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Alma Mater (song)
A school song, alma mater, school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools. Australia *The Glennie School – ''Now Thank We All Our God'' *Somerville House – ''Our God, Our Help in Ages Past'' * St Ursula's College, Kingsgrove - ''Serviam, Ignite the Spirit'' Canada *Upper Canada College – ''Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'' *Bishop's College School – ''And did those feet in ancient time (Jerusalem)'' & ''Lennoxville Vivat Dicimus'' England *Barnard Castle School – "Jerusalem" *Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School – "Jerusalem" *Harrow School – " Forty Years On" *The Skinners' School – " The Leopard Song" *The Judd School – Jerusalem *King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford – Jerusalem * Millfield School – Jerusalem *The London Oratory School - "Quam Bonum Est" *Oundle School – "Carmen Undeliense" *Reigate Grammar School – "To Be a Pilgrim" *Sh ...
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Fight Song
A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated with collegiate sports, fight songs are also used by secondary schools and in professional sports. Fight songs are sing-alongs, allowing sports fans to cheer collectively for their team. These songs are commonly played several times at a sporting event. For example, the band might play the fight song when entering the stadium, whenever their team scores, or while cheerleaders dance at halftime or during other breaks in the game. In Australian Rules Football, the team song is traditionally sung by the winning team at the end of the game. Some fight songs have a long history, connecting the fans who sing them to a time-honored tradition, frequently to music played by the institution's band. An analysis of 65 college fight songs by ''FiveTh ...
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Barnard Castle School
Barnard Castle School (colloquially Barney School or locally the County School) is a co-educational Independent school (United Kingdom), independent day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East England, North East of England. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It was founded in 1883 with funding from a 13th-century Financial endowment, endowment of John I de Balliol and the bequest of the local industrialist Benjamin Flounders. The ambition was to create a school of the quality of the ancient Public school (United Kingdom), public schools at a more reasonable cost, whilst accepting pupils regardless of their faith. Originally the ''North Eastern County School'', the name was changed in 1924, but is still generally known locally as the "County School". The school is set in its own grounds in Teesdale, within the North Pennines, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An on-site Preparatory School ...
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