"Music is my spirit"
Introduction
Representator: Can you think of a day without music? We can hear music everywhere: in the streets and at home, over the radio, on TV, in the shops, and in the parks. But, what is music? Specialists explain that music isn't only a combination of pleasant sounds. When you feel sad- you address your heart to music and blues flies you away of this unfair world. When you are happy- you are music yourself! You sing, you dance, you create! Every movement, every gesture is directly connected to music. We are in a hurry- you have your walkie-tlkie on. You cook- just turn the music on and your dishes will fast jump on the table!
Student 1: (words about music)
Student 2: (words about music) Representator: Music can touch the deepest strings of your soul. Music speaks of itself. But there are words that can nicely explain music. Famous quotations.
Appendix 1 (12 quotations)
Representator: Now it's time to start the competition! Let me introduce our 2 teams: the team of 10 form,and the team of 11 form. Now let ROUND 1 start.
ROUND 1 ( "Where is the music from?") Representator: Now let me start our first musical informational pause. There are a lot of different styles,types,kinds of music. Some of them appeared long ago and some are quite modern. For example, folk music appeared centuries ago,but it still has it's actuality. Classical music is often associated with the music of the past. While listening to it immediately the images of kings and queens, knights, wigs and castles flash in mind. Rap is perfect for those who like to talk. Yes, you can just pronounce some lyrics in time to music with a steady beat.
Appendix 2 : (10 music styles)
ROUND 2(Musical genres)
Appendix 3 : (Classical music pause)
Representator:What is classical music?Classical music is important for many reasons.Critics consider it to be food for our souls.Some musical characteristics of classics are:the use of energetic orchestral colour in a thematic way,the use of rhythm,spirit and the lightness of interpretation.Classical music can be proven to help the mind,it can be used as therapy.It stimulates our brain.Classical music include opera,chamber music,orchestral parts,choral pieces.Famous composers
are:Beethoven,Paganini,Chopin,Rachmaninov,Tchaikovskyy,Schubert.
Appendix 4 : (Paganini's life)
Appendix 5 : (Beethoven's story)
ROUND 3(Let's go to the cinema!)
Appendix 6 : (Guitar virtuosos) It`s known that a person who has special knowledge or skill in musical field is called virtuoso.These people excel in musical technique or execution.They can take a simple piece of wood and create an eternal love story-virtuoso and his instrument.The perfect technique can`t be created just in one second.Those who acieved the world fame,passed through long hours,days,years of inability to produce their perfect sounds.They suffered,took drugs,alcohol,they have been using allowable and prohibited laws for reaching a goal.Our story is about two of them-guitar virtuosos Jimi Hendrix and Bonnie Raitt. Round 4 (Who sings?)
Appendix 7 : (musical pause `Weird instruments`)
Round 5 (Musical instruments) The violin has been around since the 16th century;the guitar since the 15th century;and the flute since,oh,about 42000years ago!But while most of the instruments we know and love have been around for a very,very long time,people are still making new ones.They tend to be electronic...and just a little weird. Among these new instruments there are `mouseketeer`, doorstops`, combs`,`chopstics`,`the gravity harp`...And yes-sometimes these new instruments sound...a bit funny.Let`s be honest-music indeed can make us laugh!
Appendix 9 : (weird musical instruments:digeridoo, sigarbox guitar, bikelophone, contrabass saxophone)
Round 5 (Musical instruments)
Appendix 10 : (song lyrics "Happy" by Pharrel Williams)
Representator : Well,all the five rounds are over!Let our jury count the team`s points and announce the winner! While the jury is busy with counting points let`s learn a bit of English by singing! (all the participants,guests and the audience sing the song "Happy") Time to say goodbye!
A play to act
People
in the play
Girt 1, Girl 2, Mr Green (the Вюіоду teacher)
Three narrators
Three narrators
Act
І
Breakfast time at Shirley Holmes's house
Narrator 1 Today
we’re going to tell you a story about two famous detectives, Shirley Holmes and
George Clueless.
Narrator 2 Shirley
Holmes lives in London with her housekeeper, Mrs Smith.
Narrator 3 Today
Clueless is having breakfast with Holmes.
The
detectives and Mrs Smith turn to the audience and sing.
Mrs Smith Here’s
your tea, Ms Holmes and Mr Clueless.
Holmes Oh,
dear, this tea isn’t sweet enough for me, Mrs Smith.
Clueless You’re
right, Holmes, it isn’t very sweet. And it’s too hot.
Mrs Smith (angrily) Then you need some milk and sugar!
Mrs Smith
pours milk and sugar (pieces of paper) over the two detectives.
Holmes Mrs
Smith needs glasses.
Clueless Why
do you think that?
Holmes Well,
she poured the milk and sugar on us and not in the cups.
