"When You Believe" cover by One Voice Children's Choir

Thank you my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell for sharing the music video of the One Voice Children's Choir covering "When You Believe" written and composed by Stephen Schwartz on July 6, 2017 in honor of the Operation Overlord landings which are now known as D-Day.

Background from the website:
One Voice Children’s Choir is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in Utah, USA. The vision statement of the choir is, “through music, we inspire, enrich, uplift, and serve our global community, while building youth as One Voice.”

One Voice Children's Choir would like to share a poem that was read by Alice Fernandez, a French national, at the 73rd D-Day commemoration at Brittany Cemetery. Ms. Fernandez and her family are direct descendants and beneficiaries of the sacrifices made by the Allied Forces during the liberation of Europe.

"Dear Veteran,
Today, I am representing thousands of children speaking to you
and to thousands of other veterans, and we want to say
thank-you!

Like us, you were once young and carefree, but when you were
still young men and women, liberty called to you, saying,—
I am dying, Come and save me!

And so you arose, full of courage and zeal, to answer that call.
You underwent training, day after day, for ‘D’ Day,
and when that day finally arrived in June 1944, you came by air and sea.

And you fought with the heart and soul of a free man, so that
we too might be free.

You saw your fellow soldiers fall on our beaches and in our
fields, and in spite of your grief and injuries, you stayed on,
saving others and fighting side-by-side with us.

And so, dear veteran, I want to tell you, and those dear to you,
who sacrificed their youth for our freedom and are now resting
in peace, that we are here because of you and thus are your
children,

And to you, dear veteran, who offered us your bravery and the
most promising years of your life, your sacrifice has not been in
vain. We are your living sons and daughters of liberty and are
here today to offer to you our most heartfelt 'merci.'"
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Lyrics (including Hebrew and French lyrics:)
Many night's we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood,
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
long before we knew we could

There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayer so often proved in vain
Hope seemed like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
With heart so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It’s hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Hebrew:
Ashira I'adonai; ki gaoh ga-ah;
Ashira I'adonai; ki gaoh ga-ah;
Mi-cha-mo-cha ba-e-lim adonai
Mi kamocha nedar ba kodesh;
Nachita v'chas-d'-cha am zu ga-alta
Nachita v'chas-d'-cha am zu ga-alta
Ashira, ashira, Ashira
Ashira I'adonai; ki gaoh ga-ah;
Ashira I'adonai; ki gaoh ga-ah;
Mi chamocha baelim adonai;
Mi kamocha nedar ba kodesh;
Nachita v'-chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta
Nachita v'-chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta
Ashira, ashira, Ashira

French:
On peut faire des miracles
Avec la foi
Gardons espoir
Il faut y croire
La foi peut faire tomber
Tous les obstacles
La foi fait faire
Tant de miracles
Des miracles
On en fait quand on croit
On en fait quand on croit
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"When You Believe" from Dreamworks film "The Prince of Egypt"
Composer, Lyricist: Stephen Schwartz
Music arranged and produced by Masa Fukuda

Soloists (in order of appearance)
Abigail Scott
Cairo McGee
Maggie Scott
Abigail Higbee

Violins: Lydia Haws, Kalia Reyes, Meggie Sorensen
Keyboard and programming: Masa Fukuda
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Masa Fukuda at One Voice Recording Studio"

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Beautiful perfoormance!

Holy goosebumps! My grandfather was 17 and was on Normandy on D-Day! I can't send don't want to imagine!