A little bit about the music classroom:

In music class students will sing, move, listen, imitate, explore, experience, analyze, classify, create, share, perform, notate, read, improvise, cooperate, and most importantly HAVE FUN!!!! We strive to create innovative, engaging lesson plans which include singing, playing instruments, and moving in each of our lessons. Music is important here at Dolvin Elementary. Studies show that students who receive music perform better on tests involving reading, math, problem solving, and logical thinking.


Dig It!

We are so excited to bring back the 3rd grade musical Dig It! Please find information below to practice for audition roles and or practice your song lyrics! Please review the dates for our shows on the musical tab.

Auditioned Roles:
Taki - girl
Tut - boy
Lucy - girl
Imhotep
King Zoser
Egyptian Peasants
Sophocles
Heriditus
Romulus
Remus
Roman Soldiers

Audition Practice Script
Taki and Tut Audition Sheet
The place: Hadar, Ethiopia (Eastern Africa) November 30, 1974. The stage is completely dark. Spooky music underscores the beginning of this scene. Two archeologists (Take and Tut) enter with flashlights as though they are hunting for something. They should have al ot of “scary fun” shining the light to see where they are going… sometimes at the audience, sometimes to their own face or their parnter’s face, etc. they are excited and use loud stage whipsers so that they can be heard.
Taki:    Whoa! It’s dark in here. This is scary…. There it is! This way, Tut! I’m telling you, this is the best thing you’ve ever seen.
Tut:     But Taki! I can’t see a thing! Ethiopia is scary in the dark!
Taki:   Your basement is scary in the dark to you, Tut. You’ve got to see what we found yesterday. I’m telling you, it must be the greatest archeological discovery ever!
Tut:    But why do we have to look for it in the dark?
Taki:  Because Doctor Gray and Doctor Johanson probably wouldn’t like us poking around in their did before they announce their discovery. Besides, it’s spookier this way. This is a show you know!
(Gradually the lights are seen backing toward one another downstage center. They bump into Lucy (the skeleton) standing mid-stage. They both scream.)



Lucy Audition
(Taki and Tut both slowly look at Lucy very slowly with their flashlights. They lean their faces in very close to hers to get a closer look.)
Lucy:                    Boo!
Taki & Tut:         AHHH!

(They run into each other and fall down)
(Lucy moves freely now and stands between the two of them laughin)

Lucy:                    Hello, kids! My name is Lucy! What’s yours?

(after a moment’s hesitation, Taki and Tut look at the audience and screen again)

Taki & Tut:         Ahhhh!!!!
Lucy:                    Kinda jumpy, aren’t ya guys? What’s the matter? Haven’t you ever seen a real   fossil belore?
Taki & Tut:         (hesitate, then scream) Ahhhh!!
Lucy:                    (rolling her eyes) Good grief! Look, I’ve been lying around here for 3 million years. I’ve got calcium deposits older than the two of you. Can’t we just be friends?
Tut:                      But you’re a…. a…. skeleton.
Lucy:                    (sarcastically, talking to the audience) Boy, we’ve got a smart on here! Is that your final answer or do you wanna use a lifeline? (She laughs at her own joke.)
Taki:                    But skeletons can’t talk…. Can they?
Lucy:                    (playing dumb) Duh! Well, I don’t know. Let’s see… am I talking or not? Wait ‘til I decide to sing, buddy… you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!



