This piece of music was printed in 1903, the very year God led Bishop O’Dea
to build a great cathedral on First Hill in Seattle.
It is based on a piece of music that may be 700 years old!
It is in a chant style called a Sequence.
 
Can you young musical wizards figure out which piece
we are singing in Choir Camp is most like this ancient melody?

• She knows Jesus better than anyone else.
• I have never known that Mary was as special as I had thought of her before and she is a phenomenal person.
• I feel that she prays and she loves me.
• I feel protected knowing she never leaves us.
• I love Mary because she is beautiful and a wonderful role model.
• I do feel very happy or special when I think about her.
• I feel like Mary is really kind to us.  She is brave and bold.  She held it together even when her son Jesus was hanging on the cross.  It takes a lot of strength and compassion to be able to do that.
• I feel that Mary strengthens us every day through prayer, music, and everyday life.
• I feel that this past week Mary has been watching us, and I feel that she is being sweet and determined and courageous… and she’s passing it on to us for safekeeping and use.
• I learned that Mary is higher, in “rank,” than the saints.
• I feel good about Mary.
• I learned that Mary is like the stars, just like God is like the sun.
• I feel that Mary is my patron because I am named after her.  I learned that her body and soul were sent up to heaven and that she is called Star of the Sea.
• I feel happy and I learned that Mary was a wonderful mother and that she did not write a Bible and that she knew her son better than anyone.
• Mary’s powers are from God.
• She took honor not as something that leads to high class and pride, but as a job.
• I love Mary so much and it brings me great comfort to know that I can tell Her anything and I know Mary will always be there to listen or help me.
• I feel Mary is great and she is a great saint for being Jesus’ mother.
• I learned that Mary is like the moon:  she will never turn her back on us.
• I learned that she is the Mother of all people and that you can pray to her along with God and Jesus.
• I feel happy about Mary because she reminds me of my own mom.
• I feel that Mary is helpful to everyone and even though she doesn’t write any Bibles she is still helpful.
• I feel like she is the stars in the sky, and like them she watches over us each and every day of our lives.  She is a really important person to everyone.
• I have learned some qualities of Mary that you don’t know just when you look at her.  She is modest, giving, considerate, thankful, and she absolutely does NOT take advantage of people.  She is simply beautiful.
• Mary makes me feel joyful, hopeful, and happy.
• I feel that Mary was a person who had a strong belief in God.
• I feel that she did something very good and important.
• I learned that people call her Star of the Ocean.  And I feel that she is an inspiration for us all.
• I learned that Mary went to heaven body and soul!
• Mary is like a mother to me.  Someone that I can tell all my problems and I know she’s listening.
• Mary has a job, her one job is to bring us closer and closer to Jesus, to lead us on the road to heaven.
• I think that she is like the stars and moon.  Because the moon is pretty just like Mary.
• I like Mary and what I learned about her is that she went up to heaven with her soul AND body.
• I learned that Mary is like a star because she will always be around us with all of the saints and angels or like the moon because she never turns her back on us.
• I learned that Mary is Queen of the stars.

• I think that singing encourages my faith in God.
• Singing helps me pray because the songs are like prayers to me and so if I sing I’m praying at the same time.
• Well, first of all, singing is praying twice.  So actually you are singing.  And singing helps you meditate more on prayer afterwards.
• When I sing, I think about the words I’m singing, and try to make them as beautiful as I possibly can, to please God and to tell him I love him.
• You can use the words in prayers.
• Singing is a type of prayer when you sing you put your whole heart in.
• When I sing I sing my heart out!!!
• Singing helps me pray because it seems as if the words are a prayer.
• Singing helps me pray because it allows me to concentrate more, and helps me focus my mind.
• Singing helps me pray because I am more engaged in a prayer and I can pour all my emotion into my words while singing a song.  Also, while I’m singing, the words are already there in front of me, so then I can focus on the meaning.
• Well the words are like praying and when I sing it’s like an angel is praying.
• Singing helps me pray because of the wonderful sound of everybody singing.
• It helps me communicate with him through my lips and also the song.
• Singing helps me know that God gave me the talent for singing.
• Singing makes me feel really calm and centered.  A lot of songs inspire me to be those ways, I like to be that way when I pray: calm, peaceful, relaxed, centered, etc.
• Singing makes me concentrate and think about God.  It makes me very happy which also helps me think of the love of God.
• The way of speaking brings out the meaning, origins, and importance of prayer.
• Singing helps me pray because when I sing and pray with meaning to God and from the heart it feels reverent and a calm feeling.  Singing also helps because it’s usually to God, which helps you sing what you feel.
• Singing helps me pray by singing God’s word.
• Singing helps me pray because it clears my mind.
• It makes me feel calm.
• Singing is praising the Lord.
• It makes it easier to say stuff to God.
• Singing helps me pray because it lets me get out what I want to say in a way that even the strangers listen.
• Singing helps me pray by strengthening my vocals and knowing that I’m praising God through music.
• For me singing sets me in the state of relaxed prayerful mind.
• It helps me get in the mood to pray and praise God.
• I use singing as a way to help others pray.  It also helps me to think about God.
• It helps me feel more confident.
• Singing helps me pray because I love singing and I love that you can pray and sing.
• Singing is a way of praying and expressing myself and my feelings at the same time.  I think it’s so much better than just chanting in bland words too and also sounds dynamic and uplifting.

• That if you are set to do something you can do it if you pray that you can.  God will provide it if he wants you to do it.

