OCTOBER
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SONGS
Festival of Lights (Diwali)
Ooga Booga
Halloween Song
Complimentary Creatures - play
The FBMI - play
The Difference - play and song
La bruja - traditional Mexico
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Festival of Lights
Text by Kiah
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Diwali, a festival of lights!
There are fire crackers,
Rangoli,
Henna,
5 Days of Diwali, 5 Days of Diwali!
There are diyas everywhere on all 5 nights,
Goddess Lakshmi comes to bless our home,
And Rama comes back
with his wife Sita and brother to Diwali.
A festival of lights!
A festival of lights!
A festival of lights, Diwali.
A festival of lights!
A festival of lights!
A festival of lights, Diwali.
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Ooga Booga (traditional)
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Ooga Booga, Ooga Booga, Ooga Booga, Ooga Booga (Howling of wolves)
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When the witches party together,
In the wild and dark, stormy weather,
How they love to shout, “OOGA BOOGA,”
When they dance about, “OOGA BOOGA,”
Black cats are dancing,
Ghosts are a-prancing,
When the witches party together,
In the wild and dark, stormy weather,
How they love to shout, “OOGA BOOGA,”
When they dance about, “OOGA BOOGA,”
Black cats are dancing,
Ghosts are a-prancing,
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When the witches party together,
In the wild and dark, stormy weather,
Shhhhhhh ….1, 2, 3, 4 – BOO!
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Halloween Song of _______________
This is the Halloween Song of ___________ Elementary,
This is the time when the students turn into “ghouls,”
This is the time when teachers carve their pumpkins,
Spiders crawl and ghosts float around the schools,
oooooo
a (short sound)
ssssssss
grrrrrrr
eek (8 times only)
BOO ----- Boo
This is the Halloween Song of ___________________.
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Principal ________________ transforms into __________.
Mummies stumble into our classrooms,
Vampires hang upside down in the cafeteria,
Over the schoolyard witches fly their brooms.
oooooo
a (short sound)
ssssssss
grrrrrrr
eek (8 times only)
BOO ----- BOO!
This is the Halloween
This is the Halloween
This is the Halloween Song of ___________________!
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Evil laughter (watch conductor for sharp cut off)
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Complimentary Creatures
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Setting: A country road at midnight
Characters: Narrator, Witch, Vampire
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Narrator: Welcome to "Complimentary Creatures."
In this episode a witch and a vampire meet on a country road.
It is midnight.
Witch: Well hello, vampire.
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Vampire: Good evening, witch. It is so good to see you.
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Witch: Is that a new cape? You look so stylish!
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Vampire: Why thank you, witch. I must say that the spiders
in your hair are very well behaved today.
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Witch: Thank you, vampire. What a kind thing to say.
Well, I have to go meet my sisters in the forest.
We are collecting animal turds for our new recipe.
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Vampire: I also must be on my way. I'm going back to the crypt.
I have to wake up my great-great grandpa.
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Witch: Goodbye, vampire.
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Vampire: Adios, witch.
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Narrator: That concludes this episode of "Complimentary
Creatures." We hope you enjoyed our story. The end.
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The FBMI (Federal Bureau of Monster Investigation)
Setting - Present day, anywhere USA
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Characters: Kid One
Kid Two
Frankenstein
Dracula
Willow the Witch
Zelda the Zombie
The Monster Catcher
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SCENE ONE – An Unordinary Night
Two city kids are sitting on the front steps as the moon is coming up.
Kid One: What are you going to be for Halloween?
Kid Two: I’m going to be __________________. How about you?
Kid One: I haven’t decided yet. I think maybe I’ll be __________________.
Kid Two: I can’t wait!
Kid One: Me neither. Wow, look at that moon. I think it's full.
Kid Two: (like a coyote) Ah ooooooooo!
Frankenstein enters stage right with a look of fear on his face.
His walk is stiff and he is running from something. Kids freeze with terror.
Frank: Rarrrrrr! Rarrrrrr! Help! Help!
Kid One: Please don’t hurt us!
Frankenstein shakes his head. When he speaks, he speaks slowly like he has trouble thinking of the words.
Frank: I need help! Hide me! Please!
Kid Two: You promise you won’t hurt us!
Frank: My face scary and me so big.
People scream all time Me so nice. Me no hurt flea. Hide me. Please!
Kid One: What's your name?
Frank: Frank en...
Kid Two: Frankenstein?! You're Frankenstein?!