Imhotep, Peasants, and King Zoser Audition
Imhotep:            (very worried) King Zoser! Grain is scarce.
Peasant 1:          (in anguish) I’ve got no grain
Imhotep:            The fruit has all dried up.
Peasant 2:          (desperate) Look at my fruit! It’s completely dried up!
Imhotep:            People are so desperate that they are robbing their neghbors.
(Two peasants are standing together. One is holding a sandwich)

Non-sandwich-holding Peasant: Wow! Look at that, it’s Elvis! (points off stage)
(As the peasant, that is holding a sandwhich looks to where he is pointing, the speaker steals his sandwich and runs away. The other chases him.)
(Children start to cry and wail in agony)

Imhotep:            Children are crying and old people are as sad as can be! What are we going to do?
Zoser:                  (very happy) I know! Build me a pyramid!
(Imhotep and the rest of the cast look at the audience in disbelief)

Zoser:                  (very serious) But first, I must learn the name of the God of the Nile. Then we can offer sacrifices to that god and he will help us. Everybody! (all stop moving and look at him) Go to sleep at once!
Zoser:                  Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Egyptians, I’ve had a marvelous and rather brief dream. The name of the god of the Nile is Khum. That’s K-H- oh never mind. We must offer him gifts. The years of hunger have nded. Now we can build the great Egyptian civilization that people will talk about for generations to come. I know that your hungry, but first things first. So, we’ll start with a giant pyramid which shall be my tomb!



Sophocles & Heritus audition
(A group of choristers enter wearing Greek-style togas. They might also wear masks as they are the Greek chorus. They speak rhythmically in unison all the time.)

Chorus:               WE ARE THE CHORUS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. WE HAVE TO ACT TOGETHER SO WE PRACTICE FOR WEEKS. LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY FOR WHEN WE SPEAK, WE WILL TELL YOU ALL THE WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
Sophocles:         (like the director of a play) No, no, that will never do! Nobody will believe you if you don’t give it more emotion! No please… one more time with feeling!
Chorus:               WE ARE THE CHORUS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. WE HAVE TO ACT TOGETHER SO WE PRACTICE FOR WEEKS. LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY FOR WHEN WE SPEAK, WE WILL TELL YOU ALL THE WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
Heriditus:           How’s it going, Sophocles? Is the play almost finished?
Sophocles:         Terrible, just terrible, Heriditus. The play festival in Athens is less than a week away and I can’t get the chorus to work together for anything.
Heriditus:           Well, what’s the new play about anyway?
Sophocles:         It’s supposed to be about all of the wonderful things of Greece that will be around thousand of years after we are all dead and gone.
Heriditus:           Sounds interesting.
Sophocles:         It is interesting. But I can’t seem to come up with the right hook to tie it all together.
Heriditus:           How about…. (dramatically as though she see the name in lights) “The Odyssey?”
Sophocles:         No. Homer beat me to it.
Heriditus:           (again with drama) How about “Greece: The Musical!”
Sophocles:         It’ll never fly.
Sophocles & Heriditus:  (scratching their heads) Hummmm!
Chorus:               HOW ABOUT GREECE IS THE WORD?

Remus & Romulus Audition
Remus:               No Romulus! I’m telling you, I had a dream. And in this dream I saw six vultures flying over the exact spot where we should build the city.
Romulus:            No, Remus! I too had a dream. And in my dream I saw 12 vultures flying over the exact spot where we were found as babies in that basket and raised by that wolf! 12 is more than 6, and so that is where we should build the city.
Remus:               Six is an omen from the gods that the spot I chose is right!
Romulus:            12 is a bigger omen!
Remus:               6!
Romulus:            12!
Remus:               6!
Romulus:            12!
Remus:               I’m telling, Mom!
Romulus:            What does she care? She’s a wolf for pete’s sake! (matter of factly, then runs off stage)

Roman Soldier Audition:
Roman #1:          Hey, Romulus, how’s Rome coming along?
Roman #2:          Hey Romulus! Heard you were having some problems with your aqueducts?
Romulus:            Look guys! It can’t be built in a day, you know.
Roman #3:          No need to be snippy, Romulus!
Roman #4:          I just hope it’s ready for Caesar’s big bash on Saturday night.
Roman #5:          Oh, rats! I forgot all about the big party. And I don’t have a thing to wear!
Roman #6:          Don’t worry! The word is out that dress is white Toga, so you’re all set!
Roman #7:          Togas! Great! I’ve got a linen closet full of them!

