Students at Barker’s Point Elementary School are helping to preserve a piece of New Brunswick’s musical heritage through a new children’s book by local author and musician Mike Bravener.
Published by Monster House Publishing, The Lumberjack’s Alphabet is based on a traditional 1800s folk song once sung in lumber camps. Eleven Barker’s Point students lent their voices to a special recording that accompanies the book. Check it out here: Lumberjack’s Alphabet – YouTube
Though some of the students involved in the project have since moved on to middle school, they reunited on October 9 for a special school assembly, where Bravener and local fiddler Don Rigley joined them to perform the song and share the story behind it.
Students, parents, staff and local media attended, and the event was featured on CBC’s Shift NB. You can listen to the full segment below: