Folk Dance Finale

We were so lucky to have a special guest in the music room today!  Mrs. Asch, Bayside's orchestra teacher, came to play some fiddle tunes while 3rd graders danced.  We were able to dance all four folk dances we've learned while she played.  What a treat!  She also played a few fiddle tunes for us when we were done.  Thanks Mrs. Asch!

Jazz Tour Comes to Stormonth

This week we were lucky enough to host Bayside, Mapledale, Glen Hills, and Nicolet's jazz bands! They put on a great show for all of our Stormonth students!

Folk Dance!

3rd graders have been singing, dancing, and playing a ton of folk dances since we have been back from winter break!  In this song, Rig a Jig Jig, students first learned the song, then learned the dance, and finally learned an accompaniment part on the xylophones with a new cross-over hand technique.  Pretty cool!

"SING" Dance

Students at Stormonth have been learning a dance to the song "Sing" by Pentatonix!  Here is the music to practice with at home:

3rd Grade "Sleigh Ride"

3rd graders are learning about a musical form called Rondo.  We compared Rondo form to a double-decker sandwich:


We listened to a piece that is in rondo form, The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson.  (The typewriter is an instrument in this piece!)

We listened to another piece by Leroy Anderson that is in a variation of Rondo

Here is the orchestra playing this piece:

Next, we added body percussion to the song to help our bodies feel when the form changes.  Here is a class performing "Sleigh Ride!"

Concert-Wear

What should my child wear to the concert?!

Since each grade is highlighting a different Disney Classic, each grade will also have different colors to wear!  If your child has a costume that fits with the grade level theme, they may wear that costume (ex: a 2nd grader who has a fish costume, a K4 who has a Cinderella dress).

4th Grade - Beauty and the Beast

All students should wear Red, Yellow, or Blue!

 

3rd Grade - Aladdin

All students should wear Blue, Purple, or Yellow!

2nd Grade - The Little Mermaid

All students should wear Blue, Green, or Purple!

1st Grade - Frozen
All students should wear Blue or White!


K5 - The Lion King
I will be providing students with costumes!


K4 - Cinderella
All students should wear Blue, White, or Yellow.
I will be providing mouse ears for all of the boys, and girls are encouraged to wear princess dresses!

Costumes Needed!

Costumes Needed for Disney Concert!

I am in search of some Disney costumes to use in the Stormonth concert on November 22nd.  If you have any of these costumes and would be will to let us borrow them for the concert, we would be very grateful!  E-mail me at smurn@foxbay.org if you would be willing to let us borrow a costume!

4th Grade - Beauty and the Beast

• Belle's yellow ball gown
• Beast costume
• Gaston costume
• Lumiere (candelabra)
• Mrs. Pots (tea pot)

3rd Grade - Aladdin

• 4 turbans (Aladdin, Genie, Sultan, Jafar)
• Aladdin costume
• Jasmine costume
• Genie Costume

2nd Grade - Little Mermaid

• Various mermaid "fins"
• Flounder costume (yellow and blue fish)

1st Grade - Frozen

• Elsa costume
• Anna costume
• Olaf costume

3rd Grade Practice Music

Arabian Nights:

One Jump Ahead:

Friend Like Me:

Prince Ali:

Save the Date!

Stormonth Students are Proud to Present…

Join us on November 22nd for a concert full of your favorite Disney songs!

There will be two performances of this concert.  Please attend according to your last name:

10 AM Concert:

K4 AM Parents

and

Parents with Last Names A - M

2 PM Concert:

K4 PM Parents

and

Parents with Last Names N - Z

Concert Solos!

During the week of October 31st - November 4th I will be holding solo auditions during music class!

I will be looking for students who can sing the correct rhythms and pitches, those who have memorized their part, and someone who acts as the character while performing. 

3rd Grade Concert Lyrics

Here are the 3rd grade concert songs and a video with all of the songs to sing along with!

*All songs from the musical "Aladdin Jr." are on this video, so I will put the time that each songs starts next to the title.  The songs are not exactly like ours, since we will be singing the "kids" version.

Solo 1:

Salaam and good evening to you, worthy friend!  Welcome to Agrabah, city of mystery -

Solo 2:

Land of enchantment -

Solo 3:

-an oasis of rest and wonder for those in search of something…

1, 2, & 3:

… Magical.

Arabian Nights 0:00

Oh, I come from a land, from a faraway place

Where the caravan camels roam

Where it's flat and immense

And the heat is intense

It's furnace, but hey, it's home

When the wind's from the east and the sun's from the west

And the sand in the glass is right

Come on down stop on by

Hop a carpet and fly

To another Arabian night

Arabian nights, like Arabian days

More often than not

Are hotter than hot

In a lot of good ways

Arabian nights, with Arabian dreams,

Where what you will see

May not in fact be

The thing that it seems.

1: yes, my friends, welcome to Agrabah, land of eternal bliss, magical mysteries - And home of the hottest half-price bargains this side of the river Nile!

