Saturday, December 25, 2010

Free Hugs

Here are two wonderful videos.  The first is the official Free Hugs Campaign video. the second takes place in Sondrio, Italy.  Enjoy!

























P.S the link to the free hugs campaign website is now in my favourite links section.

Friday, December 24, 2010

I'm Back!

I got back from my cruise yesterday night.  Originally, I was supposed to get back at 9:00 P.M, but the plane we took from Fort Lauderdale to Toronto was delayed by one-and-a-half hours.  As result of that, we missed our flight from Toronto to Edmonton, and had to catch a later flight at 9:00 that got in at midnight.  Besides all that, it was terrific.  We had daily mass at 5:00 everyday.  and at 9:00 every night there was a man named Mark Farris who played in the piano bar.  He was amazing.  He could remember everyone's name and where they were from and what they did for a living and he was also an amazing piano player.  his website is: http://MarkFarris.com  Go check it out.  I'll describe the trip in more detail when I get the pictures uploaded.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Sunday Snippets

It's that time of week again!  Time for Sunday Snippets.  Here's a couple (most) of my posts for the week:

Straight No Chaser
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Voyage of the Dawn Treader Release Date

Unfortunately, I am going to miss next weeks Sunday Snippets because I'm leaving for a plane to Florida for a 10 day cruise in 30 minutes.  I'll post the pictures of the cruise, pictures of the parade I was in last week, and the video of my musical theatre performance last Wednesday when I get back

Friday, December 10, 2010

Straight No Chaser

After reading the title, you might be wondering what in the world is "Straight No Chaser"  They are a mens acapella group from Indiana.  Here are two of their videos:














Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Edmonton Musical Theatre Again.

I just got back from my semester ending performance for my musical theatre.  Each person in my class performed a solo or a skit.  I sang Bring Him Home from Les Mis.  I got it perfect! (mostly)  It was quite a lot of fun.  At the end, there were snacks.   Because of this, I am extremely hyper so this is all I can think of for now.  P.S The videoes will be up tomorrow (hopefully)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception!!!!!

It is the feast of the Immaculate Conception today!   It is a holy day of obligation down in the states and over  in Ireland.  Unfortunately, it isn't a day of obligation up here in the cold north of Canada.  In honour of today, I am going to post the readings for this wonderful feast.


Reading 1
After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree,
the LORD God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”
He answered, “I heard you in the garden;
but I was afraid, because I was naked,
so I hid myself.”
Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked?
You have eaten, then,
from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!”
The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with meC
she gave me fruit from the tree, and so I ate it.”
The LORD God then asked the woman,
“Why did you do such a thing?”
The woman answered, “The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it.”
Then the LORD God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this, you shall be banned
from all the animals
and from all the wild creatures;
on your belly shall you crawl,
and dirt shall you eat
all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike at your head,
while you strike at his heel.”
The man called his wife Eve,
because she became the mother of all the living.

Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
R. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds.

Brothers and sisters:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,
as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world,
to be holy and without blemish before him.
In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ,
in accord with the favor of his will,
for the praise of the glory of his grace
that he granted us in the beloved.
In him we were also chosen,
destined in accord with the purpose of the One
who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,
so that we might exist for the praise of his glory,
we who first hoped in Christ.

The angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,
of the house of David,
and the virgin’s name was Mary.
And coming to her, he said,
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
But she was greatly troubled at what was said
and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
But Mary said to the angel,
“How can this be,
since I have no relations with a man?”
And the angel said to her in reply,
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of God.
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative,
has also conceived a son in her old age,
and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
for nothing will be impossible for God.”
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Then the angel departed from her.

(P.S. I got the readings from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Have a happy and blessed feast!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Standings for the Jingle on Parade

Well, the results are in and unfortunately Edmonton Musical Theatre didn't win.

We did get an honourable mention however.  Here's the official results:


Best Overall Entry: Canadian Blood Services
Best Float: Telus World of Science
Best Marching Band: Edmonton Girls' Pipe BandBest Costumes: d'Edmonton, Canada's Halloween FestivalBest Dance Group: Shelley's Dance CompanyBest Theme: Edmonton Police Service
Honourable Mentions: Edmonton Musical Theatre
                                    Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue Foundation

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader to be released on the tenth!

Yes, that's right, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader is going to be released in canada on the tenth of this month!  It isn't the best date for release which is the second of December (in Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore)  but it also isn't the worst, February twenty-fifth. (In Japan)  Since it's being released so soon (or in the case of Japan late)  I thought that I would catch up on what I missed and post some trailers.









