Singing
Week Eight
Warming Up
Changing Channels –
remember to really
use those faces!
 Baby 1,2,3
 Energise the body
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Expression in singing
Let’s bring back our
friend the T.V
Detective!
 While we sing ‘Mary
Mack/ Furrem be me
heen’, he will be
looking at those faces
to check we are
‘switched on’ and
‘tuned in’!
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Performance Skills
When we walk out onto a stage, we
should enter silently and stand patiently
waiting for instructions from our conductor
 We should always smile and try not to do
anything that will draw individual attention
to ourselves.
 This is unfair on everyone else!
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Concentration
Let’s see if we’ve
improved with this
game
 Remember, if you
don’t keep to the beat
then you will be out!
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‘I can see clearly now’
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me
blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny
day.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright
sunshiny day.
I think I can make it now the pain has
gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is the rainbow I’ve been praying
for.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny
day.
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies (ah,
ah, ooh)
I can see clearly now the rain has gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day-eeyay-ee yeah ooh.
‘Life is a wonderful thing’
I woke up this morning got out of my bed,
looked in the mirror and I got myself
dressed,
With a stretch and a yawn and a scratch of
my head,
‘Life is a wonderful thing’ I said,
‘Life is a wonderful thing’
My heart is beating morning ‘til evening,
I’ve got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I’ve got the feeling.
It’s so lovely when you know you’re alive!
I went out this morning, and what did I
see?
Buds and blossoms and the birds in the
trees,
With a skip and a whistle a thought came to
me,
‘Life is a wonderful thing indeed,
Life is a wonderful thing’
My heart is beating morning ‘til evening,
I’ve got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I’ve got the feeling.
It’s so lovely when you know you’re alive!
I stayed in this morning with little to do.
Mum said ‘Son, you’d better tidy your room’.
Then a friend came to see me and I was
excused.
Life is a wonderful thing, it’s true,
Life is a wonderful thing.
My heart is beating morning ‘til evening,
I’ve got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I’ve got the feeling.
It’s so lovely when you know you’re alive!
I woke up this morning, and here’s what I
thought,
‘What surprises will I find at my door?’
With a new day before me, and plenty in
store,
Life is a wonderful thing, for sure,
Life is a wonderful thing.
Life is a wonderful thing, uh huh,
Life is a wonderful thing!
Starlight Express
When your good nights have been said
and you are lying in bed with the covers pulled
up tight;
and though you count ev’ry sheep you get the
feeling that sleep is going to stay away tonight.
That’s when you hear it coming,
that’s when you hear the humming of the
midnight train,
here again; can’t explain that midnight train,
that midnight train.
Starlight express, you must confess
are you real yes or no?
Starlight express, answer me yes I don’t
want you to go.
Want you to take me away but bring me
back before daylight,
and in the time between
Take me to everywhere but don’t abandon
me there, just want to say I’ve been.
I believe in you completely though I may
be dreaming sweetly,
I can hear the train,
here again; can’t explain that midnight
train, that midnight train.
Starlight express, you must confess
are you real yes or no?
Starlight express, answer me yes I don’t
want you to go.
Starlight Express, answer me yes,
I don’t want you to go.
Starlight Express, you must confess
are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes,
I don’t want you to go.
Bring it all Back
Don’t stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Hold on to what you try to be your
individuality
When the world is on your shoulders, just
smile and let it go.
If people try to put you down just walk on
by don’t turn around
You only have to answer to yourself
Don’t you know it’s true what they say,
That life it ain’t easy
But your time’s coming around
So don’t you stop trying!
Don’t stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Na, na, na, na ....
Try not to worry ‘bout a thing enjoy the
good times life can bring,
Keep it all inside you, gotta let the feeling
show
Imagination is the key cos’ you are your
own destiny
You never should be lonely when time is on
your side
Don’t you know it’s true what they say,
Things are sent to try you,
But your times coming around
So don’t you stop trying!
Don’t stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
Na, na, na ...
Don’t you know it’s true what they say
Things happen for a reason
But your times coming around,
So don’t you stop trying!
Don’t stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you
(Repeat to end)
Performing for each other
Let’s practice singing in smaller groups
 This will get us used to singing for an
audience
 Remember, you might suddenly feel
embarrassed when you have an audience
watching so be supportive of each other!
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