I still watch this video, 12 years later.

Glad to hear that Canadian classics haven't been forgotten. Hope you're all still singing.

Terrific performance of a great Stan Rogers song ,I will now watch it again ,and again ! Well done.

You guys rock! Jerrperez, ignore anyone who speaks ill of your choir. I have been in music for quite some time and your choir is one of the best high school choirs I have ever heard (even better than most university choirs as well). I hope all of you continue to sing, even if you choose something else for a career. You're all very talented.

This is still my favorite version of this song.

14 years on and I still watch this. A friend started singing it canoeing by Atikokan, Ontario, in 2007. I found your choir's version shortly after. Now I'm in Antarctica, thinking about exploration and what it all meant, what it still means, how we're all inexorably tied to the land and each other, how context changes. Thanks for posting this, and even more, thank you for singing.

I find this moving every time I listen... Glad it's still here

Thank you all for the kind words! And for the negative comments, no offense taken - life’s too short. I remember singing it like it was just yesterday. Second from the right! The cantor is Tony Araujo - complete legend. At the time he was actual our choral instructor that taught all the gents in that video (and 1000s more) everything they know about singing.

Bloody Brilliant, bloody brilliant. Good job mates.

This was awesome! THe harmony in the chorus is amazing!

I am a HUGE Stan Rogers fan, and I can't even believe how well they covered that song!

So great.Watching those young Canadians sing the real Canadian anthem. I did not hear the cantors name but who every are sir.bravo!

awesome version of the song.

Stan Rogers would be proud of this.

They deserved a standing avation - it was a superb performance. Well done guys! Harmonies were brilliant!

Absolutely tremendous performance, well done!

A golden transcendent moment for these young men. Outstanding!

My father used to sing this song (Among many other good ol folkie tunes) to my little brother and I as we were going to sleep. sounds great to hear this again, sends chills throuhg my spine

These guys are GREAT!

These guys do this song justice. They are amazing!

cudnie po prostu cudnie....dziękuje chłopaki....

NICE!!! Full of life and passion. Beam me up!!!

Such a Kick-ass version of this song. They really do it justice!

GREAT JOB! Lots of heart and soul.

its ncie to seeyoung ppl enjoying my uncles music i think hed be proud too

great job! you guys sounded great and it is a tribute to the late Stan Rogers. it is a testament to one of Canada's best song writers. i liked your interpretation and arrangement of the song. Vocally, a song much more challenging than what it may appear, you guys made it look easy! a very moving rendition.

This is just amazing. Thank you so much for posting this. It truly almost made me cry.

Jean Paul Sartre said that novels are how the intellectuals of one culture communicate with another culture. I think the same is true with music. All these guys understand this song!

This is MAGNIFICENT!!! It's the best version on youtube. I don't know where these young men are from, but they do a terrific job. It's a great song and they do a wonderful job of it. My favorite is still George Cavanaugh's (with the Browne Sisters) but that isn't on youtube. This is great! Thank you.

wow great job lads! so powerful with all those voices in that reverberant room!

wow. I just found this song about an hour ago, and this version is giving me chills. huge props, fellas

The chorus absolutely sends chills down my spine. Beautiful singing, well done, guys.

I sing in two choirs, one is A Capella, so I can appreciate the difficulty of this piece. I googled it because my community choir is working on an arrangement of this. Great job guys!

A very fine job on this piece. Stan Rogers would love it.

wonderful harmonizing !

I'm often disappointed by covers, too, but this one is grand! There are great original harmonies and real power and emotion in their delivery....superb guys, keep it up!

Great job guys. I'm a 30 year fan of Stan. He would have enjoyed your rendition.

Well done. And on an unrelated note - Hakodate is the twin city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. I visited Honshu and Kyushu in 2016 but hope some day to visit Hokkaido.

GREAT JOB, GENTLEMEN, of a GREAT SONG !!!

Stunning. Purely stunning.

That was awesome!

great stuff...stan's smiling for sure

Great job Boys (now men ). You even nailed the tenor❣️

@jeremyperez2561

8 ай бұрын

I’m the video second from the right! Thank you! Brings back a lot of memories

Very nicely done! I love the original version by Stan Rogers, and these guys do it very well.

2006 daaamn

great job guys

I've listened to this I don't know how many times it's just superb

This is excellent

Wonderful!

Beautifully done. This should be Canada's national anthem.

@andyduckering8731

6 жыл бұрын

Im not even Canadian and I agree with that.

YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST!!! Thanks for singing this beautiful song in such powerful way! :) :) :)

Wow. Best version on here.

They should make this recording available for movies to use on sound tracks.

you guys blend so well, good job :p

beautiful indeed!

Very Well Done !!

great work guys!

This was absolutely beautiful. Thank you!

Fine job, guys.

Really nice job, guys.

Lovely interpretation. Well done!

Great! These guys are really impressing.

Fantastic, just fantastic! Skipy

We're in the heart of Vancouver, B.C.

this is amazing

Perhaps the best performance of it I have seen. (Other than the original)

Beautiful! Very well done.

They did so good! I'm in Concert Choir at St Pat's!

wow guys great job...

superbly done, gentlemen

wow - didn't think I'd be this impressed!

all i can say is---wow!

VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. Congratulations

awesome

Awesome, guys. Don't listen to the haters.

I have always heard his music refered to as Folk music. But I know how you are BlackAdder6, my dad would sing such songs, except one that he sang a lot of was Barrets privateers. Always good to hear these songs again.

I would like to thank Pete seeger for the songbook "Rise Up Singing" If any of you dont have it go out and get it. It has some of the best songs ever

Awesome!

Thank you for sharing the video; these guys are great!

Found this while searching for a Due South Vid(the song appears at the very end of the last ep). This is an excellent performance, especially given the acoustics in what I guess is a school gym, and the fact that they had to borrow a cantor who seemed more of a 'folkie' than a chorister.

@jeremyperez2561

8 ай бұрын

I’m in the video second from the right! The borrowed cantor was our choral teacher and conductor Tony Araujo. Absolute legend!

Oh wow! I am finishing one of my last papers for a History Honours degree, and its on the northwest passage. I took a break while deciding whether to hyphenate 'northwest' or not, and while browsing the web i saw this video and was swept away with emotion by your singing. Keep it up!

Wow! This is fantastic!!

The acoustics are not that great, yet you can understand every word. They are terrific. Beautiful job, men.

Much appreciated.

Good work guys

Superb

Never seen so many young japanese men singing so beautifully, and doing such incredible justice to a canadian folk classic. Edogawa highschool should be bursting with pride.

@maravillas

4 жыл бұрын

Quoxozist ...japanese?

@jeremyperez2561

8 ай бұрын

This is St. Patrick’s regional secondary in Vancouver Canada. 90% Filipino!

awesome, beautiful

very very GOOD !!!!!!!!!!

@user-de4hy5tw9s

10 жыл бұрын

shanties

Very nice, blokes.

@davemja just watched you version of Northwest Passage ...wonderful harmonies thank you

briliant. i love this song in my language. in english it is also beatifull. and this singing.. i like it.

Wow, guys. great work. I don't tend to care much for Stan Rogers covers as it's hard to beat the original, but this is beautiful. I really like the last run through the chorus.

@maggoli67

5 жыл бұрын

All ya gotta do is sing in C...not D like Bieber...

Ah. Thanks for the info.

Great stuff.

Well done boys.

@mikelang4191

4 ай бұрын

Btw, it's more about explorers and the journey rather than sailors.

SUPERB

great!!

wow

Canadians being Canadian;) Just no beer in hand quite yet. Soon though!!!!!!!!!!!!!