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“In Harms Way”, is all about Canadian Identity, inspiring, entertaining and morale building. It is a musical saga from the early Prairie settler answering the 1915 call of the Empire to enlist (Danny’s Gone), the World War One letters of a soldier to his wife (My Dear Mae), the Battalion numbers poised on Calgary SW Signal Hill (There Was No Battle Here), the bloodiest Canadian snowball fight in history (Tillymaud), Canada’s role in Peacekeeping (Our Blue Berets) and a soldiers mothers’ song (My Son, Our Son). WW2 standards ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’ bookend a medley with ‘When the Battles O’er’, written in 1947 and recited by the stately voice of Calgary broadcaster Darrel Janz.
From blues to folk, celtic to contemporary, the focus of “In Harms Way” is on the families of our fallen and how they have responded to the impact of war with legacy projects they began in their children’s names. The texture of Wheaton’s rich voice and powerful harmonies gives each song a distinct personality and her message of peace, rings clearly.
The songs are supplemented with a 16 page lyric booklet with web sites for further reading about the Izzy Doll, Boomers Legacy, Icross Canada, Canadian Landmine Foundation, and Light Up the World. All are examples of the Canadian silent and powerful force, turning sacrifice and suffering to world changing acts of peace.
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