On Saturday, April 18th 2009, St. George's Preparatory students sang for America at 'America Sings' in Washington D.C. "It was a great success!" reported Bermudian Choir Master Miss Kimberly Simmons.

When the students arrived at the performance area, Skye Kermode noted: "Tents sprouted out of the ground, showing off their bright colors. Bright green trees were growing in every corner there wasn't a tent. Thousands of small heads bobbled in the distance like bobble heads.

"Two stages stood under a tent, with performers already on stage. Everyone jumped out of their seats, with sweat dripping down their faces. Every one of them was ready to go. Sensibly in single file, all of us scrammed down the steps out of the bus for some cool air. Only for some more sun.

"I was so ready to sing under that tent, for the shade. We made our way to a clear spot we could sit, the sun still shining down on us. We all set out our mats and sat or lay on them."

At 3.20pm the St. George's Prep School Choir stepped on the Blue Stage, which is the smaller of the two stages and faced the Washington Monument. On the great Washington Mall they sang.

"Heads stared as the only Bermudian choir stood upon the stage looking down waiting for their music," Skye recalled.

"The first song started, then the second. The second song started, we sang along in our voices that blended together nicely. Then the song stopped."

On their second song the generator ran out of gas.

"Our choir kept going," Skye recounted, "singing to the song called, 'I am a small part of the world'. Then when the end of the song had finished, we all stopped singing without the music, and ended with a nicely crafted ending. The crowd that had formed roared in excitement at how our age group, had achieved that level of learning to sing without the music. A standing ovation stood right in front of us clapping and wowing. We started our next song, then the next, and with the last song, we received another standing ovation."

They sang six songs in all, and they got a standing ovation for their performance. The songs they sang were Small Part of the World, Possibilities, Tomorrow, Never Fully Dressed without a Smile, On a Wonderful Day like Today, and the Peace Song.

At about 6.00pm the Directors Choir sang. One of the participants was Bermudian Miss Kimberly Simmons. At 6:15 the massed choir was assembled comprising 2,200 participants. The four songs they sang were: One Song, Cantamos Americanos, We are America, and America Sings. Emily Peters was chosen to sing part of the solo for One Song. She audition for the part along with 60 other young singers from across America.

As part of this event, the participants were required to create kits for kids which included a toy car, a package of crayons, a writing book, a bottle of glue, pencils, coloured pencils, erasers, markers, pencil sharpeners, and reading books.

The St. George's Prep Choir also made twenty-two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for poverty-stricken children in the Washington D.C. area. As the mass choir sang, the kits for kids and the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were being shipped to the orphanages and homeless shelters.

One of the participants, Tariq Basden, said, "If I had a choice to go or stay, I would stay".

The two mottos were 'For children who feel they have no hope from children who have hope to share' and 'Yes we can!'