Musical Rainbow (Place des Arts) – Year-End Recital – 2023
BLUE MOUNTAIN PARK: Tues, June 20th, 2023 – 7pm
(corner of Winlsow & Foster, Coquitlam)
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs for sitting on the grass.
TEDDY BEAR PICNIC: Sat, June 10th – 3pm
LaFarge Lake (north end) at TD Community Plaza
Musical Rainbow Recital FAQs
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (All sing)
HAPPY DAY DAY (All sing)
PERSIAN SPRING SONG (Flowers)
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE (all say I’M GOING TO LET IT SHINE at the end)
COUNT ON ME (all sing first verse and chorus)
HARUGA KITA (V1-Red & Yellow, V2- Green, V3 Blue & Purple)
GREEN SOLO RECORDER: BUTTON YOU MUST WANDER
BLUE SOLO RECORDER: BEETHOVEN THEME
PURPLE SOLO RECORDER: MOZART
CANADA Theme:
O CANADA (Purple on recorder)
THIS GREAT LAND (all sing with rhythm sticks)
CANADA IN MY POCKET (Green, Blue, Purple-coins)
TO THIS LAND (Red & Yellow-Farm animal pics)
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND (all sing)
Recorder: LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH (sing verse 1, then play on recorder)
SONG OF JOY (hold up peace signs and all sing)
All children do not need to know all of the songs. I have indicated special verses for the various levels. If you have any questions give me a call- 778-987-7706 or send an email.
PROPS: Please start to gather the following props. Bring them to class as well so we can rehearse with them.
Green, Blue and Purple please bring your recorders and your songbooks. Also bring a Canadian coin: maple leaf, beaver, schooner or cariboo, Purple class to bring loon or polar bear.
Red & Yellow need a picture (or stuffy) of a farm animal or shack: Pick One: HORSE, COW, PIG or CHICKEN . Can also bring along a TEDDY stuffy for the TEDDY BEAR PICNIC.
All students please bring along a flower (plastic or real), , a BEAR STUFFY, a coloured peace sign, a shaker, two rhythm sticks and a Canada Hat (optional).
Note: If you have not been following the weekly Musical Rainbow notice you may want to do so for this last month of teaching. The newsletter gives dates and locations for the recitals and the rehearsal days ahead. And remember during the week of June 20th there will be no regular classes. We will be going to several parks and doing recitals instead:
JUNE 20th: Blue Mountain park 7pm
JUNE 10th: TEDDY BEAR PICNIC at Lafarge Lake 7pm
TD Community Plaza in Coquitlam
Happy Day Day ! Mr. I
LYRICS:
HAPPY DAY DAY (All students)
Hey hey, it’s a happy day day. Hey, hey it’s a happy day day day. Hey, Hey it’s a happy day day. Hey, it’s a happy day!
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (All students)
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You’ll never know MOM/ DAD how much I love you. I will always love you this way.
PERSIAN SPRING SONG
(all students to bring a flower)
La la la, lala la la la, la la lalala la la la la la
La la la, lala la la la, lala la la la lala la la la.
One flower, two flowers, three thousand flowers (hold up flower)
Dancing in the sun I could watch them for hours.
(La la la……..)
Grass is green, sky is blue, Spring’s in bloom,
And I love you! (la la la……)
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Bruno Mars)
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, I’ll sail the world to find you.
If you ever find yourself in the dark and you can’t see, I’ll be the light to guide you.
Find out what we’re made of, when we are called to help a friend in need.
You can count on me, like one two three, I’ll be there.
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four, three, two
YOu’ll be there, Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh ya
doo doo doo doo doo…..
You can count on me, and I can count on you!
HARUGA KITA (all students with shakers)
Traditional Japanese Folk Song
Chorus:
HARUGA KITA, HARUGA KITA,
DO KO NI, KITA
YA MA NI KITA, SA TO NI KITA
NO NI MO, KITA.
Verse 1 (Red level & Yellow)
SPRING TIME HAS COME NOW,
SPRING TIME HAS COME NOW,
WHERE HAS SPRINGTIME COME?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IN OUR HOME.
Chorus
Verse 2 (Green level)
FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING,
FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING,
WHERE DO FLOWERS BLOOM?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IN OUR HOME.
Chorus
Verse 3 ( Blue & Purple)
SPRING BIRDS ARE SINGING,
SPRING BIRDS ARE SINGING,
WHERE DO SPRING BIRDS SING?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IN OUR HOME.
Chorus
CANADA THEME SONGS ; O CANADA
(Purple Play on recorder only, no singing during concert)
O Canada, our home and native land. True patriot love, in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the true north strong and free.
From far and wide, O Canada we stand on gaurd for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free. O Canada we stand on gaurd for thee.
O Canada we stand on gaurd for thee.
THIS GREAT LAND (Judy Lea)
(Red, Yellow, Green sing English – Blue & Purple sing French)
THERE’S A RAINBOW OF COLOURS IN OUR FACES.
