Introduction

Emily and Karlie are writing this blog as a way to chronicle their first full year out of college. Watch them test the waters with the tips of their toes, and slowly stretch out their wings and fly, fly, away. Poetry... is not what you will find in these posts.
Americorps scooped up Emily and sent her off to Washington state, and Karlie is nestled in a house in the Champlain Islands teaching music to 3-14 year olds.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

"Down By the Bayou" (Where the Cypress Knees Grow...)

Oopsa, haven't written in over two months, classic Karlie.


Here's a picture of my classroom's (somewhat) NEW RUG as compensation for my 
lack-of-posts. 


We're going to leave all that has happened in that time up for your imagination and focus on what lies ahead.

Most excitingly, and most time consuming currently, is the Kindergarten through Fourth Grade play!
I wrote the script based off of the song "Alfred Alligator," whose lyrics I listed in my previous post. The play is called "Down By the Bayou," and is filled with Dixieland music, alligators, frogs, frog hunters, and a Voodoo Troupe. The third and fourth graders have filled the speaking parts, our first and second graders have been hard at work developing their frog characters (creating their "walk," what they do during the day, designing their costumes,) and the Kindergarteners have begun working out what it would be like to be an alligator down in the Bayou.

It will feature borrowed songs such as "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Down by the Riverside," "Gonna Take You There," (from "Princess and the Frog,") "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," and a Karlie original... (fingers crossed on that one.) If you're interested in being a part of the Dixieland Pit Band, (for no compensation other than maybe some snacks and hugs forever,) Lemme knowww!

Here is a link to the quick video I made highlighting the audition process the 3/4 students went through.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1y_JIzZwf8


(I can't embed the video because Blogger is awful.)

Now accepting ideas for costuming 24 Frogs, 19 Alligators, and a whole bunch of other random animals. Post ideas in the comments section! (Look I'm tricking you into commenting.)

Thank you,
Karlie


PS: Here's a link to my music program's blog! As you can see, I pay it little more attention than this blog, but I'm trying!



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