• So far, I seem to be a pretty positive person people look up to a lot.
• I learned that you can be open to everyone.  And that no one will laugh at you.  And I learned that everyone loves me the way I am.
• I LOVE SOLOS!!!!!
• I can be confident when singing in front of people.
• I love singing very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very much.
• I can really take risks with my singing and be OK with that.
• I knew I could play At the River on my first try.
• I learned new songs and instruments.
• That I am ready to sing a solo, and most importantly, in front of my friends, my teachers, and anybody who will listen… even if I don’t get asked for a while.  Hehe!
• That even when you mess up on a solo your fellow choristers won’t laugh at you.
• I am enjoying it more than I did four years ago.
• I am very talented
• I love to sing more of classical pieces
• I’ve learned that I always try to sing the best I can and always work hard at new pieces
• All of us are important to the Church and no one is better than the other.  We make the Church become what it is now.
• I can do something not with as much scholarship and understanding as clarity and focus.
• I am sweet and helpful.
• That I really REALLY do LOVE to sing and that I am shy but I have gotten more open and I feel very happy and comfortable being around everyone here at choir.
• That I really like to stand out and be recognized and noticed, but not a ton.
• That if I try and keep practicing I can improve my singing.
• I don’t like satsumas and there is an instrument called a “bell tree”
• To never give up on yourself even in the downest times
• That I was really nervous before camp, but when I saw some people I knew and at the end of the day I though the first day of camp was really fun, so I didn’t need to be nervous anymore.
• I am a caring and helpful student and learned that I was also talented
• That taking musical risks, like solos, help me feel more confident in my voice when I sing
• I incredibly enjoy jumproping!
• That I don’t have to be someone else to “fit in” here.  It’s a place I can be myself and goof off a bit, not just pretending to be another person.
• I can read Latin
• That I like beach balls.
• I am a better singing than I was.
• True music comes from within yourself.
• That I’m not the only one who loves to sing and praise the Lord.  I look around, and I see so many faces wanting to bring greater glory to God.
• I have learned how to sing better and make new friends.
• Once I met someone I start talking to them a LOT!
• I don’t like waking up at 7:30 at all!
• I am thoughtful.
• That I will always love to sing.

• Stopping in.  It was a wonderful visit.  It made my day!
• Praying for us every day and stopping by to say hello.  Real unexpected but really cool.
• Thank you Archbishop Brunett for coming that meant so much to me you are the best.
• Visiting us on Monday!
• Coming to see us!
• Taking your time to come to our classroom and bless us!
• Listening to us and giving us a blessing.
• Coming to say hi to Choir Camp.
• Coming in to pray and bless us and listening to us do what we love and are learning about.
• Blessing us
• Coming here to hear us.
• The blessing
• Thank you Archbishop Brunett for taking your time to come and see us.
• Coming all the way here to hear our music.  It means a lot.
• Coming to Saint James Cathedral
• Caring about the present and the future of someone you have no relationship to, and making the sacrifices you did
• Thx for being Archbishop
• Thank you for coming to see us, and for blessing us.  It meant so much for me.  You are such a wonderful example for me to look up to.  I don’t have the words to thank you for all the wonderful things you have done for me.
• Being an amazing person to us.  It is wonderful how well you serve God and how faithful you are to Him.
• Coming in and visiting us and saying we are doing well at singing.
• The visit to our choir
• Blessing us in Mary’s name
• Coming and saying hi, blessing us.
• Coming and listening to us sing and we thank you for coming to talk with us.
• Coming to see us sing in the rehearsal room.  I really liked singing for you!
• Blessing us, it made us sing better!
• Stopping in to see us on Monday, and giving us a blessing.  I have felt guided the whole week so far, and probably through the end, too.
• Making a surprise visit!
• Coming in and listening to us sing.  It really meant a lot to me.
• Paying us such a lovely visit and giving us a blessing.
• Coming here to bless us
• Coming and blessing us.  It was so amazing!  I looked up, and suddenly, you were there!  It was so surprised and happy!
• Giving us a blessing
• Coming to our Choir Room to say hello to us.  I really appreciated it!
• Coming to see us sing
• Giving us that blessing and for an unexpected surprise (a good unexpected surprise)
• Coming to our classroom and blessing us all

• Being faithful in us and calling us angelsi class="style4"> Bringing Roman to see us today J (He kinda looks like George Clooney)
• For teaching us the xylophone type thing!  That was a blast!
• For helping us with music and notes
• Making this program possible
• Teaching us instruments
• Helping us with Orff and making all this happen
• Helping us in Choir Camp!
• Everything you do for the Cathedral
• Supporting us this week and teaching us how to use our voices correctly and how to play instruments
• Coming and introducing guests for us
• Making this camp and letting me be in a CD
• Cheering me up with your great smile that God gave you
• Teaching me how to play all those wonderful instruments
• Coming in and listening to us and telling us what is good and what we need to work on
• Being an amazing person, for being a wonderful conductor, and for being a great part of the St. James Music Program
• Thank you so much for all you have done for us.  You have taught me so many things.  Thank you for all the hard work you put in to the music program and for being a great leader.
• Being Dr. Savage
• Caring not only for the success and talents of your choir, but for your choristers
• Teaching the different instruments.  I love learning the Bass from you.  You are a wonderful teacher/coach to me.  Thank you again
• Teaching us.  It has been wonderful to come and sing with you.
• The wonderful direction
• Being patient in Orff class
• Being an amazing teacher and standing by my mom, me, my brother, sister and dad, and the whole woman’s schola.  We all love you to our deepest hearts.
• Teaching us with musical instruments
• Helping us and teaching us how to play on the Orff instruments
• Helping me along the way with my singing
• Teaching us how to use the xylophone and the metallophone and more.
• Teaching me to play Orff.
• Being here with us and helping us pray and sing
• For letting us have this camp this is really helping me sing and thank you for everything.
• Teaching Orff and everything I can’t fit onto this paper