3rd Grade Program
Thursday, February 26th 2015 @ 2:00 pm
______________ Welcome to our third grade performance! You are in for a real
treat.
______________ **(looking at a globe) You know the world looks pretty small to
me! Wouldn’t it be great to meet every person who lives here?
______________ (working a calculator) Well, with six billion people in this
world…now, let me see..if you lived for 100 years more…365 days in a
year…there, you’d have to shake hands with 164,383 people per day. You better
get started!
______________ **(starting to shake hands of class members on stage
(continues to shake hands through the performance working his way through the
performers to the audience)
______________Let’s take a journey across the globe and see where we can go.
Come travel with us to many lands as we present our show.
______________Did you know that the planet earth has 7 continents and 4
oceans?
______________Australia is the only country that is also a continent and is the
smallest continent as well.
______________About 4,000 miles to the northeast of Australia in the Pacific
Ocean is a small group of Islands called Samoa.
______________Agriculture is a main source of source of income for Samoa.
Their biggest crops are copra, bananas, and cocoa beans.
______________What is copra?
______________Its dried coconut meat.
______________The Samoan people have a tradition of beautiful choral singing.
______________ Let’s check it out. I hear a voice calling me!
______________This song is about the moon.
Masina Masina e
Masina, Masina e
O fea e te alu i ai
Ou te alu i luga o le mauga
Ou te lafi lilo ai
______________Did you know that Asia is the largest continent in both size and
population?
______________While we’re in Asia let’s go to the peninsula of Korea.
______________Did you know they have a special holiday in Korea called
Children’s Day?
______________On this day the people celebrate children by giving them gifts
and doing fun kid activities together.
______________I want to visit there!
______________This song about a mountain pass called Arirang is often
considered Korea’s second national anthem.
Ahrirang
Ahrirang, Ahrirang, arari yo,
Walking o’er the mountain peak of Ahrirang
You who left me behind, sweatheart, Ahrirang,
You will hear in your heart the song that I sang.
Ahrirang, Ahrirang, arari yo,
Walking o’er the mountain peak of Ahrirang.
______________ Now we are off to the Middle Eastern part of Asia.
______________Did you know that over 2,000 years ago the Romans drove the
Hebrew people from Ancient Israel?
______________And it was only in 1948 that this narrow strip of land in the
Middle East was established as a refuge for Jewish people.
______________The Israeli people have a strong tradition of song and dance
that brings the communities together.
______________This song is based entirely on one nonsense word.
______________Did you know that Europe has had the most influence on world
history?
______________Europe’s political ideas, scientific discoveries, arts and
philosophies, and religious beliefs have spread to other parts of the world.
______________I say we start with Wales Ireland, a country on the western side
of Great Britain.
ALL: GREAT! LET’S GO!
______________Don’t they call that the “Land of Song?
______________Yes, that is because Wales is known for its solo folk singers
and harpists and male choirs.
______________Well let’s go see what we can find.
Shoheen sho
Shoheen sho, baby boy,
Father’s pride, mother’s joy,
Birdie sleeps in the nest,
Sun doth sink in the west.
______________That music was so lovely. I think I could take a nap.
______________There is no time for napping, we are off to France!
______________France played a leading role in the arts in the 19th-20th century
with impressionism portrayed in paintings by Monet and in music by Debussy.
______________Do you think we will see the Eifel tower?
______________Maybe. Speaking of architecture, let’s find out what interesting
architecture Pirouette used for his house.
Pirouette, Cacahuette
All:
French class only:
All:
Il etait un petit homme,
Pirouette, cachuete.
Il etait un petit homme,
Qui avait une drole de maison,
Qui avait une drole de maison.
Sa maison est en carton
Pirouette, cacahuete,
Sa maison est en carton
Les escaliers sont en papier,
Les escaliers sont en papier.
Il etait un petit homme,
Pirouette, cachuete.
Il etait un petit homme,
Qui avait une drole de maison,
Qui avait une drole de maison.
______________Did you know Africa has the worlds largest desert, the Sahara
Desert?
______________ Africa also has the world’s longest river, the Nile.
______________I love the exciting music of Africa. It’s based on the rhythms of
drums.
______________It has influenced American styles of music like Jazz and Blues.
______________Let’s travel south to Africa, Ghana’s jungles to explore. And
take a safari adventure, wild animals galore!
Obwisana
Obwisana sa nana obwisana sa
Obwisana sa nana obwisana sa
______________ (looking at the globe) well now we have quite a long journey
across the Atlantic ocean to Central America.
______________Central America forms a land bridge between North and South
America.
______________The country of Guatemala is located just south of Mexico.
______________This area was home to the Mayan people before it became a
Spanish colony.
______________Now an independent country, Spanish is the national language
of Guatemla, but there are still 21 Mayan languages that are spoken in only
42,000 square miles.
______________Its southern boarder is along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
Lets head to the coast for some delicious seafood!
Vamos a la mar
Vamos a la mar tum tum
A comer pescado tum tum
Boca colorada tum tum
Fritito y asado tum tum
______________I want to see the biggest country in the Americas.
ALL: CANADA!
______________It touches the Atlantic Ocean on the east…
______________…the pacific ocean on the west…
______________… the arctic ocean on the north…
______________…and the United States on the south.
______________Before, the French and British settled Canada the land was
populated by the Native American people.
______________This song tells about the land and animals surrounding the
Native American people.
My Paddle/Land of the Silver Birch
My paddle’s keen and bright,
Flashing with silver.
Follow the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip, and swing.
Land of the Silver Birch,
Home of the beaver,
Land where the mighty moose,
Wanders at will.
Blue lake and rocky shore,
I will return once more.
Hiyiya Hiya, Hiyiya Hiya, Hiyiya hiya, ah.
______________The music of the United States is certainly a melting pot of
musical styles and backgrounds…
______________…from the early Native American cultures and the European
explorers to the influence of the slaves from Africa, music has reflected the
energy of the people.
______________I think of Rock and Roll…
______________…And jazz and blues…
______________…and musical theatre…
______________…and spirituals.
______________We can all agree we are grateful for this land of freedom where
we are free to choose our own path.
America
My country ‘tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing.
Land where my father’s died,
Land of the pilgrim pride,
from every mountain side
let freedom ring.
______________**(holding sore hand) Well, I guess this world is a lot bigger
than I imagined. My hand is killing me and I only hit this small part of it! (waves
arm across indicating audience and performers on stage)
______________Who knows, you could be practicing to be a world leader right
now!
______________** who me?
______________Well eventually all of us are going to grow up and be in charge
of this world of ours, in one way or another.
______________** (looking around at the other students) that’s a kind of
frightening, but inspirational thought!
______________We may just look like kids now but keep an eye on us we’re the
future of tomorrow!