Sing your Heart Out
“Music can change the world, because it can change people” –Bono It was a cloudy Monday, not unlike any other morning in the mountainous town of La Palma, Chalatenango. Students’ voices resonated from every corner of the building, and the school pulsed with vivacity. As the usual pupils from Centro Escolar 22 de Junio stood in compliance in the great hall watching the Semana Civica presentations, more children clad in varied school uniforms shuffled in, eager with anticipation for the competition that was scheduled to take place. It was as if the crowd ebbed and flowed with its own rhythm and repartee, and although the banter seemed to dull the nerves within the participants of the Choir Genesis, their uneasy smiles told another story. Singing El Salvador's National Anthem in front of a packed auditorium For the previous two weeks, the members of the newly-formed choir had been practicing daily for this competition and the moment had finally arrived when they