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Preface
Afer years o producing grade-level perormances or large numbers o students, we are excited to share our workwith you. Classroom teachers drove our initiative to create grade-level perormances, and we responded by usingwell-known stories and writing our own music. At first one or two classes were interested in working with us, butonce the other classes saw the productions, they wanted to be involved too. Pretty soon, we were presenting playswith entire grade levels involving over 120 students!
Whether your stage is in a gymnasium, a “caetorium,” or an actual auditorium, oo Much Noise! is designed sothat the instruction can take place in your normal music room setting, during your regularly scheduled classes.We work closely with our grade-level classroom teachers, having them choose the narrators and leads, but youcould hold auditions during your music classes and choose them yoursel. We also invite parents to get involvedwith the scenery and costumes, which can be as simple or elaborate as you wish. Photographs and templates areincluded in this resource to assist you in creating the costumes and props. Tere are also lots o wonderul bonuseatures on the included CD, so be sure to check it out!
oo Much Noise! is based on a traditional eastern European olktale. It teaches children to ace problems in difficult
situations and to be content with what they have. Remember, when you think things are bad, they can always beworse! All o the animal songs are nursery rhymes with original melodies and arrangements, each eaturing adifferent musical style (jazz, calypso, pop). Tere are many variations o this tale eatured in storybooks, whichstudents can study in conjunction with your preparation o the production.
We hope you and your students enjoy oo Much Noise! On with the show!
Brian HillerDon Dupon
Production NotesTere are ten speaking roles or individual students and up to twenty-two narrators. You will need five classes(or groups). All students should sing all o the songs. Each class (or large group) is assigned to one o the animals(horses, donkeys, hens, sheep, or dogs). When the respective animal song is perormed, the class (or group) assignedto that animal should come off the risers to perorm the movements. (See “Adding Simple Choreography” on page42 and the piano and vocal scores or more inormation.) Te entire production should last about thirty minutesAlthough we use the term Wise Men, we ofen cast girls in this role as well as boys.
Abbreviations
DS: downstageDSR: downstage, right
DSL: downstage, lefDSC: downstage, center
Staging Set the stage up with enough choral risers to accommodate the number o classes that will be perorming. It isideal to have five risers, each assigned to one o the animals represented by a class (or large group). We typicallyuse one set o risers per class and arrange them in an arc. Above the risers, we suspend a sign with the words oo Much Noise! and a drawing o some o the characters. We have included a file or you to make your own sign usinga plotter. I you do not have a plotter in your school system, you can take the file to any local office supplies storeor copy center, and they will be able to assist you.
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Too Much Noise!
At the start o the play, Jacob and his Wie are seated at a table in their house DSR with the Son, the Daughter,and the Baby seated on the floor around them. Each o the five Wise Men is seated in a chair in ront o his class.Narrators 1–4 stand at a microphone DSL.
NARRAOR 1: Once, long ago, there was an old man named Jacob who lived with hisamily in a very old house.
NARRAOR 2: Te chair squeaked.
ALL: Squeeeeeeak!
NARRAOR 2: Te door creaked.
ALL: Creeeeeeeak!
NARRAOR 3: Te wind whistled through the window.
ALL: Whoooooo, whooooooo!
NARRAOR 3: Te clock ticktocked.
ALL: icktock, ticktock!
NARRAOR 4: Te aucet drip-dropped.
ALL: Drip-drop. Drip-drop.
NARRAOR 4: Jacob and his amily were miserable!
FAMILY: oo much noise!
Narrators 1–4 go back to the risers.
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Too Much Noise!
Brian Hiller and Don Dupont
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Afer the song, Narrator 5 goes to the microphone.
NARRAOR 5: Jacob decided to seek the help o one o the village wise men.
Jacob and Wise Man 1 meet DSC.
JACOB: Please help me! My house makes too much noise! Te door squeaks, the chair
creaks, the wind whistles through the window, the clock ticktocks, and the aucetdrip-drops!
WISE MAN 1: Tere’s only one thing to do! Get a horse!
JACOB: Get a horse?!
WISE MAN 1: Get a horse.
NARRAOR 5: So Jacob did just that.
Jacob gets the horse cutout and places it in its holder DSR.Te Horses (Class/Group 1) take their positions or the song; Narrator 5 goes to the risers; Jacob and Wise Man 1 goto their original positions.
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raditional RhymeMusic by Brian Hiller and Don Dupont
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