There you go.  Enjoy!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Jingle On Parade

Well, I unfortunately don't have any pictures of my costume for the Santa Claus Parade I was in today.  I might get one on Wednesday.  As a sort of consolation prize, here's the one picture I could find of our group on the internet.  It is from the Edmonton Journal website

Just my luck, the one picture of my group I can find doesn't work.  Oh well.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Sunday Snippets

Well, I unfortunately don't have all that many posts this week.  So here's the posts I've made:

December 1st!!!!
Edmonton Musical Theatre
My problems with "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

None of these are really good posts, but I've been extra busy this week. (Wow, a week of poor posting that has an excuse!)

My problems with "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

Here's a post that I had meant to post on Monday.  The reason why I didn't was, my computer jammed up, and when I started it up again, I didn't want to have to rewrite it over again.  Just today I realized that it was saved so here it is. (P.S Thank you Queen Lucy for informing me of my spelling mistakes)

I was listening to the radio a couple minutes ago, while wondering whether I should post anything today, and if I should whether it should be funny or serious.  While I was doing all this wondering, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" started to play.  It was then that I realized what a strange song it is.  In the second verse, a shepherd boy listens to a sheep.  He then in the third verse tells the mighty king what the sheep told him, and says that "A child, a child shivers in the COLD, Let us bring him SILVER and GOLD"  What I want to know is, why gold?  Why not a blanket? Or maybe, some hot food.  Nope, the poor freezing cold child gets gold.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Edmonton Musical Theatre

Well, I was looking through my previous posts, and I saw one where I mentioned that Edmonton Musical Theatre has a parade float in the jingle on parade in two days.  While I was reading the post, I noticed that I completely forgot to mention that I'm in the parade float.  The theme of the float is "Christmas Movies" so there are people playing charcters from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." "Frosty the Snowman" "A Charlie Brown Christmas" "The Polar Express" and "A Christmas Carol" I'm playing the ghost of Jacob Marley.  My costume includes a bunch of chains, some black, white, and green facepaint, and a suit.  I'll probably put the picture up on Sunday.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

December 1st!!!!

Well, it's December already.  I feels like just yesterday it was November (Ba-dum Ching)  Anyway, it still feels like Summer to me, except when I step outside into -7 C or look outside at 4:00 and see the sun set.  Other than that, it feels like it should still be Summer.  It seems like it was only one or two days ago that I said that the first time to one of my friends, not one entire year ago.  Well, as they say, "Time flies like an arrow" (Fruit flies like a banana (Ba-dum Ching))

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Sunday Snippets

Well, I found out about this thing called Sunday Snippets by hearing about it on another blog. Now, I've joineed the bandwagon and have decided to make this.  It is a bunch of links to posts of the previous week that might be of interest to Catholics.  Well, here goes, my interestingest posts


Catholic Cruises
Viva Cristo Rey!
Anniversery of C.S Lewis's Death.
About St. Blog's Parish

Celsius Youth Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream. and other stuff

Well, at 2:00 today, here in Edmonton, a group of homeschooling actors performed Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.  It was amazing!  Everything, from the scenery to the music, from the acting to the directing, was done by them!  They started work on it around July-ish.  I would have been in it as well except ,in my typical fashion, I missed the deadline for auditions.  *Sigh*  Oh well, the next one they put on I am for sure signing up for it.  In other news.....

My family has decided that we will be going on a ten-day cruise starting on Dec. 12 and ending on....well...I'll let you figure it out.  The cruise line we are going on his Holland America, and they have daily mass on the ship!  Isn't that amazing!   Also, tomorrow I will be doing some of the music for this play:


And last of all, Edmonton Musical Theatre has a float in the 23rd annual Jingle On Parade on December 5th 10:00 A.M - 12:00 P.M.  It takes place on the downtown pedways from Commerce Place, to Manulife Place, through City Centre Mall.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Catholic Cruises

Well, my family has been looking into vacation ideas for January and my dad found this:  Costa Cruises.  It's amazing because in this day and age of secularism in their FAQ page they have the question"





"Is there a Holy Mass service on board?

All Costa ships have a Chapel where Catholic religious services are held. Holy Mass times are published in Today, the on-board newsletter delivered to your cabin every day."




Isn't that amazing!

Viva Cristo Rey!

