A Pittance of Time

[Subdeacon Joe]

That time of year.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlrrAWCTRg

 

The story behind the song:

On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the
store's 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 store's
leadership role in adopting the Legion's "two minutes of silence"
initiative. He felt that the store's contribution of educating the
public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When
eleven o'clock 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.

Terry's anger towards the father for trying to
engage the store's clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example
for his child was later 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".

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I really need to get a copy of that disc.

 

The first time I heard it in about 2002 was the first time I really cried since '69.