{"id":163,"date":"2016-08-28T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2016-08-30T00:33:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T04:33:58","slug":"take-it-back","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/take-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Take It Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry and Sally’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech (This is my tribe<\/a>) inspired the following song, by Kathleen Sloan. We love it and it has become part of the opening ceremonies for FKO.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-content\/uploads\/music\/takeitback.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Copyright 2004 by Kathleen Sloan
\nLyrics posted with permission of the author<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you remember back when we were kids?
\nWe were artists and dancers and musicians all
\nWe sang because we needed to, we danced because it gave us joy
\n(We) made art to share our very selves with the world<\/p>\n

Then as we grew older it became very clear
\nNot all of us were good enough to make the grade
\nOur singing was sometimes off key, our dancing had a few mis-steps
\nOur art was judged a bit too odd to share with the world (but we can)<\/em><\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nTake it back! Take it back!
\nTake back the right to sing and play
\nIt will fill your heart, it will feed your soul
\nWhen you take back the right to sing and play!<\/p>\n

Bridge:
\nIn a dozen other countries, no matter your age
\nYou’re encouraged and expected to create
\nHere in the west we’ve been robbed of that choice
\nCome join our revolution, we’ve found our own solution
\nYou\u2019re all invited to participate! (when we)<\/em><\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

We have broken the rules, we have carved out this space
\nWhere skill is not the only measure of our worth
\nWe’re free to sing in circles here and dance if the spirit calls
\nMake art once again and share ourselves with the world<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Welcome to our diverse little clan
\nDon\u2019t worry you’re not good enough, come grow with us
\nWe’ll help you with your melody, we\u2019ll catch you if you trip and fall
\nWe’ll celebrate the art you choose to share with the world! (we will)<\/em><\/p>\n

Chorus
\nTake it back! Take it back!
\nTake back the right to sing and play
\nIt will fill your heart, it will feed your soul
\nWhen you take back the right to sing and play!<\/p>\n

Take it back! Take it back!
\nTake back the right to sing and play
\nIt will fill your heart, it will feed your soul
\nWhen you take back the right to sing and play and make art
\nTake back the right to sing and play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry and Sally’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech (This is my tribe) inspired the following song, by Kathleen Sloan. We love it and it has become part of the opening ceremonies for FKO. Copyright 2004 by Kathleen Sloan Lyrics posted with permission of the author Do you remember back when we were kids? We were … Continue reading “Take It Back”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-hof.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/filkontario.ca\/fkowp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}