El Do Opens
__________ Hello everyone and welcome to Samsung Hall and the SFUSD Arts Festival.
What a place, huh?
__________ We are singing scholars from El Dorado Elementary.
__________ We open with song by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
__________ Its from 1975, but could’ve been written yesterday.
Song – “WAKE UP EVERYBODY!”
__________ Please note that double negatives such as “The world won’t get no better,” should only be used in song lyrics, poetry, and quotation marks.
__________ Our next song is called “Voice of the People.”
__________ We rotate the names of civil rights leaders.
__________ Frederick Douglass just came back to the song on his 200th birthday.
Song – “VOTP”
___________ Of course, without language there is no voice?
___________ There are 6,909 living languages in the world today.
___________ Speaking of languages, vamos a cantar en español.
Song – “En español”
__________ Our last song is from a movie that celebrates the Mexican tradition of Dio de Los Muertes.
__________ Please feel free to sing along with us.
__________ Coming up next, Carver
__________ They will carry on with more songs.
Song – “Remember Me”
El Do – Carver Transition
__________ Let’s give it up again for El Dorado Elementary.
__________ Yes, we at Carver Elementary also like to practice
Arts Integration?
__________ Arts Integration? What’s that?
__________ Learning other subjects when making art.
__________ Anyhow, a good place to start is the beat.
__________ To open our part of the show, we introduce Mr. Cooper-Smith and our drum core.
2 Drum Songs
__________ We now present one of the songs we learned from Flocabulary.
__________ It tells the story of Dr. George Washington Carver.
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Song – “Three Names George Washington Carver “
__________ Last week, on March 14, we celebrated International Pi Day by singing this next song.
__________ Stop it! You’re making me hungry.
__________ We’re not talking that kind of pie.
Song – “The Pi Song”
What is the meaning of Pi?
We’re not talking about Granny’s pie.
We’re talking about the secret of a circle.
Oh where would we be without Pi?
3.1415....
Subsitute Apple, then Pizza
Then 3.141592653589…… .
__________ Our next song requires not introduction.
Song – “Parts of Speech”
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs,
Adjectives, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections!
__________ Our final song reminds us that change begins with us
and continues with us working together.
__________ It is from the TV Show “Empire.”
__________ We invite you to sing along, adding voice to power.
Song – “Powerful”
__________ Stick around! Bessie Carmichael Elementary will bring us some more songs to learn by.
Carver – Bessie Transition
__________ Let’s give it up again for Carver.
“Powerful,” we love that song!
__________ First up from Bessie Carmichael, a small group under the direction of Maggie De Guzman.
Performance by Ms. De Guzman and guests
__________ 2nd grade will now join them to sing some songs.
If you are tired of seeing Mr. Peter, we are his last school performing today.
__________ We are also by far his largest group here today.
__________ Why do we have so many?
__________ Because our school is close enough to walk, and we didn't have to take buses.
__________ That makes our first song quite ironic.
Song – “Transportation”
__________ Our next song has led to some debate.
__________ A few years ago, a first grader argued with Mr. Peter that there were 5 oceans,
not 4 like most grown ups learned in grade school. To prove his case, the first grader brought a book that showed the ocean area around Antarctica as “The Southern Ocean.”
___________ Some still hold on to the notion that there are 4 oceans.
When you think about it, there is only one big ocean, because they are all connected.
Song – “It’s a Cycle.”
__________ And now, “The Rock Song.”
Song – The Rock Song
__________ Well, it looks like we are almost out of time.
__________ Together, our three schools have covered many topics.
__________ We close our trilogy with “Cooperation.”
__________ Thanks to the Asian Art Museum and VAPA for hosting us today.
___________ Thanks to our families, teachers, and friends for their support.
___________ And of course, thank you, the audience, for sharing part of your day with us.
Song – “Cooperation”