Join us at 11am on Friday, November 11 in the Abray South Field of Honour for Remembered Aloud
At 11am a bell will toll 11 times, followed by 2 minutes of silence.
11 brass players and 2 choirs (musica intima and The Vancouver Bach Choir) will all gather, and sing/play a simple Phrase of Remembrance together. All the performers will then begin to move away from each other, and each person in their own time will read a name out loud from a grave marker, and then sing or play the Phrase of Remembrance, until the they have left the Field of Honour.
Both together as a group, and as separate, independent voices, we are unified in the belief that war must not happen again as the human cost is far too high.
Over 12,000 veterans rest in Mountain View, and the hope is this event will speak several hundred names out loud, and each of those people will be given a small moment of individual reflection.
We invite all of you to join us in silent meditation as the music and performers move across the Field of Honour, and to reflect on the sacrifices made by so many. Your presence to witness the ceremony and hear the names and repetition of the Phrase of Remembrance is what gives this unique performance life and power.
We respectfully acknowledge that our work and gatherings take place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples– the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations
