For that Tomorrow - A Remembrance Day Song

Nigel J. C. Turnbull of, Scotland, has penned a lovely composition, "For That Tomorrow - A Remembrance Day Song."

Inspired by a pilgrimage for veterans, during October 2005, to World War ll cemeteries around Montecassino in Italy, this song is dedicated to his uncle, Private James Cram Turnbull, who was killed in action in 1942 at the age of 22 years.

Touched by the simple yet beautiful melody, I offered to write a choral arrangement. You can download the sheet music, in PDF format, by clicking here. To listen to a mp3 of this four-part work, please click here. Browse his website to read the lyrics of all five verses or to see images taken during this visit.

Friend, Jason Menard, of London, Ontario, sent me an email requesting that I take a moment to review and sign a petition to bestow a State Funeral upon the last surviving veteran of WWI. As it stands, there are only three men left in Canada. The goal is 50,000 signatures by Nov. 11.

You can find the petition, initiated by the Dominion Institute, by clicking here.

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre has just completed its 9th Annual Holocaust Education Series. Download the brochure. The Series presents eyewitness survivor testimonies, films, exhibits and lectures. These events are presented in English and in French and take place at a variety of venues such as universities, CEGEPs, churches, synagogues, cultural centres, libraries and bookstores throughout Montreal.

One event was the showing of the film Fateless, based on the 2002 Nobel prize-winning novel by Imre Kertesz. Fateless "chronicles the attempts of 14-year-old Gyuri Koves to reconcile the unimaginable horror of having been incarcerated in German concentration camps." Directed by Lajos Koltai, with music by Ennio Morricone and stunning cinematography by Gyula Pados, this compassionate film speaks to the "resilience of the human spirit." If you have a chance to see this movie, please do.

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