Clueless You’re
a brilliant detective!
Someone
knocks at the door.
Mrs Smith There’s
somebody at our door!
Clueless Why
don’t we open the door?
Holmes A
clever suggestion, Clueless!
Mrs Smith
opens the door. Rosie, Jim and Sandy walk into the room.
Rosie Hello,
Auntie Shirley!
Clueless Who
is Auntie Shirley?
Holmes That’s
me, Clueless!
Clueless Then
this girl is your niece.
Holmes Oh,
you’re a clever detective, Clueless, aren’t you?
Rosie You must
help us. Our class has got a big problem with Froggy Green.
Clueless Froggy
Green?
Jim Oh, we mean
Mr Green, our Biology teacher.
Holmes What’s
the problem with Mr Green, Rosie?
Rosie Froggy ...
Sorry! Mr Green has got a skeleton in his cupboard in the Biology classroom.
Sandy Yesterday
in our lesson he opened the cupboard and the skeleton wasn’t there.
Rosie We laughed
because Mr Green often loses and forgets things.
Jim Mr Green
thinks children from our class. Class 7a, took it, but we didn’t take it. Mr
Green says we can’t go on the school trip next week.
Sandy We have to
find the skeleton and then we can go on the school trip!
Children Please
help us!
Holmes Don’t
worry. You will have the skeleton tomorrow.
Children (with surprise) Tomorrow?!
Clueless Of
course, we’re the best detectives in the world. We’re the stars!
The children leave the stage. Holmes and Clueless
start singing.
Holmes and Clueless leave the stage. There’s a knock
at the door. Her grandson, Billy, walks in.
Billy Hi grandma!
(he kisses her on the cheek). Here’s an invitation for you.
Mrs Smith An
invitation?
Billy Yes, it’s
an invitation to a play by my class. It’s tonight at the school hall.
Mrs Smith Oh,
thank you! Are you in the play?
Billy Of course I
am! You have to see it. There’s a real skeleton in the play!
Mrs Smith A
real skeleton? (she smiles) Yes, you’re right - I have to see it. Can Ms Holmes
and Mr Clueless come too?
Billy Of course
they can! See you tonight grandma!
He kisses her again and runs out of the room. Mrs
Smith opens the invitation and reads to herself.
Mrs Smith The Mystery Box by Class 7b. ... The detectives have to see it! They
have to find the skeleton by tomorrow, don’t they?
In Mr Green's Biology classroom
Narrator 1 The
two detectives went to the school to look for the skeleton.
The narrators leave the stage.
There is a knock at the door.
Mr Green Come in!
Holmes Hello,
Mr Green. I’m Shirley Holmes. I’m a famous detective and this is George
Clueless.
Mr Green Have
I met you before? I can’t remember ...
Clueless No,
but we’ve come here to find the missing skeleton.
Clueless looks at the jars and bottles on the table.
He picks up one jar.
Clueless These
are interesting! What’s in here?
Clueless opens the jar. There is a loud buzzing noise.
Mr Green (shouting) Oh, it’s a Big Buzz. It’s an insect from Africa.
Quick, catch it!
Mr Green, Clueless and Holmes dive under the table, then
run around the room as if they are chasing an insect. All the time there is the
buzzing noise. Then they all look at the window.
Mr Green Oh, dear, it has gone out of the window. It was my
last Big Buzz. I’ve lost ten of them now.
Holmes Oh, we’re sorry but please tell us about the missing
skeleton.
Holmes Then somebody took it at break time.
Clueless (to
the audience) What
an amazing detective!
Mr Green I think the children from Class 7a took it. They like
playing jokes on me.
Holmes Could we talk to the pupils in Class 7a, please?
Mr Green (goes
to the door) Yes,
of course. Come inside, please!
Ken, Tom
and Mary walk into the room.
Clueless And your names are ...?
Ken (pointing
at himself, then at Tom and Mar/) Ken, Tom and Mary.
Clueless What were you doing yesterday in the morning break,
Ken?
Ken I wasn’t doing anything.
Holmes Tom, what were you doing yesterday in the morning
break?
Tom I was doing nothing with Ken.
Holmes What were you doing in the morning break, Mary?
Mary I was with Ken and Tom ...
Holmes ... doing nothing! Clueless, this is the most
difficult investigation we have ever had!
Narrators
walk onto the stage.
Narrator 1 Holmes and Clueless talked to all the children ...
Narrator 2 Then they talked to all the teachers ...
Narrator 3 And finally they looked around the school to find the
clues ...
Act III
In the
school hall singing
Narrator 1 Holmes, Clueless, Mrs Smith and Rosie have come to see
a play at the school.
Narrator 2 It is а рlaу by Class 7b.
Narrator 3 Mrs Smith’s grandson is in Class 7b and he’s in the
play.
