-cal training.The choir of 37 youngsters age 9 through 17 alsosang its thanks for another 10,000 children rescuedfrom war, natural disaster, poverty, and other trage-dies; these are cared for in 18 other nations bysponsorships established through World Vision.The music of the choir also was a reminder to thehighly affluent American society that there still aremillions of children in the world today who sufferacutely from lack of food, shelter and care. WorldVision International, headquartered in Monrovia,California, is a missionary service agency devotedto helping these children, as well as providing otherreligious and relief services around the globe.The choir has found a huge and quickly respon-sive audience for its message in the United States.It has received both critical and popular acclaim onits four tours, in 1960, 1963, 1965 and 1968. Eachtour has taken the smiling little singers an average ofsome 50,000 miles to reach dozens of cities wherethey have sung for audiences as high as 25,000persons.In Binghamton, New York, the Sun Bulletin wrotein 1965: “Thirty-four small voices, raised to bignessand beauty by a belief and a talented choir master,touched the hearts of over 25,000 who packed thefieldhouse.”High words of praise were given the choir by EdSullivan, on whose TV show the choir has appearedtwice.Actor Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason ” and “Iron-side”) presented the choir on Art Linkletter’s “TalentScouts” television show in 1965. And the choir alsosang on Art Linkletter’s “House Party” show on itstwo previous tours.The appeal of the tiny choirsters seems to beuniversal. They have sung for presidents and kings,for citizens and commoners—for everyone. One oftheir greatest admirers is King Olav V of Norway,for whom they sang in 1962. Other rulers for whomthey have sung include Prime Minister Nehru ofIndia, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of NationalistChina, and, early in 1968, Emperor Haile Selassie ofEthiopia. The children, many of whom once werestreet waifs, now are “ambassadors” for the SouthKorean government, singing at state occasions becausethey are a proud institution in their land.The World Vision Korean Children’s Choir in1968 was a sharply different organization from whatit was at its inception in 1960, despite the fact that19 members are veterans of one or more previoustours.One of the big differences was the new director,Jon II Kim, whose fine musicianship, animated con-ducting and deep comradeship with the children seemto draw from them their very finest efforts in everyperformance.Another difference was the longer and more inten-sified period of preparation for their fourth tour. Theirmusical production was more skilled and their stageappearance was embellished with colorful sets, instru-mental numbers and bits of folk dancing.One of the soloists was a young man who hasbeen on all four choir tours. He is known affection-ately in America as “Peanuts.” His real name is SanYong Kim, and he plays the violin as well as sings.The Korean Children’s Choir has a repertoire ofsome 70 songs, most in Korean, but quite a few inEnglish. Audiences roar when they hear the spiritedyoungster’s version of “The Rain In Spain,” from“My Fair Lady.” And eyes fill quickly when thesoaring notes of “God Bless America” come from thethroats of the tiny ones who offer musical thanks soeloquently.The youngsters sing many religious songs, includ-ing the stirring ‘‘Allelujah!” “Holy City,” “BlessedAssurance,” “He Keeps Me Singing,” and many more.Their English selections also include “Waltzing Ma-tilda,” “Try To Remember,” “Just A Spoonful OfSugar,” and—believe it or not—the popular ditty“Up, Up And Away!”The music and the message of the Korean Chil-dren’s Choir are perhaps best described by the manwho founded World Vision amidst the carnage of theKorean War in 1950. Bob Pierce, who establishedthe choir and also was president of World Vision from1950 to 1967, says:“If the suffering children of the world havea voice, it is that of the Korean Children’s Choir.The music of these blessed youngsters achievesrare beauty and reaches the hearts of all whohear them. Their message of gratitude and theirreminders of suffering children everywherecannot be easily forgotten.” lp4842-ab

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