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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Journey - The Hi Hopes

Keep On Singing
Just Like You
This Land Is Your Land
Journey
The Hi Hopes
With John Higgins, Bud and Richard Johnson and Steve Jacobs
Hope High School
H. H. 1002
1976

From the back cover: The Hi Hopes is a colorful and unique musical group, outgrowth of the music instruction at Hope High School (Trainable Mentally Retarded). Anaheim Union High School District, Ca.

They have performed for more than 350,000 people (not including TV specials and programs), for many organizations as service clubs, women's clubs, churches, sororities, school assemblies, PTAs, Scouts, dances and benefits. They have appeared in many places such as the Hollywood Palladium, the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Cal Expo in Sacramento, Anaheim Stadium, Disneyland Hotel, Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Knotts Berry Farm, Anaheim and Los Angeles Convention Centers, Cerebral Palsy, Telethon at Convention Center in Fresno (CBS), State Capitol in Olympia, Washington, Freedom Train, and many other.

The Hi Hopes have made five records and have received recognition: Honorary citizens of the State of Washington, Honorary members of the Guild of Professional Union Musicians, on the honorary committee of A Very Special Art Show in Sacramento, and recipients of the Disneyland Community Service Award for Achievement by Youth for two years.

Need To Be
Fly, Robin, Fly
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
If I Ruled The World
This Land Is Your Land
Tie A Yellow Ribbon
Keep On Singing
Just Like Your, Just Like Me
Grand Old Flag Square Dance

Hi Hopes albums

A Decade Of Music
Hi Hopes To You With Joy
Hi Hopes
Hi Hopes Play And Sing

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