Remembrance Day: Ottawa students perform original song commemorating 100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force [Video]

Dozens who came to the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum on Sunday afternoon took in a unique piece of music made by students to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) just before Remembrance Day.

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The Lisgar Collegiate Institute Symphonic Winders were the Meyers Team of the Week last June. They used the $1,000 prize to put a song together with the help of Winnipeg composer Pete Meechan.

Evan Frouin, a Grade 12 student, along with 80 other students from Lisgar and Glebe Collegiate schools, premiered an original song based on a the poem “An Airman’s Vision” by RCAF aircraftsman Douglas Ernest Paul.

“What’s really cool is that Douglas Ernest Paul, the one who wrote the poem, was a Lisgar alumni.” Frouin said.

“Being also a Lisgar student playing that piece …