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2019 Band of Mercy Choir

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In 2019, Jessica Raposo and I formed a Band for a two-week Band of Mercy Camp to learn the traditions and songs of the organization.  Many of those songs were recorded and are found at the bottom of this page.  We then took our songs on the road to sing at a concert for conference goers at the 2019 Children's Literature Association's Annual Conference I co-hosted, in Indianapolis.

2019 Band of Mercy Song-Camp Singers : 
Caleigh Koechlein, Grace Stewart**, Melody Stewart, Mikayla Petersheim*, Caleigh Collins*, Molly Fuller, Matilda Fuller, Cecelia Hargrove, Topanga Stingley, Lea Ramsey, Hailey Day, Taytem Rivera, Harleigh Raduenz, Karaline Byers*, Alice Couch,  Lucy Couch  (*member of the 2015 and/or 2017 Victorian camps!)

Co-Directors: Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Jessica Raposo
Pianist: Madeleine Demetriades
Sound Engineer: Chris Robinson
Costumer: Sharon Walker
Location: Central United Methodist Church, Richmond, IN
Recordings are also archived in IU's Media Collections Online. 
(all children’s voices and images used with parental permission)