Roman #8:          Well then, what are you waiting for? Let’s go! 

Class Costume Suggestions/Assignments:
Class Assignments 2018-2019
So Long Ago - Kerns
In My Tomb - Watkins (Egyptian Peasant Workers) / Cutright (Mummies)
Greece is the Word - Fletcher / Clark (chorus & dancers - they choose)
Toga Party Tonight - Bruns

Ideas/Suggestions:
Skeletons
-       long black clothes
-       Attach bones to the clothing (students will work on drawing and cutting out bones in class.
-       Brightly colored / neon hats (PROVIDED BY THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT)
-       PURCHASE/PROVIDE: The art teachers will need paper for bones.  (your choice, either florescent or white paper)

Egyptian Mummies:
-       White Clothes
-       A few wraps of toilet paper (or gauze due to the mess in the school last year J) around their head, wrists, waists, and knees
-       White masks (PROVIDED BY THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT)

Egyptian Workers:
-       Tan / Brown clothes
-       Brown Make-up on face to resemble dirt
-       Messy hair
-       Rope belts around waists

Greeks:
-       Pillow Case (as short toga top)
-       Light Shorts (beige or white)
-       Belt (have toga pulled to drape over the belt, if possible)
-       Greek Chorus Members will have colorful masks (PROVIDED BY THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT)
-       Greek Dancers will have “Olive Wreaths” as a headbands made in art. (students will work on drawing and cutting out the headbands in Art class. What they do not finish will need to be finished at home or in class)
-       PURCHASE/PROVIDE: The art teachers will need green construction paper for the wreaths.

Romans:
-       White sheets worn / pinned as togas
-       Maybe a gold belt / rope of some sort as a belt
-       Girls will need Gold Ribbon to wrap around their hair / heads

-       Boys will wear bright colored visors (PROVIDED BY THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT)

Main Character Suggested Costumes:
Taki & Tut :  Safari looking, tan / beige clothes, hats, hiking boots
Lucy : Dressed like skeletons
Imhotep : Dressed Like Egyptian Workers
King Zoser :
-       Tall cone shaped crown (paper)
-       Gold amulet color around neck
-       White Clothes
-       Gold Belt
Peasants : Egyptian Workers Suggestion
Sophocles : Greek Costume Suggestion
Heriditus : Greek Costume Suggestion
Romulus : Roman Costume Suggestion
Remus : Roman Costume Suggestion

Soldiers : Roman Costume Suggestion

LYRICS
So Long Ago
Verse 1:
If you really want to know
Pay attention to our show
When you do, we think you’ll see
You can learn from history
We can look at Greece or Rome
And the folks who called it home.
If you give your brain a turn
There is just so much to learn
From long ago!
So long ago!
Gee, it happened long ago!
Verse 2:
We can travel up the Nile,
Take a cruise Egyptian style
Maybe hike on the Great Wall,
If you like we’ll do it all.
There’s so much to history,
Take a tip from Ptolemy,
From Iraq to Hackensack,
This is your chance to go back
To long ago!
Yeah it happened long ago
Yeah it happened long ago
So long ago!
Yeah it happened long ago
Gee it happened long ago!
What can we learn from the past?
What can we learn?
That we don’t already know?
That we don’t know?
What will we see?
What will we see?
What will we hear?
What we’ll here
When we dance back through the years!
(Shout) Let’s go!
(Dance Break)
What can we learn from the past?
What can we learn?
That we don’t already know?
That we don’t know?
What will we see?
What will we see?
What will we hear?
What we’ll here
When we dance back through the years!
So long ago!
Yeah it happened long ago!
Yeah it happened long ago!
So long ago!
Yeah it happened long ago!
Gee it happened long a, see it happened long a,
Gee it happened long ago!

Gee it happened long ago!

