A children's aboriginal choir may yet get to perform at the Vancouver Olympics despite a communications mixup with B.C.'s premier. (CBC)

An aboriginal youth choir from Newfoundland and Labrador may get a chance to perform in B.C. during the 2010 Olympics after all.

Members of the Set'a'newey Choir say B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell extended the invitation to the opening ceremonies two years ago when he saw them perform.

Last week, they were told they would not be involved.

The Opposition took the government to task on the issue in the B.C. legislature Monday.

"The premier invited the choir in the presence of Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams," said British Columbia NDP MLA Kathy Corrigan.

The premier, said Corrigan, "followed up with a note of congratulations to the singers in which he said: 'See you at the Olympics.'"

"Ever since, these young performers from the Mi'kmaq First Nation have been practising for hours every week for their moment to represent and make Canada proud on the world stage.

"Now it appears that the premier made an Olympic-sized false promise to the singers," said Corrigan.

Government denies premier made promise

The director of the choir said the children were deeply shocked when they got word they would not be at the opening ceremonies.

"It was just absolute quiet," Brenda Jeddore told CBC News from Conne River, N.L. "You could sense the somberness, the disillusionment, of all of these young children."

B.C.'s minister for aboriginal relations, George Abbott, denied that Campbell made the promise.

"The premier doesn't arrange the entertainment at the opening of the Olympics," Abbott said. But he added that there might still be a way for the choir to perform at some events.

"There is a Newfoundland provincial day on Feb. 26. There is a chance for the kids to perform at the aboriginal showcase at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, and also the day before, the day after, at an aboriginal business showcase."

Abbott said there might also be an opportunity for the choir to perform during the opening and closing ceremonies as well, but that's up to VANOC.

The Olympics begin Feb. 12, 2010 and end Feb. 28.