Although I missed the anniversery of C.S Lewis's death, I refuse to miss the feast day of Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro.  Here's the link for information about him: http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/pro/index.html

Anniversery of C.S Lewis's Death Yesterday

I can't believe it!  I missed posting about how yesterday was the anniversery of C.S Lewis's death!  I'm such a horrible person. :(    Oh well, it's no use crying over spilled hydrofluoric acid (although if you spill it on you then it might be alright.)  Anyway, yesterday (November 22) was the anniversery of the death of C.S Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, The Space Trilogy, The Pilgrim's Regress (not progress, regress) The Great Divorce, and many many many many..... many others.   He was born on the twenty-ninth of November 1898, in Belfast, Ireland, and died on the twenty-second of November 1963, in Oxford, England.  He died on the same day as J.F.K and fellow author, Aldous Huxley.

Monday, November 22, 2010

About St. Blog's Parish Directory

This post, as you can hopefully tell from the title, is going to be about a website called St. Blog's Parish Directory.


St. Blog's Parish Directory is a website directory that lists many different Catholic blogs - including this one.  I was going to attempt to describe it myself, but here is the official description:




"ABOUT SAINT BLOG’S PARISH

What is St. Blog’s Parish?
St. Blog’s is not an actual Roman Catholic Parish and there is no Saint Blog – most of you will know this instinctively but the question is asked so we’ll take care of that right up front.
So if it isn’t a real Parish then what is it? Well, we’re a loosely knit group of Catholics who maintain personal “blogs” (short for “web logs”)(Thus we are called “bloggers”). Most of us chronicle our daily lives mixing in commentary on the world around us as it affects us and is affected by our Catholic Faith. Some are professional Catholics – Clergy, religious, apologists, writers, journalists, teachers etc., but mostly we’re just ordinary Catholics in the ordinary world.
St. Blog’s Parish Directory was created and is maintained by a volunteer from among the Catholic community of bloggers. We pay for the web hosting, equipment, software, and time involved in keeping it going. You may find a “Donate” button on some pages — please feel free to contribute & help defray the costs if you are able.
Where is St. Blog’s Parish?
If you’re following along you already know! We’re not anywhere physically in the usual sense that a Parish has a location but we’re everywhere the Internet reaches!
How was St. Blog’s Parish established?
5/14/02: Added a new page listing some of the Catholic “Blogs”. Enjoy! I keep updating Scandal and Hope Page and will do the same with the Blog Page (and won’t always mention this in “What’s New…”)
With this entry Gerard Serafin (“A Catholic Blog for Lovers“) began his “Catholic Blogs Page” in mid-May 2002. Around the same time Kathy Shaidle ( relapsed catholic) penned the name “St. Blog’s Parish” and in June Kathryn Lively started a web ring and named it “St. Blog’s Parish” (the webring has been closed for some time now).
And so it began.
Saint Blog’s Parish has grown to include hundreds of Catholic bloggers. The parish includes apologists, speakers, writers, priests, nuns, monks, brothers, poets, jesters, theologians, military (active & veterans), seminarians, novices, deacons, artists, mothers, fathers, high school students, college undergrads, families, friends, and so much more!
The Parish has received some press attention and a large number of parishioners participate in the annual awards event – the Catholic New Media Awards [formerly theCatholic Blog Awards] (thanks to Joshua Le Blanc (cyberCatholics.com). While the parishioners are largely from the USA there are a few who are not and we hope to gather in more bloggers from around the globe to make St. Blog’s Parish an even larger Catholic presence on the internet.
With Gerard’s death in November, 2004 several “parishioners” expressed interest in maintaining the list and keeping Gerard’s effort going.
Gen X Revert (Gen X Revert) started the “Catholic Blog Directory” and Mary Herboth went a step further – putting up a discussion forum that she dubbed “St. Blog’s Parish Hall”.
Gen X’s list is still active and the directory that Mary continued has since passed to John Bowden (Adjutorium Nostrum + In Nomine Domini) and is called ” Saint Blog’s Parish”.
Along with these lists another interested parishioner, Eric Williams (Ales Rarus ), started what he called the “St. Blog’s Parish Aggregator” – a collection of parishioner’s RSS/Atom feeds – a means of reading the posts of many blogs in a single location. The aggregator is no longer maintained.
Our first task was to consolidate the web ring application form and the directory/aggregator form – one form in one place to join all three parts of the parish.
The next effort consisted in moving blogs listed on the web ring onto the directory – and once this was accomplished the web ring was closed. (about 2007)
Our goal is to provide an umbrella under which St. Blog’s Parish and its members can be found easily, and to provide a vehicle to present the Catholic blogging community worldwide.
What is the St. Blog’s Parish Directory?
The St. Blog’s Parish Directory of Catholic Blogs and Resources (a.k.a. “The Catholic Blogs and Resources Page”) is a website that provides a public listing of links to Catholic blogs. The Directory gives no information about a blog other than the link to it. The Directory’s blog list is separated into categories – Clergy, Men, Women, Women Religious (Sisters/Nuns), Groups, News, and Resources. The blog links are listed at the request of the blog’s author and the author specifies the category they want their blog to be listed in. No links are listed unless the blog author has requested it be listed.
Can anyone’s blog be listed on the Directory?
For the most part, yes, however, St. Blog’s Parish is a community of CATHOLIC bloggersthus we ask that you be Catholic and have a blog! We try not to be secretive about this by plastering the word Catholic all over the place but some folks either just don’t see it or really like us so much they want to be a part of the Parish no matter what!"