OUR ANCESTORS CAME FROM MANY PLACES.
AND NOW WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER IN THIS GREAT LAND CALLED CANADA.
Chorus: CANADA (clap 3X), CANADA (clap 3X)
THIS GREAT LAND CALLED, CANADA (clap 3X)
CANADA (clap 3X), CANADA (clap 3X)
THIS GREAT LAND CALLED, CANADA (clap 3X)
C-A-N (echo- c-a-n) A-D-A (echo- a-d-a)
C-A-N (echo-c-a-n) A-D-A (echo – a-d-a)
CE SONT LES COLEURS D’UN ARC EN CIEL SUR NOS VISAGES
NOS ANCETRES SONT VENUS DE BEAUCOUP D’ENDROITS.
ET MAINTENANT NOUS HABITONS TOUS ENSEMBLE
DANS CE BEAU PAYS QUI S’APPELLE CANADA.
Repea first verse and Chorus
CANADA IN MY POCKET
(Green, Blue & Purple pick any verse. They are to bring their own coins pictures and stand to sing their chose verse)
Note: Only Purple may bring a LOON or a POLAR BEAR as well.
Michael Mitchell
Chorus: I’ve got Canada in my pocket. A little bit of history.
A penny and a nickel and a quarter and a dime
mean a lot to you and me.
It’s more than pocket money. They’re the symbols of our land.
they’re pictures of important things for which this country stands.
The maple leaf, the maple leaf, It’s a beautiful sight to see.
It waves, ‘Hello’ to us below from the top of a maple tree.
and with every year that passes. It grows like you and me.
So, should we all grow straight and tall like the lovely maple tree.
The beaver, oh the beaver, It’s a beautiful sight to see.
He’s a happy, furry animal like a teddy bear with teeth.
He’s never ever lazy. He works all night and day.
Building houses for his family. He’s got no time to play.
The schooner, oh the schooner. It’s a beautiful sight to see.
It’s a great big wooden sailing ship that can sail across the sea.
And it brings to other countries, the things that people need
And it brings back things like chocolate bars and books for us to read.
The caribou the caribou, it’s a beautiful sight to see
He’s a really big strong animal I’m sure you’ll all agree.
He looks like Santa’s reindeer. And he loves it when the wind blows cold.
So he lives up north with the polar bears, cause he likes the ice and snow.
The loon oh the loon, what a beautiful sight to see.
In the Summer we see her at the lake, as she swims so gracefully.
She Winters by the ocean, when the cold winds start to blow.
Her silver back and her haunting call is what we’ve come to know.
The Polar Bear, the Polar Bear, what a beautiful sight to see.
He walks on the frozen tundra, and he swims in the Arctic Sea.
He’s the largest bear in the world, standing over 3 meters high.
If he comes near he’s dangerous, You better run or you might ……
(note leave out last word for audience to guess).
Chorus.
CANADA RAP (red & yellow)
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, ONTARIO, QUEBEC
NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOUR
NUNAVUT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, YUKON TERRITORY
CANADA !
When I First Came To This Land (Red & Yellow to pic their own farm animal and stand to sing when animal is called – or the shack)
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND,
NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND,
SO I GOT MYSELF A FARM, AND I DID WHAT I COULD
AND I CALLED MY FARM………….MUSCLE IN MY ARM
BUT THE LAND WAS SWEET AND GOOD AND I DID WHAT I COULD.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND, NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND
SO I GOT MY SELF A ……….
SHACK………..BREAK MY BACK
HORSE. ………. TROUBLE OF COURSE
COW…………..NO MILK NOW
PIG…………….NOT VERY BIG
HEN…………..NO EGGS AGAIN
SHEEP…………NOT MUCH SLEEP
(All together at the end:SO I GOT MYSELF A SONG, And I Called My Song:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, ……
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Woody Guthrie
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND,
FROM BONAVISTA, TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
TO THE GREAT LAKE WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH (Green Blue Purple sing then play on recorder)
(Native melody) – note Green students do not need to play if they are not ready
Verse 1 – Green, Blue & Purple sing then play on recorder.
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH, HOME OF THE BEAVER
WHERE STILL THE MIGHTY MOOSE WANDERS AT WILL
BLUE LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE
I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM.
Down in the forest, Deep in the lowlands.
My heart cries out to thee, hills of the north.
BLue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more.
Boom dee dee Boom Boom……
High on a rocky ledge, I’ll build my wigwam,
Close to the water’s edge, silent and still.
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more,
Boom de de Boom, Boom, Boon de de Boom Boom<
Boom dee dee Boom Boom, boom.
SONG OF JOY
(All sing and hold up peace sign)
Come and sing a song of joy for peace will come to everyone.
Come and sing a song of joy for peace will come to everyone.
When we sing we open our heart and fill up the world with love and joy.
Come and sing a song of joy for peace will come to everyone.
(dat’s it!)
Merci, Mr. I