Mrs Smith, Holmes, Clueless and Rosie come onto the stage.
Mrs Smith I’m so happy. We’re going to see my grandson in this
play.
Holmes Yes, thank you for the invitation. But I’m very
worried. We haven’t found the skeleton yet.
Mrs Smith You shouldn’t worry, Ms Holmes. You and Mr Clueless
are wonderful detectives. I know you’ll find it very, very soon. Now just watch
the play carefully.
Mrs Smith,
Holmes, Clueless and Rosie leave the stage and sit in the audience. Billy comes
onto the stage.
Billy The Mystery Box by
Class 7b.
Boy 1, Girl 1 and Girl 2 come onto the stage.
Boy 1 Look at the box! It’s very strange.
Girl 1 Let’s open it.
Girl 2 I’m scared.
Boy 1 Don’t be silly! I’m going to open it.
(He opens
the box a little and looks inside and closes it quickly.) Ahh!
Girl 1 What’s the matter? I want to look. (She opens the box a little, looks inside and closes
it quickly.) Ahh!
Girl 2 What is it? (She opens the box and pulls out a skeleton.) Ahh! It’s a
skeleton!
Holmes (Standing
up
and shouting) Stop the play!
Stop!
Holmes, Mrs Smith, Clueless and Rosie nan up onto the stage.
Holmes Where did you find that skeleton?
Girl 1 We borrowed it from Mr Green but we asked him first.
Girl 2 He said ‘yes’, but he forgot to give it to us. He never remembers things.
Boy 1 So finally we went to his classroom yesterday at break time and took it.
Clueless So we’ve found Mr Green's skeleton!
Mrs Smith You see. Ms Holmes, you are great detectives. You’re
stars.
Holmes You knew about the skeleton in this play, Mrs Smith,
didn't you?
Mrs Smith Well, yes I did. (putting
her arm around Billy) My grandson. Billy, told me.
Rosie Well thank you. Mrs Smith, now our class can go on the school trip.
Holmes Yes. thank you. Mrs Smith! You’re a star!
Halloween (6 клас)
Characters:
Story-teller
Children:
John, Ann, Mary, Tim
Evil
spirits: Ghoul, 3 Ghosts, 3 Skeletons, Bat, Cat, 3 Witches
Bird
Mr Wiseman Scene 1
A bird is dancing to a slow
tuning.
St
ory-teller. This story
happened long, long ago. There was a special time late in the year before the
cold raw nights of winter set in, when it was still warm enough to go outside
and to enjoy the beauty of fall. People lived happily and knew nothing about
evil spirits. One day three friends called Mary, Ann and John played in the old
half-ruined castle. Children ran up and down the stairs, shouting and laughing.
The joyful voices are heard
and children ran into the yard. There are stones, flowers and an old chest in
the comer.
John. Look what I have found.
Ann. It’s a chest, very beautiful and so old.
Mary. Just imagine it can be some jewelry or gold
inside.
John. It’ll be great! Could you help me to open it?
The children open it, the
light changes, hard music sounds, the shouts of children are heard and the evil
spirits begin filling the space. They are dancing, the children are sitting on
the floor.
G
h o u 1. We are
the real power in this crazy world. We have been waiting for so long and at
last we are rele-a-sed.
Ghost 1. Our day has come. We’ll ruin everything on
our way. Those human creatures will suffer and cry every minute, every second.
Ghost 2.1
like to frighten people at night, to hear their screams, to feel their souls
with horror of coming end.
Three skeletons are coming
forward and sing a son, it also can be read as a poem. At the very end they let
out a terrifying and blood-curdling shriek.
Skeletons
A
woman in the churchyard sat,
Oo-oo,
oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
She
was very short and fat,
Oo-oo,
oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
She saw three corpses carried in,
Oo-oo, oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
Very
tall and very thin,
Oo-oo,
oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
Woman
to the corpses said,
Oo-oo,
oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
Shall I be like you when I’m dead?
Oo-oo, oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
Corpses
to the woman said,
Oo-oo,
oo-oo, ah-ah, ah-ah!
Yes,
you’ll be like us when you are dead,
WAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!
Bat. We’ll drink their blood, we’ll make the world
change.
Ghoul. People, tremble.
All t о g e t h e r. We are coming. (Suddenly
they notice the children.)
Bat. Oh! Look! What luck! We have something for
dinner!
Ghoul. Take them for our feast.
The evil spirits capture the
children and go away shouting. The bird who was watching everything appears, on
the stage.
Bird. A great trouble. The evil spirits are released
and can capture our land. They will kill little children. I should hurry up and
warn people. (She flies away.)
Scene 2
At the house. The boy is
reading. The bird appears.
