how many languages do we need???
now, this has got to have me with mixed emotions and all. Though, granted not really passionate emotions or anything considering I am really not a hockey fan. I know, I could quite possibly be the only naturally born male Canadian in this whole country that really is not a hockey fan, as well as being quite possibly the only straight male in the world that really does not like sports that is not a computer geek/nerd. After reading this though I had to wonder, how many languages do we need to be sung at the beginning of hockey games?
I remember a blog awhile ago by an immigrant to Canada that was saying that they should make some form of Indian (the real Indians from India, not the old term for the natives of Canada) language a national language of Canada because there were so many of them speaking the language here now. I had a bit of a problem with that, but if we start singing the national anthem in every single language that is widely spoken in Canada then we might as well start singing the song on Tuesday night around 9pm to play a game on Wednesday evening at 8pm. With Canada being the great mosic that we are (remember we are not a 'melting pot' like America is since we try not to force all new people to become 'like us' but instead try to make all peoples beliefs, culture and religions co-exist with all those that already exist), we have so many different languages from different cultures around the world we could not sing all the languages at a game and not leave any out.
So, that being said, I figure what should happen is we sing the national athem in two languages, our two national languages of French and English. That is it, two languages, two songs, then we play our game, drink our beer, throw our octopi (when needed) and leave it at that. Cree, chinese, Inuit, Blackfoot, Iroquis, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Indian of all dialects and every other language out there can be sung at home if they want, just stay off the ice thanks.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070203/cree_anthem_070203/20070203?hub=Canada
Cree teen sings 'Ka Kanatahk' for hockey fans
Updated Sat. Feb. 3 2007 11:55 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A Cree teenager became the first to sing O Canada -- or Ka Kanatahk -- in the Cree language at the start of an NHL hockey game.
Akin Shirt, 13, of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation performed in front of about 20,000 fans before the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks faced off Saturday night at Calgary's PenGrowth Saddledome.
"Cree is a beautiful language and it's spoken among aboriginals across Canada and it's great to have this exposure on a language and for me to share this with canadians," she told reporters after an afternoon rehearsal.
"Each time I hear her, it brings a lot of emotion inside," said her mother, Jean Cardinal.
Shirt actually lives in Edmonton with her parents. She's a Grade 8 student at the Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts there.
Besides participating in three choirs, Shirt takes guitar lessons. She counts Inuit singer Susan Aglukark as a role model.
While this was her first time in front of an NHL crowd, Shirt performed the anthem in front of the Saddle Lake Warriors junior B hockey team last year.
In fact, she turned into something of a good-luck charm for them.
"Whenever I sang for them, they won, so I'm 6 and 0 right now ... I'm hoping I can go for seven wins," Shirt said.
If you're wondering what side she was on, Shirt was wearing a Calgary Flames jersey.
How did she get her shot at the big time?
Chief Eddy Makokis of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation happened to be playing golf with one of the Flames owners last summer.
"We asked general manager Darryl Sutter to see if they could get her in," he said.
The Flames asked for an audition tape.
"I thought my goodness, this is going to be wild," said Geordie MacLeod, a spokesman for the club. "She sounded great of course."
I remember a blog awhile ago by an immigrant to Canada that was saying that they should make some form of Indian (the real Indians from India, not the old term for the natives of Canada) language a national language of Canada because there were so many of them speaking the language here now. I had a bit of a problem with that, but if we start singing the national anthem in every single language that is widely spoken in Canada then we might as well start singing the song on Tuesday night around 9pm to play a game on Wednesday evening at 8pm. With Canada being the great mosic that we are (remember we are not a 'melting pot' like America is since we try not to force all new people to become 'like us' but instead try to make all peoples beliefs, culture and religions co-exist with all those that already exist), we have so many different languages from different cultures around the world we could not sing all the languages at a game and not leave any out.
So, that being said, I figure what should happen is we sing the national athem in two languages, our two national languages of French and English. That is it, two languages, two songs, then we play our game, drink our beer, throw our octopi (when needed) and leave it at that. Cree, chinese, Inuit, Blackfoot, Iroquis, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Indian of all dialects and every other language out there can be sung at home if they want, just stay off the ice thanks.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070203/cree_anthem_070203/20070203?hub=Canada
Cree teen sings 'Ka Kanatahk' for hockey fans
Updated Sat. Feb. 3 2007 11:55 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A Cree teenager became the first to sing O Canada -- or Ka Kanatahk -- in the Cree language at the start of an NHL hockey game.
Akin Shirt, 13, of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation performed in front of about 20,000 fans before the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks faced off Saturday night at Calgary's PenGrowth Saddledome.
"Cree is a beautiful language and it's spoken among aboriginals across Canada and it's great to have this exposure on a language and for me to share this with canadians," she told reporters after an afternoon rehearsal.
"Each time I hear her, it brings a lot of emotion inside," said her mother, Jean Cardinal.
Shirt actually lives in Edmonton with her parents. She's a Grade 8 student at the Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts there.
Besides participating in three choirs, Shirt takes guitar lessons. She counts Inuit singer Susan Aglukark as a role model.
While this was her first time in front of an NHL crowd, Shirt performed the anthem in front of the Saddle Lake Warriors junior B hockey team last year.
In fact, she turned into something of a good-luck charm for them.
"Whenever I sang for them, they won, so I'm 6 and 0 right now ... I'm hoping I can go for seven wins," Shirt said.
If you're wondering what side she was on, Shirt was wearing a Calgary Flames jersey.
How did she get her shot at the big time?
Chief Eddy Makokis of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation happened to be playing golf with one of the Flames owners last summer.
"We asked general manager Darryl Sutter to see if they could get her in," he said.
The Flames asked for an audition tape.
"I thought my goodness, this is going to be wild," said Geordie MacLeod, a spokesman for the club. "She sounded great of course."
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