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April 15, 2009

great minds think alike

though some have better connections

and my version


One World

made for Comic Relief 2007

St Christopher School had worked on the song for a few sessions. In Gjakova we just had a couple of hours to teach the children the song and record it.

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Jane Edwards, Kosovo Youth Education Project Director [right] explains the words

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Nertila Qarri translates

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first run through

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Nektar Qarri, sound assistant and Gent Kumnova, fixer, discuss the boom operation

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Posted by john at April 15, 2009 03:54 PM

Comments

Well I enjoyed both - - but yours is more poignant, for all sorts of reasons. I love it when the Kosovan children all sing "I've got the you and me brother" and "I've got the you and me sister" all with perfect confidence that the extra "the" is exactly how it should be.

Posted by: Daphne at April 15, 2009 06:09 PM