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Christ the King

On this day, November 21 2010 (Probably.  I kinda lose track of the days after a while.)  I am dedicating this post and any other posts or changes I make on/to this blog to Christ the King.  "Why?" you ask.  Because it's the feast of Christ the King today, that's why.  Also I am inviting everyone to check out two websites. No wait, three, actually four... never mind I'll start over. I am inviting you to check out many different websites.  Fr. Mike "Catfish" Mireau's website, Saint Blog's Parish Directory, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom's Website, and Living Water College of the Arts' website.  Eventually, I may even get around to describe them for you.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Search Weekend

No, the title doesn't mean that I searched through my weekend for stuff.  It actually means that I attended a weekend retreat in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, called Search.  It runs in a bunch of places.  The next one will be in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, although I don't know when or where exactly.  (More information coming whenever I actually find out)

At the retreat we did...Well, I'm not actually allowed to say.  You have to find that out for yourself.  At the one in Lloyd, I might possibly be a helper there.  So, if you go, just mention sometime near the end - you'll know if you go - that you heard about it from yours truly, Prince Rillian, and I'll talk to you a bit, and you'll know my real name.  However it's for teens only so too bad for all the adults reading this blog, this entire post will forever haunt you with how old you are.  Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!! (Six exclamation marks, a sure sign of insanity if I ever saw one.) Anyway, if you are a Christian teenager (preferably Catholic, but you don't have to be.) then you should come or else...or else....um..um....I know or else I'll magically make your computer blow up. (A pretty good threat if I do say so my self)

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Lest we forget

For the Fallen


For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, 
England mourns for her dead across the sea. 
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, 
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal 
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, 
There is music in the midst of desolation 
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young, 
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. 
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; 
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; 
They sit no more at familiar tables of home; 
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; 
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound, 
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, 
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known 
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, 
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; 
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, 
To the end, to the end, they remain.

 This song has a sad but true story behind it.



The story:
                 "On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the stores PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the stores leadership role in adopting the Legions two minutes of silence initiative. He felt that the stores contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When eleven oclock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the two minutes of silence to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.

Terrys anger towards the father for trying to engage the stores clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, A Pittance of Time. Terry later recorded A Pittance of Time and included it on his full-length music CD, The Power of the Dream.
"

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Interesting rap songs

Here are two different rap songs using the words from 1. a computer game and 2. THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!
First #1 the computer game.  It is a bunch of different quotes of GLaDOS from the computer game Portal.




And Now- drumroll please-     -_-_-_- _-O  Hey, I didn't mean literally.  Anyway, And Now..... They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard


The end of my three day trek away from a computer

Well It's been THREE WHOLE DAYS since I touched a computer.  Amazing isn't it.  The reason why is because I've had three different All Saint's Day Parties.  One here in the city, one in St. Paul, and one in Derwent.  More about them later - maybe.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Newsflash! Council-of-elrond.com to change servers soon!

The title says it all.  According to my sources The Council-of-Elrond.com will be changing servers soon.  "Who are your sources, Prince Rillian?" You ask.  They are (although technically it's only one source so I should say she is) Bambi of the C-o-E Team.   Just thought I'd do my part in helping to spread the word.  And now back to the weather reports.  "Well Prince Rillian, it looks like we're in for a shower tomorrow."  "What area Bob?" "The entire world." "What the entire world will be covered in rain?" "No Prince Rillian, it's the apocalypse tomorrow.  It isn't a shower of rain, it's a meteor shower."  "Well thanks for that Bob now for me to get to bed so that I don't write down any more of these stupid one person skits."

