THE JOY OF THE GIFT OF A VOICE ~ BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

THE JOY OF EXPERIENCING THIS VOICE IS BEYOND THE COMMON

Often, I need moments that touch my soul deeply while lifting me.

Every day, if possible, I need moments like I get while listening to Brian Stokes Mitchell singing,"sculpting", making art out of this song. And the lyrics are great even without his delivery. However, Mr. Stokes takes this composition and turns it into musical, soulful art.

Thank goodness, he chose to be a singer.

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This song is special, but I have never heard it done better than by Brian Stokes Mitchell and it is delivered anew each time I have heard him sing The Impossible Dream.
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The Impossible Dream as sung at Ted Kennedy's Celebration Ceremony August 28, 2009 at the Kennedy Library.
This misses the first three lines ~
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
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To see and hear the entire song as Mr. Mitchell sang it at Edward "Ted" Kennedy's memorial service, you may click on this link and slide it to the 2:20:40 mark: tedkennedy.org/pages/video_celebration_of_life_memorial_service

The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.

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Brian Stokes Mitchell, when speaking at a college on the Northeast, displays how The Impossible Dream, from the Broadway show Man of La Mancha, is musically written with peaks and valleys, just as the character sings about. Uploaded by Smilez6711

For more information ~ Brian Stokes Mitchell

"I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND SAY WHY NOT"

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I was called in by the principal for teaching this song to my students in my first few years as a public school music teacher: Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream. From then on, I was forbidden to teach this song to the children.
Above it is sung by Simon and Garfunkel. Uploaded by JudeOrEleanor
Sung here by John Denver

The lyrics

Last night I had the strangest dream,
I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.

I dreamed I saw a mighty room,
The room was full of men,
And the paper they were signing said,
They'd never fight again.

And when the paper was all signed,
And a million copies made,
They all joined hands and bowed their heads,
And grateful prayers were prayed.

And the people in the streets below,
Were dancing around and around,
And swords and guns and uniforms,
Were scattered on the ground.

Last night I had the strangest dream,
I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.

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Text at youtube by the singer derkman:
Recorded in 76 languages, this has become one of the most enduring and treasured peace songs. Possibly the very best anti-war song ever...a strong argument presented sweetly and with reason. This song was written in 1950 by Ed McCurdy and has been recorded by many artists over the years including The Weavers, John Denver, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash and Garth Brooks.

"My brother (Robert F. Kennedy) need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be rememberd simply as a good decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. "Those of us, who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world. "As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him: 'Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.'" Edward Kennedy

HEAVENLY CAUSES NEED THEIR CHAMPIONS

The song The Impossible Dream was sung beautifully by Brian Stokes Mitchell Friday night at Ted Kennedy's memorial service. The sound had some technical difficulties. Here is another time Mr. Mitchell sang The Impossible Dream.

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Brian Stokes Mitchell singing The Impossible Dream with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Click on the post's title to go to the Ted Kennedy special tribute website.

At tedkennedy.org/pages/video_celebration_of_life_memorial_service can be found the song Just A Closer Walk With Thee performed by the Boston Community Chorus from the Ted Kennedy Memorial Service of August 28, 2009. Using the top video on the page - slide to 2:42:35 for the song.

Kennedy memorial service: poignant, powerful TV

It was good for my soul to watch the memorial and funeral services.

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Michael Ball sings
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Love Changes Everything
as sung at Ted Kennedy's memorial service by Nick Littlefield

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Sarah Brightman sings
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Whatever you did for one of the least of these

We are visitors on this planet.

We are here for ninety or one hundred years

at the very most.

During that period,

we must try to do something good,

something useful, with our lives.

If you contribute to other people’s happiness,

You will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.

H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama

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