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Watch a Gym Full of Kids Pay Tribute to Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip

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With the Tragically Hip’s final (?) set to begin in Victoria on Friday, the groundswell of support, celebration and thank-yous just keeps getting bigger. The band has nothing to do with any of this; everything we’re witnessing is totally organic and grassroots. Witness this gym full of kids at Newcastle Public School in Newcastle, Ontario, tackle “Ahead By a Century.” The full story at Macleans.

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  • This is beautiful (but I do find it a little funny…as the opening verse was originally quite dirty…google it).

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