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Les Mis part 2

more of the script


Lovely Ladies Sailor 1: I smell women
Smell 'em in the air
Think I'll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there
Sailor 2: Lovely ladies
Smell 'em through the smoke
Seven months at sea
Can make you hungry for a poke
Sailor 3: Even stokers need a little stoke! Women:
Lovely ladies
Waiting for a bite
Waiting for the customers
Who only come at night
Lovely ladies
Ready for the call
Standing up or lying down
Or any way at all
Bargain prices up against the wall
Old Woman
Come here, my dear
Let's see this trinket you wear
This bagatelle...
Fantine: Madame, I'll sell it to you... Old Woman: I'll give you four Fantine: That wouldn't pay for the chain! Old Woman: I'll give you five. You're far to eager to sell. It's up to you. Fantine: It's all I have Old Woman: That's not my fault Fantine: Please make it ten Old Woman: No more than five
My dear, we all must stay alive!
Women:
Lovely ladies
Waiting in the dark
Ready for a thick one
Or a quick one in the park
Whore 1
Long time short time
Any time, my dear
Cost a little extra if you want to take all year!
All: Quick and cheap is underneath the pier! Crone
What pretty hair!
What pretty locks you got there
What luck you got. It's worth a centime, my dear
I'll take the lot
Fantine: Don't touch me! Leave me alone! Crone: Let's make a price.
I'll give you all of ten francs,
Just think of that!
Fantine: It pays a debt Crone: Just think of that Fantine: What can I do? It pays a debt.
Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
Whore 1: God, I'm weary!
Sick enough to drop.
Belly burns like fire -
will the bleeding ever stop?
Pimp: Cheer up, dearie.
Show a happy face.
Plenty more like you here
if you can't keep up the pace!
Whore 1: Only joking - dearie knows her place... Pimp: Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there? Whore 1: A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair. Whore 2: She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can Pimp: I might have known
There is always some man
Lovely lady, come along and join us!
Lovely lady!
Whore 1
Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
You're no grander than the rest of us
Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Join your sisters
Whore 2
Make money in your sleep!
Whore 1: That's right dearie, let him have the lot Whore 3: That's right dearie, show him what you've got! Women:
Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long
Fantine:
Come on, Captain,
you can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead!

Fantine's Arrest
Bamatabois
Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try.
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy...
The usual price, for just a slice of your pie
Fantine: I don't want you. No, no, m'sieur, let me go. Bamatabois: Is this a trick? I won't pay more! Fantine: No, not at all. Bamatabois
You've got some nerve, you little whore
You've got some gall.
It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer
The customer sees what he gets in advance
It's not for the whore to say `yes sir' or `no sir'
It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose
Or lead me to a dance!
Fantine:
I'll kill you, you bastard,
try any of that!
Even a whore who has gone to the bad
Won't be had by a rat!
Bamatabois
By Christ you'll pay for what you've done
This rat will make you bleed, you'll see!
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer
For this disturbance of the peace
For this insult to life and property!
Fantine:
I beg you, don't report me sir
I'll do whatever you may want
Bamatabois
Make your excuse to the police!
Javert:
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!
In this nest of whores and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here?
What's the substance of this brawl?
Bamatabois
Javert, would you believe it
I was crossing from the park
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
Javert:
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
That she will answer to the court.
Fantine:
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
Javert:
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
`Honest work, just reward,
That's the way to please the Lord.'
Valjean:
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
Javert: But M'sieur Mayor! Valjean:
You've done your duty, let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail.
Javert: But M'sieur Mayor! Fantine: Can this be? Valjean:
Where will she end -
This child without a friend?
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In a place such as this?
Fantine:
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Valjean: Is it true, what I have done? Fantine: My daughter's close to dying... Valjean: To an innocent soul? Fantine: If there's a God above Valjean: Had I only known then... Fantine: He'd let me die instead Valjean:
In His name my task has just begun
I will see it done!
Javert: But M'sieur Mayor! Valjean: I will see it done! Javert: But M'sieur Mayor! Valjean: I will see it done! Voices: Look out! It's a runaway cart!

