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Melinda Caroll is a composer, producer, performer, recording artist, dancer, business woman, a lifetime Member of Girl Scouts and mom.
She has been the inspirational creative force behind music for Girl Scouts since 1989. During that time she has received multiple honors for her Girl Scouts-inspired music, including Woman of Distinction, The Thanks Badge, National Song Leader for Girl Scouts of the USA and induction into the Girl Scout Council of Hawaii Alumnae Hall of Fame.
She has performed live before hundreds of thousands of Girl Scouts and played for distinguished guests including members of the United States Congress, Secretary of State, Colin Powell and members of the President's cabinet. She has sung alongside many famous musicians and with Girl Scout Choirs all across the country and around the world.
"My magical journey with Girl Scout music,
began with a song I wrote in 1989 in 30 minutes, called 'We Change the World.' After that, I began working with a 22-girl choir, Na Hokulele, for seven years and was also the leader of my daughter's Girl Scout Troop #755 for eight years. 
Our music series was born out of my own frustrations trying to find quality recordings of relevant, age-appropriate songs and music for my girls. Since I was already a professional singer-songwriter it was natural for me to compose new songs to fulfill that need.
This all led to the development and release of my first CD, Girl Scouts Greatest Hits, Vol 1, We Change the World in 1997.
There is this rich musical legacy that Girl Scouts has to draw from, but no one at that time (1989) had collected and recorded it in a professional setting. From the beginning, my intention has been, and still is, to preserve our Girl Scout tradition of singing together and to create quality music resources for all Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to enjoy." - Melinda
Read Interview with Melinda
Read Testimonials about Girl Scout Music |
Melinda with Choir
Madison Square Garden - October 2002
A Tradition of Singing |
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Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
(Used with permission of the
Smithsonian Institution.) |
The History of Girl Scout Music
(Used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA - Revised by GSUSA 10/23/09.)
Singing has always been an important part of the Girl Scout program-songs have been included in Girl Scout hand books from the organization's earliest days. In the early years, Girl Scout leaders used song books such as the Kent County Song Book, which contained folk songs of the British Isles. As Girl Scouting began to grow, the volunteer committees soon realized that a song book was needed that better reflected Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
The first song book published by Girl Scouts was Girl Scout Songs in 1925. It was compiled by the Education Committee and edited by George Newell. For its time it was a very progressive book and featured American cowboy songs, patriotic songs, sea shanties, Negro spirituals, an Ojibway Indian song, religious songs and Christmas carols. Also included were
art songs such as "Cradle Song" by Brahms and many more rounds and canons we still sing today, such as "For the Health and Strength," "When E'er You Make A Promise," "Hello, Hello," and "We're All Together Again." The words for the current Chalet song about the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland, were set to the music of the "Swiss Chalet Song" by Joseph Bovet.
Beginning in 1936, several editions of a song book entitled Sing Together have been published. Other Girl Scout songbooks continued to be published throughout the years, including The Pocket Songbook, first published in 1956 for the first Senior Girl Scout Roundup, which made it possible for a girl at camp to carry her song book easily in her uniform.
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