In My Tomb

(sing-song style)
(solo 1)
There I was just a sitting by the Nile.
Long cam e a Pharaoh and he stayed a while
Said, “Build a pyramid clear up to the sky,
So I have a place to lay me down if ever I should die”
In my tomb
In my tomb
(solo 2)
Get to get ready for the afterlife.
I’d like to take some guards along and my newest wife!
Now I’ll have to have some food,
But I won’t need a car.
Put my drinks in an urn and my organs in a jar.
In my tomb
In my tomb
In my tomb
(singing)
I like a lot of jewelry and if I have a vote,
Put me in a mask and don’t forget a boat!
Bury me with gold and a million candlesticks.
They can learn a lot about me with your
Hieroglyphics!
In my tomb
In my tomb
In my tomb

Mummy: You heard from me esophagus! Now work on my sarcophagus!

Zosar: “I want my mummy!  I really want my mummy!

(repeat singing verse)
I like a lot of jewelry and if I have a vote….

Greece Is the Word!

Solo:
There are so many groovy things that we got from the Greeks
Comedy and tragedy and even words we speak
I could tell you all of them but it would take a week.
And though it all may seem absurd
Greece is the word!
All:
So you see there really is so very much to learn
What is an Acropolis and what’s a Grecian urn?
Everything is Greek to me so Greece is my concern.
Why don’t you take a turn?
For, Greece is the word!

Ai yi yi yi
Everybody Dance
Ai yi yi yi
Come and take a chance
Ai yi yi yi
Stamp and clap your hands (stomp/clap)
Do the Grecian dance along with me!

From them came Olympics and the first democracy
Not to mention Baklava and even botany
Architects and algebra and sweet Antigone,
I think it’s plain to see,
Greece is the word!

So you see there really is so very much to learn.
What is an Acropolis and what’s a Grecian urn?
Ev’rything is Greek to me so Greece is my concern.
Why don’t you take a turn?
For, Greece is the word!
Ai yi yi yi
Everybody Dance
Ai yi yi yi
Come and take a chance
Ay yi yi yi
Stamp and clap your hands (stomp/clap)
Do the Grecian dance along with me!

Ai yi yi yi
Everybody Dance
Ai yi yi yi
Come and take a chance
Ay yi yi yi
Stamp and clap your hands (stomp/clap)
Do the Grecian dance along with me!

Ai yi yi yi
Everybody Dance
Ai yi yi yi
Come and take a chance
Ai yi yi yi
Stamp and clap your hands (stamp/clap)
Do the Grecian dance along with me!

Do the Grecian dance along with me!
(slower)
Do the Grecian dance along with me!
O-pa!

Toga Party Tonight

Come on everybody

Can’t you feel the beat?
Grab a chum and have some fun;
Toga party tonight!

Here’s your invitation,
Dress to beat the heat,
Get a sheet, and knot it neat;
Toga party tonight!
Oh Yeah!
Toga party tonight!
Everyone will have some fun
Toga party tonight!
In the rain or in the sun;
Toga party tonight!
We won’t quit ‘til everyone
Toga party tonight!
Hops around the Parthenon!
Toga party tonight!
(shout)
Come on! Here we go now!
(sing)
Gotta get a toga and head for the party tonight.
(Toga party – toga party!)
Here to Saratoga everything’s gonna be alright.
(Toga party – toga party!)
You really ought to see ‘em down at the Coliseum
Toga party tonight!

Everyone will have some fun;
Toga party tonight
In the rain or in the sun;
Toga party tonight!
We won’t quit ‘til everyone
Toga party tonight!
Hops around the Parthenon!
Toga Party tonight!

Toga party! (8 times: question / answer)
You really ought to see ‘em down at the Coliseum
Toga party tonight!
(I feel a breeze)
Toga party tonight!
(The latest fashion)
Toga party tonight!
(One size fits all!)
Toga party tonight!
(Party tonight! YEAH!)