No way! I don't believe it!
Kid One: We’ve heard a lot about you. It’s great to meet you. I’m a big fan.
Hey, I’ve got an idea.
Kid One whispers into the other kid’s ear.
Kid Two: We’ll be right back.
Frank: panicked Where You Go?
Kid One: Be back in a minute. We promise.
The kids go into the house. Frank looks scared as he steps back to hide. Dracula walks in from stage left, but doesn’t see Frank hiding in the doorframe. It looks like he's in a hurry. We hear Zelda the Zombie call the darkness up-stage.
Zelda: There you are, you handsome devil!
Dracula stops in his tracks. He looks caught. Zelda limps onto the stage. Dracula has a mysterious voice. Zelda’s voice is weak and creepy.
Dracula: Zelda, you know I'm just an ordinary vampire. My darling, so good to see you.
Where have you been?
Zelda: Where have I been? Where have you been?
I’ve been looking for you for centuries!
315 years ago, you promised to take me for a walk in
the cemetery.
She begins to cry.
Dracula: Yes, well, death isn’t over yet. We’re still young in monster years.
And I must say that you’re looking more horrible than ever.
Zelda: Oh you don’t mean that.
Dracula: Sure I do, darling.
Zelda: Oh, you old bat! You sure know how to make a zombie feel alive again. I forgive you.
Let’s go for that walk you promised me.
They start to leave when they are stopped by the shrill voice of Willow the Witch off stage and as she enters.
Willow: There you are, you lousy bloodsucker!
Zelda: Who do you think you’re talking to, “Witch?”
Willow: Not you, Miss “Drool-a-lot!” Miss “Want-to-Be-Alive!”
Dracula: That isn’t very nice Willow, it’s not polite to call our fellow monsters names.
Willow: Always the gentleman. Forget her. Listen buster, a deal is a deal, and you still owe me
two jars of blood for my new ghoul stew.
Dracula: I haven’t been able to get the type of blood you need. You’re so picky.
She puts her hands on her hips.
Willow: OKAY! Then I want my spiders back. They were some of my rarest spiders.
Dracula: I can’t give them back. I don’t have them anymore.
I gave them to Mummy for his deathday.
Willow: Then get me my blood before sun up or I’ll cast a spell on you.
Dracula: Oh please, not another one.
Zelda: How long have you been casting spells on my manster.
Willow: Are you kidding me? You can have him! I never met such a creep.
Willow stomps off. Suddenly, Dracula screams then pulls back to a whisper.
Dracula: Over there! It's the monster catcher. Hurry! Let's get out of here! This way!
Dracula exits in a sweep and Zelda follows in a stumble.
Frankenstein peaks from the hiding place with a fearful face. Kid One and Two come back out of the house. They are holding a disguise.
Frank: Why… you… leave… me… so…long? Monsters … is … every … where.
Kid One: Are
Frank: Huh?
Kid One: “Are everywhere. Monsters are everywhere.”
Kid Two: Please don’t start correcting his grammar. You’ll be correcting grammar all day.
Communication, that's all that matters, really. Right Frank?
Frank looks perplexed.
Kid Two: Anyhow, what do you mean? Have you seen more
monsters?
Frankenstein’s head bobs up and down with a definite “yes" and counts with his fingers as he remembers who was there.
Frank: Three more monsters.
Kids: in unison Cool!!!!
We hear the monster catcher from off-stage calling in a sing-song voice. "Here monster, monster, monster…"
Kid One: Quick put these on.
Kid Two: This too.
They dress Frank in the hat, glasses, and scarf that they’ve pulled from their parents’ dresser drawers.
MC: Here monster, monster, monster
The MC enters, continuing to call and waving a severed arm like a bone. It looks almost like he’s shaking hands. He is wandering around the perimeter of the stage.
MC: Here monster, monster, monster. I have a treat for you!
Come and get it! Here monster,monster.
He or she can improvise a bit. Finally, the MC wanders up to the kids and Frank, but doesn’t recognize the monster.
MC: Afternoon kids. By any chance, have you seen any monsters wandering around this
neighborhood?
Kid One: Monsters? Really? How fly would that be?
MC: Not fly at all, I’m afraid. These monsters may be armed…
MC pauses to glance at the arm in his/her hand and quickly hides it behind his/her back… MC: ...and dangerous.
Kid Two: There’s no such thing as monsters!