Solo 4:

Look beneath the bust, and you will discover that this lamp once changed a young man’s life…

Solo 5:

… as well as the life of a beautiful, young princess who was being forced to marry against her will.

One Jump 6:03 Solo 6: Stop theif! 6: Thief! Thief! Stop him! Solo 7: Morning, ma’am Solo 8: In trouble again, Aladdin? 7: Me? No way, it’s only trouble if you get caught. You gotta stay - One jump ahead of the bread line one swing ahead of the sword I steal only what i can't afford 7: That's everything! One jump ahead of the lawmen That's all, and that's no joke These guys don't appreciate I'm broke Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that! 7: Just a little snack, guys Rip him open, take it back, guys 7: I can take a hint, gotta face the facts What’s a guy like me to do? Solo 9: There is he boss! Solo 10: The diamond in the rough! Solo 11: Jasmine has run away!  Hurry, we must find her before something terrible happens! 10: Gaurds, that street rat has kidnapped the princess!  Bring him to me, alive! Solo 12: Yes, Jafar! 9: Oh, you’re good - and by good I mean bad. 10: Ain’t it the truth?

Girls: Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom He's become a one-man rise in crime Solo 13: I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em 7: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Tell you all about it when I got the time! 7: Hi. Solo 14: Hi. 7: I’m Aladdin. 14: I’m - uhm… Pashmina.  I’m running away from those creepy guards. 7:  Hey!  Me too! 14: Where can we hide? 7: Follow me, I have a plan. Stop thief!  Vandal!  Outrage!  Scandal! 7: Let’s not be too hasty.. Girls: Still I think he’s rather tasty… 7: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Otherwise we'd get along Wrong! One jump ahead of the hoof beats (Vandal!) One hop ahead of the hump (Street rat!) One trick ahead of disaster (Scoundrel!) They're quick, but I'm much faster (Take that!) 7: Here goes 14: Better throw my hand in, 7 & 14: Hope it’s happy landin', All I gotta do is - 7: Do you trust me? 14: Yes! All you gotta do is… Jump! Thief!

Friend Like Me 13:38 Solo 15: Master, read this owner’s manual while I blow the roof off this joint!  Maestro, give me four for nothing! Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherazade had a thousand tales. But master you're in luck, 'cause up your sleeves You've got a brand of magic never fails You've got some power in your corner now! Some heavy ammunition in your camp! 15: You got some punch, pizzaz, yahoo and how. See, all you gotta do is rub that lamp, and I'll say: "Mr. Aladdin, sir, what will your pleasure be? Let me take your order, jot it down?" You ain't never had friend like me 15: Life is your restaurant and I'm your maitre'd Come on whisper what it is you want; You ain't never had friend like me! Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service. You're the boss, the king, the shah. Say what you wish; it's yours, true dish. How 'bout a little more baklava? Have some of column A try All of column B, I'm in the mood to help you, dude. You ain't never had friend like me

Wa-ah-ah (Oh my) Wa-ah-ah (No no) Wa-ah-ah (Na na na) 15: Lah bah dah bah doo bah! Can your friends do this? Can your friends do that? Can your friends pull this Out their little hat? Mr. Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or three. I'm on the job you big nabob! You ain't never had a friend, Never had a friend, You ain't never had a friend, Never had a friend, You ain't never had a friend like me. Like me! Like me! You ain't never had a friend like me.

Prince Ali 17:28 Make way for Prince Ali Say hey! It's Prince Ali Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar Hey you! Let us through! It's a bright new star! Oh Come! Be the first on your block to meet his eye! Make way! Here he comes! Ring bells! Bang the drums! 15: Are you gonna love this guy! Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa Genuflect, show some respect Down on one knee! Now, try your best to stay calm Brush up your sunday salaam The come and meet his spectacular coterie Prince Ali! Mighty is he! Ali Ababwa Strong as ten regular men, definitely! Solo 16: He faced the galloping hordes Solo 17: A hundred bad guys with swords Solo 18: Who sent those goons to their lords? Why, Prince Ali He's got seventy-five golden camels Purple peacocks? He's got fifty-three When it comes to exotic-type mammals Has he got a zoo? I'm telling you, 15: it's a world-class menagerie!

There’s no question this Ali’s alluring Never ordinary, never boring, Everything about the man just plain impresses He’s a wonder, he’s a whiz, a winner! Eats the competition up for dinner! 15: And I absolutely love the way he dresses! He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys (He's got the monkeys, let's see the monkeys) And to view them he charges no fee (He's generous, so generous) He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies Proud to work for him They bow to his whim love serving him They're just lousy with loyalty to Ali! Prince Ali! Prince Ali! Amorous he! Ali Ababwa Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see And that, good people, is why he got dolled up and dropped by With sixty elephants, llamas galore With his bears and lions A brass band and more With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers His birds that warble on key Make way for prince A - 10: We’ve got to get rid of him, and fast! 11: Now that’s what I call a prince! 14: Then you marry him! 11: I think she likes you. Ali!