Kids 'Rock the World' for a Better Environment-Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! A lot has changed since 1989 when the popular Assignment: Earth hit the stage! We now have cellphones (and what to do with old ones) the internet (for a wide range of information on theenvironment) and hybrid and alternative fueled vehicles. Are we keeping up with the times? What are we doing to make our world a better place to live? Update: Earth is a 30-minute musical review about our ongoing quest tobetter the world's environment. It features 7 original pop/rock songs with simple dialogue and characters flexible enough to perform with one class or the entire student body. Kick-off the Fall with Update: Earth to set anenvironmental theme that will last throughout the year or perform it in the Spring in conjunction with Arbor Day. The Teacher Edition comes complete with piano/vocal arrangements script and John Jacobson's choreography andstaging tips. Publications printed on recycled paper. Available: Teacher Edition Singer Edition 5-Pak Preview CD (with vocals) Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: Approx. 30 minutes. For Gr. 3-8.

Building on 36 Solos for Young Singers (available as HL00740143) this collection contains traditional and folk songs with limited ranges for late-elementary to mid-teen singers. The book includes intermediate-level piano arrangements and the companion CD features professionally recorded accompaniments for performance or practice.Songs include: 'The Band Played On' 'Grandfather's Clock' 'The Glendy Burk' 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' 'Love's Wondrous Garden' 'This Little Light of Mine' 'Wait for the Wagon' and more. Ideal contest solos for young singers!

A Musical Tweet for Christmas-Email? Text? Post? Tweet? Skype? Christmas is almost here and the entire family is frantic about getting their lists to Santa in time. Exhausted super Mom is ready for an island vacation choked-up Dad doesn't need any moreridiculous ties big brother Axel is on the move and needs some wheels little brother Joey wants a puppy and Grandma and Grandpa want to try out their new matching sweat suits with one of those fancy dance revolution machines.But see how little sister Molly's handwritten letter reminds everyone of the true meaning of the season ? sincerely! Join the holiday hi-tech fun with clever songs hilarious antics and a full evening of entertainment thatwill leave your audience in stitches! This musical ?tweet? is designed for performers in upper elementary and middle school and features 7 original songs and a script with 18 main speaking parts. The Teacher Editionis filled with quality performance material including piano/vocal song arrangements with choreography script helpful production guide and teaching objectives linked to the National Standards for each song. For added value theready-to-use student books include songs and script and will enhance the musical experience for your young aspiring actors/singers! Available separately: Teacher Singer 5-Pak Preview CD Preview Pak Performance/AccompanimentCD and Performance Kit/PACD. Duration: ca. 40 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.

The tranquility of the rainforest is shattered by 'Twentieth Century Highwaymen' who are destroying the trees for profit. Local wildlife led by a rapping Toucan decide to teach these profiteers a lesson so with the promise of finding more treasure they lead them on a perilous journey through the jungle. The lesson is that jungle treasure cannot be taken away.The list of parts is flexible to accommodate the number of available performers with fairly evenly distributed lines. There are approximately 30 acting/singing parts plus choruses of Animals Birds and Humans.This environmental musical is suitable for cross-curricular topics and is particularly relevant togeography and science.Key Stages 1-3; Duration approximately 45 minutes; Cast approx 30 and choruses.This Pupil's Script includes performance notes script and lyrics for all the songs.You will require a license to perform this work at your school/youth theatre; please click here for more information and our application form.

The Christmas Story aims to involve a whole community - whether school music centre workshop or club. It is ideal for a simple staging so children can be involved in all aspects of a musical production. The instrumentation is completely flexible: it will work successfully with anything from piano or guitar and voices right up to the full scoring suggested including strings melody instruments bass instruments and mixed percussion.You will find the pieces easy to learn full of memorable tunes and above all fun - ideal for the hectic Christmas period in a busy school or community.

This show creates a musical journey through the last ten centuries featuring tales of what really happend to characters of the Bayeux Tapestry at night; 11 century Britain with the 'Domesday Crew'; Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral; King John and the Magna Carta; The Black Death rocking Europe; the elusive Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest; Geoffrey Chaucer researching his next book; Joan of Arc on trial for witchcraft; the six queens of Henry VIII; Guy Fawkes the not-so-successful espionage agent; Captain Cook's around the world voyages; the Industrial Revolution and Victorian Age; the evacuees of World War II; and the technological developments of the 20thCentury.Suitable for Key Stages 2 and 3.Suitable for non-specialist teachers.Includes a compendium of ideas for staging (including costumes props and casting) fundraising advertising and general behind-the-scenes duties.