Wednesday, November 26, 2014

THANKSGIVING LESSON

This is a lesson given to the teachers
at our school to teach with
 for Thanksgiving:

History of Thanksgiving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslqtUMwDxA
Ask a few questions
about the video.
Ask students what they
are thankful for this year.
Close with:
Linus'
Thanksgiving Prayer

HERE IS A THANKSGIVING SONG 
I WROTE TO THESE WORDS:
A special day when we can sing
To give thanks for ev'rything;
A day for turkeys to be sad,
A day for us to be so glad.

TO BE PLAYED
ON THE RECORDER

USING THE RHYTHM
OF THE SAME WORDS
STUDENTS CAN CREATE
A NEW MELODY
USING SOLFEGE


THEN THEY CAN CHANGE
THE SOLFEGE TO NOTES
AND PLAY THEIR SONG

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THANKSGIVING SONGS

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day will soon be here
It comes around but once a year
If I could only have my way,
We'd have Thanksgiving every day
Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth by Currier and Ives
President George Washington's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
Issued, October 3, 1789
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President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed
Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863,
supposedly as a response to a campaign
organized by magazine editor Sara Joseph
Hale. In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
moved Thanksgiving Day forward one week,
as it is presently celebrated.

The Pilgrims Came
The Pilgrims came across the sea,
And never thought of you and me;
And yet it's very strange the way
We think of them Thanksgiving day.

We tell their story, old and true
Of how they sailed across the blue,
And found a new land to be free
And built their homes quite near the sea.

Every child knows well the tale
Of how they bravely turned the sail
And journeyed many a day and night,
To worship God as they thought right.
~Author Unknown.~
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Come Ye Thankful People, Come
Instrumental with Lyrics

Thanksgiving
The year has turned its circle,
The seasons come and go.
The harvest all is gathered in
And chilly north winds blow.

Orchards have shared their treasures,
The fields, their yellow grain,
So open wide the doorway ---
Thanksgiving comes again!
~Old Rhyme.~
We Gather Together
We Gather Together
Instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3RbJk4TvI0

WE GATHER TOGETHER:
A PARODY
WE GATHER TOGETHER
TO ASK THE LORD'S BLESSING
FOR TURKEY AND DRESSING
AND CRANBERRY SAUCE.
IT WAS SLIGHTLY DISTRESSING
BUT NOW WE'RE CONVALESCING
SO SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME
AND FORGET NOT TO FLOSS.

 OUR NEAREST AND DEAREST
WE DON'T WANT CONFESSING
IT'S SORT OF DEPRESSING
TO HAVE THEM SO NEAR.
OUR FEELINGS SUPPRESSING
FOR LIGHTLY ACQUIESCING
AND PERFECTLY PROFESSING
WE'RE GLAD THEY WERE HERE.

 WE GATHERED TOGETHER
AND GOT THE LORD'S BLESSING
OF COURSE WE'RE JUST GUESSING
'CAUSE HOW CAN YOU TELL?
OUR STOMACH'S ARE BLOATING
OUR KIDNEYS NEARLY FLOATING
HELLOS ARE VERY NICE 
BUT GOODBYES CAN BE SWELL
http://spikesmusic.spike-jamie.com
'Twas the Night of Thanksgiving'
Twas the night of Thanksgiving,
But I just couldn't sleep.
I tried counting backwards,
I tried counting sheep

 The leftovers beckoned ---
The dark meat and white,
But I fought the temptation
with all of my might.

 Tossing and turning
with anticipation
The thought of a snack
became infatuation.

 So I raced to the kitchen,
Flung open the door,
And gazed at the fridge
full of goodies galore.

 I gobbled up turkey
and buttered potatoes,
Pickles and carrots,
beans and tomatoes.

 I felt myself swelling
so plump and so round,
Till all of a sudden,
I rose off the ground !!

 I crashed through the ceiling.
Floating into the sky....
With a mouthful of pudding
and a handful of pie,

 But I managed to yell
as I soared past the trees ...
HAPPY EATING TO ALL !!
PASS THE CRANBERRIES PLEASE !!
Over the river and through the woods - reminds me of Christmas at grandma's
Over The River and
Through the Woods
Over The River and
Through the Woods
Performed by:
Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters



Over the River To Grandma's
Grandma Moses: Over The River To Grandma, 1945
Here is a funny Thanksgiving song:
Thanksgiving Overture
Based on
Rossini's William Tell Overture

THANKSGIVING TONGUE TWISTERS
Ten tricky two-toed turkeys
trotted on the table.
Greedy gobblers
grabbed the gravy.
Floyd flipped
five fine flapjacks!
Six sick swans
slurped soup slowly.
Chef chopped
cheese chunks cheerfully.
Betty baked a better batch
of buttered biscuits.
Eleven leaping lizards
licked lovely lemon lollipops.
Peter Pilgrim picked
a peck of pickled peppers;
a peck of pickled peppers,
Peter Pilgrim picked.
If Peter Pilgrim picked
a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers
Peter Pilgrim picked?
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Friday, November 21, 2014

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

QUOTE:
"The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history."
AUTHOR: Robert Rauschenberg
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"An artists creates art as a response to what he/she
  experiences during the course of a lifetime."












COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY

EUGENE ONEGIN
OPERA
Onegin
EUGENE ONEGIN
WALTZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz7JREul22g
Waltz from Eugin Onegin Act 2 Main Theme
Elena Samokish-Sudkovskaya: Eugene Onegin
EUGENE ONEGIN OPERA
Lyric Scenes in 3 Acts
After Alexander Pushkin
Portrait of Eugene Onegin by Pushkin
File:Kiprensky Pushkin.jpg
Alexander Pushkin
EUGENE ONEGIN
OPERA
(Complete)
Sir Georg Solti, Conductor
John Alldis Choir
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, 1987

Ilya Repin, Duel Between Onegin and Lenski, from Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, 1899.
Ilya Repin:  Duel Between Onegin and Lenski (1899)
Ilya Repin: The Duel between Onegin and Lensky (1901) 
A movie was made of the original story
written by the author Russian author
Alexander Pushkin.
The story Eugene Onegin tells of Larina,
a widow, who lives in the country with her
two daughters Olga and Tatiana. Olga is
more cheerful and outgoing than her
younger sister, who spends her time
reading romantic novels. Olga is engaged
to a young landowner named Lensky.
One day Lensky brings a friend from the
city to visit Larina and her daughters. His
name is Eugene Onegin, a man who is
cynical, unemotional and bored by life.
Tatiana doesn't realize this and falls
passionately in love with him almost the
moment she sees him. She writes a letter
to tell him but Eugene does not reciprocate
and tells her not to be so ridiculous.
Tatiana is heartbroken.
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