Happy Thanksgiving 2010 from Earshot Presents

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! It’s time for the 2010 Thanksgiving slideshow from Earshot Presents. If you enjoy the video, please share it with your social media networks by using the social buttons on the bottom of the post.

The song chosen for this year’s slideshow is Simple Gifts. Simple Gifts was written by Elder Joseph Brackett in Goreham, Maine in 1848. The old Shaker hymn was popularized in 1944 when American composer Aaron Copland used it in his scoring of the ballet Appalachian Spring. It’s since been adapted and arranged by hundreds of artists and was most recently used in a John Williams string quartet arrangement (fea. Yo-yo Ma) during the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Simple Gifts
‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free,
     ‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
    ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain’d,
    To bow and to bend we shan’t be asham’d,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
    Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Have a great holiday.