Flutes

Liliana Perez, senior

Lily Morgan, sophomore

I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and arranged by Michael Brown is one of the most iconic songs from the hit 1987 Broadway Musical based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. Les Misérables is a story of redemption, love, and revolution set against the backdrop of the failed 1832 Paris Revolution. 

The song is a lament, sung by the anguished Fantine, who has just been fired from her job at the factory and thrown onto the streets. She thinks back to happier days before her death due to a lack of medical care for the poor class of peasants who later revolted in Act Two.

Featured Solosit

Kaylee Furr

Dallas Lynch

KD Hoffner

Cameron Young

Lyrics

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,

When hope was high and life, worth living.

I dreamed that love would never die,

I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid,

And dreams were made and used and wasted.

There was no ransom to be paid,

No song unsung, no wine, untasted.

But the tigers come at night,

With their voices soft as thunder,

As they tear your hope apart,

And they turn your dream to shame.

He spent a summer by my side,

He filled my days with endless wonder...

He took my childhood in his stride,

But he was gone when autumn came!

And still I dream he'll come to me,

That we will live the years together,

But there are dreams that cannot be,

And there are storms we cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I'm living,

So different now from what it seemed...

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...

Program notes by Katie Howard Blevins

The West Rowan Alma Mater is original text by Trevor Lamar Davis set to the Scottish folk song, "The Rowan Tree".

The Scottish folk song that is used as the melody for the alma mater is taken from a tradition established by former WRHS director of bands, Daniel Trivette, and former WRMS director of bands, Nathan Bowman. On the final concert of each year, the rising 9th graders and current high schoolers would play "The Rowan Tree" as a way to welcome the 8th grade students into the high school band.

The text highlights the beauty of the farmlands and fields that fill Mt. Ulla, along with the unique life experiences and memories that students create during their time at West Rowan High School.

Lyrics

West Rowan High! West Rowan High!

How dear you are to me

Your hallowed halls: the keepers of our childhood memories

Refrain:

Your wide and open countryside is painted blue and white

Sing hail to thee with Falcon pride

Sing hail West Rowan High!

We proudly sing your noble praise

We sound your clarion call

Our blessed alma mater is a gift unto us all

Refrain

Program notes by Katie Howard Blevins