Bird. Tim, Tim, something awful has happened. When
John, Ann and Mary were playing in the ruined castle they found a chest. Your
friends opened it and released the evil spirits. They captured your friends
and promised to kill all people.
Tim. It’s impossible! I should help them but I don’t
know how.
Bird. I guess, you should visit an old wise man. He
knows everything. He’ll advise you something.
T і m. Yes, you
are right. I can’t waste time, my friends are in trouble, they can die. I’ll go
right now.
Scene 3
At the old man’s house. Tim
enters the room.
Tim. Good afternoon Mr Wiseman.
Mr.
Wiseman. Afternoon
Tim. Something happened?
Tim. Oh, yes. A really
great disaster has come to our land. My friends opened an old chest and
released a horde of terrifying evil spirits. They can kill people, poison our
lands, the lives of my friends are in danger now. I don’t know what to do.
Mr.
Wiseman. I can help
you. Your friends opened the gates to the underworld, it allowed evil spirits
to roam freely. To save your friends and to drive away all unpleasant spirits
you need to make a huge bonfire. But remember you should lit this bonfire with
some light from jack-o’-lantern.
Tim. Where can I get this jack-o’-lan- tern?
Mr.
Wiseman. Tonight at
the forest it will be the witches’ Sabbath and all bats, skeletons, devils will
be there. You’ll find your friends there, your main aim is to take a jack-о’-lantern and
to light a huge bonfire not far from that place.
Tіm. Thank you,
Mr Wiseman. I’ll do my best to help my friends.
Mr.
Wiseman. The bird
will show you the way. Be careful. It’s very dangerous. Good luck.
Tim. Thank you. Good-bye.
Scene 4
The place at the forest. The
children are tied up. The black cat brews some mixture.
Cat
(atthepot). I’ll brew
the best mixture, there we have (adding): six bat wings, worms in brine, ears
of toads, eight or nine slugs and bugs, snake skins dried, buzzard innards,
pickled, fried. Oh, what a smell!
The witches enter on
broomsticks. The dance of the witches.
Witch 1. Hey! Cackle! Hey! Let’s have fun today. All
shoelaces will have knots. No knots will untie.
Witch 2. Every glass of milk will spill. Nothing wet
will dry.
Witch 3. Every pencil point will break. And everywhere
in town peanut- buttered bread will drop upside down!
Together. Hey! Hey! Hey! Have a pleasant day!
Witch 1. What a nice smell! My favorite drink!
Witch 2. Our dinner is not bad too (points at the
children).
Witch 3. Hey! I hear the guests are coming. Welcome,
dear!
Spirits come out.
Ghoul. How are our little children? Readv to be cooked
for dinner?
Mary. Oh! Mr
Ghoul, please, don’t eat us. We can sing a lovely song for you. Just listen!
They are singing a song.
Ann. Let us go, please. We are not tasty at all.
Witch. Don’t talk any more. Though let’s have fun
today. We’ll play a little bit. The rules are as following: one of you and the
cat have to throw the bones into the basket.
Each
of you will have 10 bones. The creature with more bones in the basket is a
winner. If you babies win, you’ll be eaten tomorrow not today.
Bone game begins. Players have
to throw bones in their own baskets from a 2 meter distance.. The rest of the
actors should loudly support the players. It must be a quick game. The winner
really doesn’t matter. Meanwhile Tim should take jack- o’-lantern, which must
be on stage and then he goes away. In the middle of the game Ghoul notices
jack-o’-lantern has disappeared.
Ghoul. Stop! Stop it! (Nobody
moves.) Our jack-o’-lantern has disappeared. Someone has
stolen it. We should find it. Let’s go.
All
spirits go away. Only children stay.
Scene 5
Tim appears on the stage with
jack-o’-lan- tem and hurries up to the bonfire. Evil spirits
appear then.
Ghoul. We’ll eat you right now, nasty boy. Give that
jack-o’-lantern back.
Tim. No, I want to save my friends. (He lights the
fire. Music sounds. Some spirits go away, some of them fall down. His friends
appear.)
Mary. Oh, thank you, Tim, you saved our lives.
Ann. I’m so happy to be free again. You are very
brave.
John. Thank you. You are a real friend.
Tim. Together, we can defeat even the evil spirits.
Friendship is a real power worth to exist.
Then
children read the poem about friendship. Friendship is a dream, which comes true,
Only when you believe in it
Friendship is a sun, which rises, Only when your heart has set on it Friendship
is a throne, on which you can sit,
Only
when you share your kingdom with it
Friendship
is a path, which you will find,
Only when you know you are lost
Friendship is a hand that holds yours, Only when you extend yours.
Story-teller. So, my dear friends. That is the
happy end of my story about four friends and evil spirits. The truth is j simple: if you have real
friends, you can overcome
everything. Even the spirits j can’t capture you.
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