MC: Hey, watch it kid! If there were no monsters, I’d be out of business.
Kid One: Out of business?
MC: You see I’m an official monster catcher. I work for the FBMI, the Federal Bureau of
Monster Investigation. I work for the Feds, you know, the federal government,
Washington D. C.
Kid Two: You mean, like the people who deliver the mail?
MC: Smart kid.
Kid One: How come we’ve never seen you guys around before?
MC: My friend, the answer to that question is top secret tonight, but it’ll be in the headlines
when the sun comes up. If you have any information that may lead to the capture of a
Supranatramontrus, a.k.a. Monster, you’d better report it or face the consequences.
Kid Two: What does that mean, “consequences?”
MC: That’s what happens to you when you do something wrong.
There is a brief moment of pause while the kids think about what is right and wrong.
Kid Two: Well, I haven’t seen any monsters.
Kid One: Me neither.
Frank: Me think me see monsters. One look like bat.
One look like zombie. One look like witch.
MC: Which way?
Frank: Yes, witch.
MC: No, I mean yes, I mean which way did they go?
Frank: Witch went way that.
He points in the direction that Willow exited.
MC: And the others?
Frank points in opposite direction where Drac and Zelda exited.
MC: I’ve been tracking that witch for days, hoping she’ll lead me back to her clan. I’ll deal with
the others later.
The MC dashes off whichever way Willow left.
Kid Two: Phew, that was a close call.
Frank: Thanks… You … Guys! Me … Have … Friends.
Kid One: Hey, did you really see those monsters?
Kid Two: Yeah, did you really see a vampire, zombie, and
witch?
Frank: UHuh.
Kids: That’s awesome!
Frank: Glad…They… No … See Me.
Kid One: Hey, how come you ratted them out?
Frank looks confused.
Frank: Rat did what?
Kid Two: How come you told on them?
Kid One: Aren’t monsters supposed to help other monsters?
Frank: Them monsters … no good.
Kid Two: Well in the stories and movies, you do some pretty terrible things.
Frank: No. You … no … understand. Me good… them bad.
Kid One: Maybe we don’t understand them either. I think we should warn the witches.
Maybe if we start being nice to the witches, they’ll start being nice to us.
Song - "You're Not Just Any Monster" to be sung and performed by the three friends. How kids share the lyrics can be determined by the director or cast members.
You're not just any monster to me.
You're more like friend, don't you see.
I've watched you on TV
alone and with my family,
they screamed and I felt bad for you.
You didn't ask to come to this life.
You didn't ask the doctor to make you a wife.
You didn't ask to be
a different kind of me.
you were without a chance to be free.
You're not just any monster to me.
You're not just any monster to me.
Now we know it's true,
friends can come in any shade.
Green, or Pink, or Brown, or Blue.
Come and join our color parade.
They sing a verse with pretend instruments and nonsense words, vowels, or syllables and then sing...
Let this be the day,
we're not afraid to say
You're not just any monster
You're not just any monster
You're not just any monster to me.
Frank: You're not just any humans to me.
You're my very first friends, don't you see.
People always run away,
but you wanted to stay
and open the opportunity.
You're not just any human to me.
Kid: You're not just any monster to me.
Kid: You're not just any monster to me.
All: You're not just any creature to me.
After a sentimental moment, Frank breaks the silence.
Frank: Me … know … where … live … witches.
Under big orange bridge in cave by bay.
Kid Two: If we take our bikes, we’ll beat him.
Frank: Me got better idea.
Frank starts shaking, there is a cloud of dust as his fantastic wings spring out over the stage.
Frank: Me got wings.
Kid One: We see.
Frank: Them no show them in books and movies.
Them me secret. But now me got friends.
I no need secret. Hop on.
The kids hop on as Frank starts flapping his wings for take off. End of scene black out (if possible) or it could be draped.
SCENE TWO – Witches in a Cave
Setting: Cave in the cliffs by the Golden Gate Bridge. It is foggy, smoky, and dark. We hear a fierce wind rattling and things outside. The backlight is dark, gray or blue, and heavy against a few fires burning. Welcome to the witches’ party. Around the fires, huddle a few warming hands. Some are brewing and serving. Some are dancing with their brooms. Some are dancing with other witches or black cats. All are singing and moving to the beat.
Song – Ooga Booga (traditional)
When the witches party together,
In the wild and dark stormy weather,
How they love to shout “OOGA BOOGA!”
