3rd
​​Grade Program: Music Around the Word
Tuesday, February 9th
​​2016 @ 2:15 pm
1. ​
Charley:​
Welcome to our third grade performance! You are in for a real treat.
2. ​
Ian:
**(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?
3. ​
Valery:
(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!
2.​
Ian:
**(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)
4. ​
River​
:
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.
5. ​
Root:
Did you know that the planet earth has 7 continents and 4 oceans?
6. ​
Tanner​
: Australia is the only country that is also a continent and is the
smallest continent as well.
7. ​
Katie:
About 4,000 miles to the northeast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean is
a small group of Islands called Samoa.
8. ​
Caroline: Agriculture is a main source of income for Samoa. Their biggest
crops are copra, bananas, and cocoa beans.
9. ​
Lily:
What is copra?
10. ​
Tommy:​
It’s dried coconut meat.
11. ​
Hope:
The Samoan people have a tradition of beautiful singing and dancing.
12. ​
Ty:
Let’s check it out. I hear a voice calling me!
13. ​
Morgan:​
This song is tells how the moon travels across the sky in the night.
Masina Masina e ​
w/Shelley
group 3
Masina, Masina e
O fea e te alu i ai
Ou te alu i luga o le mauga
Ou te lafi lilo ai
14.​
Owen: Did you know that Asia is the largest continent in both size and
population?
15. ​
Cameron:​
While we’re in Asia let’s go to the peninsula of Korea.
16. ​
Hannah:​
Did you know they have a special holiday in Korea called Children’s
Day?
17. ​
Tory:
On this day the people celebrate children by giving them gifts and
doing fun kid friendly activities together.
18. ​
Jeremiah:​
I want to visit there!
19. ​
Vince:
This song about a mountain pass called Arirang. It is often
considered Korea’s second national anthem.
Ahrirang ​
w/Shelley
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.
20. ​
Olivia:
Now we are off to the Middle Eastern part of Asia.
1. ​
Charley: Did you know that over 2,000 years ago the Romans drove the
Hebrew people from Ancient Israel?
2. ​
Ian:
And it was only in 1948 that this narrow strip of land in the Middle
East was established as a refuge for Jewish people.
3. ​
Valery:
The Israeli people have a strong tradition of song and dance that
brings the communities together.
4. ​
River:
This song is based entirely on one nonsense word.
w/Shelley
5. ​
Root:
Did you know that Europe has had the most influence on world
history?
6. ​
Tanner: Europe’s political ideas, scientific discoveries, arts and philosophies,
and religious beliefs have spread to other parts of the world.
7. ​
Katie:
I say we start with Wales, a country on the western side of Great
Britain.
8. ​
Caroline:​
GREAT! LET’S GO!
9. ​
Lilly:
Don’t they call that the “Land of Song?
10. ​
Tommy:​
Yes, that is because Wales is known for its folk singers, harpists and
male choirs.
11. ​
Hope:
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.
12. ​
Ty:
That music was so lovely. I think I could take a nap.
13. ​
Morgan:​
There is no time for napping, we are off to France!
14. ​
Owen: 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.
15. ​
Cameron:​
Do you think we will see the Eiffel tower?
16. ​
Hannah:​
Maybe. Speaking of architecture, let’s find out what interesting
architecture Pirouette used for his house.
Pirouette, Cacahuette ​
w/Shelley
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.
French class only:
All:
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.
17. ​
Tory​
:
Did you know Africa has the world’s largest desert, the Sahara
Desert?
18. ​
Jeremiah:​
Africa also has the world’s longest river, the Nile.
19.​
Vince​
: I love the exciting music of Africa. It’s based on the rhythms of
drums.
20. ​
Olivia:
It has influenced American styles of music like Jazz and Blues.
1. ​
Charley: This song Obwisana is a game played by children in Ghana.
Obwisana
Obwisana sa nana obwisana sa
Obwisana sa nana obwisana sa
2. ​
Ian:
(looking at the globe) well now we have quite a long journey across
the Atlantic ocean to Central America.
3. ​
Valery:
Central America forms a land bridge between North and South
America.
4. ​
River:
The country of Guatemala is located just south of Mexico.
5. ​
Root:
This area was home to the Mayan people before it became a Spanish
colony.
6. ​
Tanner: Now an independent country, Spanish is the national language of
Guatemala, but there are still 21 Mayan languages that are spoken in
only 42,000 square miles.
7. ​
Katie:
Its southern border is along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Let’s
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
8. ​
Caroline: I want to see the biggest country in the Americas.
ALL: CANADA!
9. ​
Lily:
It touches the Atlantic Ocean on the east…
10. ​
Tommy: …the pacific ocean on the west…
11. ​
Hope:
… the arctic ocean on the north…
12.​
Ty:
…and the United States on the south.
13. ​
Morgan:​
Before, the French and British settled Canada the land was
populated by the Native American people.
14. ​
Owen: 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.
15. ​
Cameron​
: The music of the United States is certainly a melting pot of musical
styles and backgrounds…
16. ​
Hannah:​
…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.
17. ​
Tory:
I think of Rock and Roll…
18. ​
Jeremiah:​
…And jazz and blues…
19. ​
Vince:
…and musical theatre…
20. ​
Olivia:
…and spirituals.
1. ​
Charley: This song is a traditional American Barn Dance with some silly lyrics
Chicken on the fence post
Chicken on the fence post can’t dance Josie. x3
Hello Susan Brownie-o.
Chew my gum while I dance Josie. x3
Hello Susan Brownie-o
Hold my mule while I dance Josie x3
Hello Susan Brownie-o
Crank my Ford while I dance Josie x3
Hello Susan Brownie-o
2. ​
Ian:
**(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)
3. ​
Valery:
Who knows, you could be practicing to be a world leader right now!
4. ​
River:
who me?
5. ​
Root:
Well eventually all of us are going to grow up and be in charge of this
world of ours, in one way or another.
6. ​
Tanner: ** (looking around at the other students) that’s a kind of frightening,
but inspirational thought!
7. ​
Katie:
We may just look like kids now, but keep an eye on us we’re the
future of tomorrow!