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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.

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 …

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