When they dance about “OOGA BOOGA!”
The cats are brought together to dance.
Black cats are dancing.
Ghosts are a prancing.
When the witches party together,
In the wild and dark stormy weather.
Piano brings the song to a close without the lyric.
BOOOOOOO!
Witches freeze as lights fade. They continue to sing, but like from a distance. The kids and Frank have been hiding in the back of the audience. Lights come up on them.
Kid One: whispering with excitement Can you believe this?!
Kid Two: They’re having the time of their life.
Kid One: Let’s go join them….When the witches party
Kids: …together, in the wild and dark stormy….
Kid One is cut off by an anxious Frank.
Frank: Stooooooop!
Kid Two: Why? Look at those smiles. So what,
they eat spiders and rats. I bet they think it’s
silly of us to eat big ole cows or dirty pigs.
Kid One: Actually, they say pigs pay careful attention to
their hygiene.
Frank: Who Gene?
He looks at a patron on the aisle, shakes hands and says…
Frank: You Gene? Hi Gene.
Kid Two: No Frank, hygiene. Cleanliness.
Kid One: Never mind, let's go!
Lights come up and the song finishes. After the last "Boo," the witches laugh hysterically. The laughter fades as Willow takes to the podium and pulls down a map.
Willow: My fellow witches and warlocks.
After so many years of captivity in Area 13,
here we are in San Francisco, California, When the
Most humans don't even believe in us.
The stories they tell about us are horrible and
false. If they only knew about the powers we
have to do good. If they only knew that the
energy crisis would be over
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The Difference
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Setting: A haunted woods and the town
It is midnight
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Characters: 9 Werewolves
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Werewolves: Ahooooooo!
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9 werewolves are in the haunted woods.
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Once upon a time there were 9 werewolves.
4 went exploring in the town.
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The 4 werewolves start walking away.
They look back.
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4 Werewolves: Goodbye, Ahooooo!
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5 Werevolves: Goodbye, Ahooooo!
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How many were left in the woods? 5!
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5 werewolves. Five were left in the woods. 5 werewolves.
5 was the difference in the woods.
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La bruja
(The Witch)
Canción tradicional
Traditional Song
(Spanish)
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1. ¡Ay! qué bonito es volar
a las dos de la mañana,
a las dos de la mañana,
¡ay! qué bonito es volar,
¡ay mamá!
2. Volar y dejarse caer
en los brazos de una dama.
Ay qué bonito es volar
a las dos de las mañana,
¡ay mamá!
3. Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva a su casa,
me vuelve maceta
y una calabaza.
4. Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva al cerrito,
me vuelve maceta
y un calabacito.
5. ¡Ay! dígame, dígame
¡ay! dígame usted
¿cuántas criaturitas
se ha chupado usted?
6. Ninguna, ninguna,
ninguna, no sé,
yo ando en pretensiones
de chuparme a usted.
7. ¡Ay!, me espantó una mujer
en medio del mar salado,
en medio del mar salado,
¡ay! me espantó una mujer,
¡ay mamá!
8. ¿Por qué no quería creer
lo que otros me habían contado?
lo de arriba era mujer
y lo de abajo pescado,
¡ay mamá!
9. Levántate, Petra,
levántate, Juana,
que ahí anda la bruja
debajo 'e la cama.
10. Levántate, Argelia,
levántate, Adela,
que ahí anda la bruja
detrás de tu abuela.
11. ¡Ay! dígame, dígame
¡ay! dígame usted
¿cuántas criaturitas
se ha chupado usted?
12. Ninguna, ninguna,
ninguna, no sé,
yo ando en pretensiones
de chuparme a usted.
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1. Oh, how nice it is to fly
At two o'clock in the morning,
At two o'clock in the morning,
Oh! how nice it is to fly,
Oh mama!
2. To fly and to fall
In the arms of a lady.
Oh, how nice it is to fly
At two o'clock in the morning,
Oh mama!
3. The witch grabs me
And she takes me to her house,
She turns me into a flowerpot
And a pumpkin.
4. The witch grabs me
And she takes me to the little hill,
She turns me into a flowerpot
And a gourd.
5. Oh! Tell me, tell me,
Oh! You must tell me,
How many creatures
Did you drink from?
6. None, none
None, I don't know,
I just want to
Drink from you.
7. Oh, a woman scared me
In the middle of the salty sea,
In the middle of the salty sea,
Oh! A woman scared me,
Oh mama!
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