The Runaway Cart
Voices
Look at that!
Stay away!
You'll be crushed by the cart!
Don't approach! Don't go near!
Or that load's gonna fall!
Oh my God! Who is that?
It's Monsieur Fauchelevant!
There is nothing to do!
There is nothing to do!
Valjean:
Is there anyone here
Who will rescue the man?
Who will help me to shoulder
The weight of the cart?
Voices
Don't go near him, Mr. Mayor
The load is heavy as hell
If you touch it, the whole thing'll fall
It'll kill you as well.
Fauchelevant
M'sieur le Mayor, I have no words
You come from God, you are a saint.
Javert:
Can this be true?
I don't believe what I see!
A man your age
To be as strong as you are!
A mem'ry stirs...
You make me think of a man
From years ago
A man who broke his parole
He disappeared
Forgive me, Sir,
I would not dare!
Valjean:
Say what you must
Don't leave it there...
Javert:
I have only known one other
Who can do what you have done
He's a convict from the chain gang
He's been ten years on the run
But he couldn't run forever
We have found his hideaway
And he's just been re-arrested
And he comes to court today.
Well, of course he now denies it
You'd expect that of a `con'
But he couldn't run forever -
No, not even Jean Valjean!
Valjean:
You say this man denies it all
And gives no sign of understanding or repentance?
You say this man is going to trial
And that's he's sure to be returned
To serve his sentence?
Come to that, can you be sure,
That I am not your man?
Javert:
I have known the thief for ages
Tracked him down through thick and thin
And to make the matter certain
There's the brand upon his skin
He will bend, he will break
This time there is no mistake.

Who Am I?
Valjean:
He thought that man was me
Without a second glance
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers.
They all look to me.
How can I abandon them?
How would they live
If I am not free?
If I speak, they are condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
Who am I?
Can I condemn this man to slavery
Pretend I do not feel his agony
This innocent who bears my face
Who goes to judgement in my place
Who am I?
Can I conceal myself for evermore?
Pretend I'm not the man I was before?
And must my name until I die
Be no more than an alibi?
Must I lie?
How can I ever face my fellow men?
How can I ever face myself again?
My soul belongs to God, I know
I made that bargain long ago
He gave me hope when hope was gone
He gave me strength to journey on
Who am I? Who am I?
I am Jean Valjean!
And so Javert, you see it's true
That man bears no more guilt than you!
Who am I?
24601!
You will find me at the hospital



Come to Me (Fantine's Death)
Fantine:
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away
And soon it will be night.
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
Hurry near, another day is dying
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?
There's a darkness which comes without a warning
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.
Valjean:
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
Fantine: Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
Valjean: Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
Fantine: My Cosette...
Valjean: Shall live in my protection
Fantine: Take her now
Valjean: Your child will want for nothing
Fantine: Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
Valjean: And none shall ever harm Cosette
As long as I am living.
Fantine: Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.
Valjean: Then I will keep you warm.
Fantine: Take my child. I give her to your keeping.
Valjean: Take shelter from the storm
Fantine: For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping
And tell Cosette I love her
And I'll see her when I wake...







The Confrontation Javert:
Valjean, at last,
We see each other plain
`M'sieur le Mayor,'
You'll wear a different chain!
Valjean:
Before you say another word, Javert
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
This woman leaves behind a suffering child.
There is none but me who can intercede,
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.
Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
Then I'll return...
Javert:
You must think me mad!
I've hunted you across the years
A man like you can never change
A man such as you.

Valjean: (in counterpoint)
Believe of me what you will
There is a duty that I'm sworn to do
You know nothing of my life
All I did was steal some bread
You know nothing of the world
You would sooner see me dead
But not before I see this justice
done
I am warning you Javert
I'm a stronger man by far
There is power in me yet
My race is not yet run
I am warning you Javert
There is nothing I won't dare
If I have to kill you here
I'll do what must be done!
Javert: (in counterpoint)
Men like me can never change
Men like you can never change
No,
24601
My duty's to the law - you have no rights
Come with me 24601
Now the wheel has turned around
Jean Valjean is nothing now
Dare you talk to me of crime
And the price you had to pay
Every man is born in sin
Every man must choose his way
You know nothing of Javert
I was born inside a jail
I was born with scum like you
I am from the gutter too!
Valjean: (to Fantine)
And this I swear to you tonight
Javert: (to Valjean)
There is no place for you to hide
Valjean: Your child will live within my care Javert: Wherever you may hide away Valjean: And I will raise her to the light. Valjean & Javert
I swear to you, I will be there!