EARLY IDAHO SONGS OF THE MONTH - January 2011

 

Corps of Discovery. This song about the Lewis and Clark expedition is a notable exception to the Idaho Songs Project theme of songs written before 1923. Instead, it is a song written in January, 2011 by the 4th grade students of Mrs. Fonda Stewart-Mondeaux at John Brown Elementary School in Rathdrum, Idaho. The students cleverly wrote one verse from the viewpoint of Captain Lewis, a second from that of Sacajawea and a third verse about the expedition as seen by Seaman, Captain Clark's Newfoundland dog that made the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Coast and back. The photo at right shows the Rathdrum students during the recording session.

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No instrumental song posted for January 2011.

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