JUNIORS- Musician Badge

Complete as many or as few activities as time allows.

Activity #1 - Snack Chat: Do you play a musical instrument? Why do you enjoy music? How do you think Music affects you and others? Why? • music helps you to relax • music can reduce pain • music can help you to have a better work-out • music can improve your work productivity • there is evidence that music lessons can make you smarter • music encourages compassion - since Venezuela made music lessons mandatory crime went down and fewer kids dropped out of school

Activity 2: - How do you think Walt Disney has affected the music world? Do all his movies have music? Walt Disney was inspirational and a visionary. Have Disney songs been written around these quotes? Could they? 12 famous Walt Disney quotes that have improved life:

1. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” 2. Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.” 3. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” 4. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” 5. “If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse.” 6. “That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.” 7. “First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.” 8. “Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” 9. “When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.” 10. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” 11. “Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.” 12. “Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever.”

Activity 3: Identify famous Disney movie songs. What movie did they come from? What character sang the song? How can the quote relate to the real world?

• "Hakuna matata." — Timon and Pumbaa, The Lion King • “Reindeer are Better Than People” - Frozen • “Siamese Cat Song" — The Aristocats • “When I See an Elephant Fly” - Dumbo • “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.” — Cinderella • “When You Wish Upon a Star." — Pinocchio • “TI’m Wishing." — Snow White • “A Whole New World." — Aladdin • “The Bells of Notre Dame" — Hunchback of Notre Dame • “I Wonder" — Sleeping Beauty • “Following the Leader." — Peter Pan • “Colors of the Wind" — Pocahontas • “Gaston” - Beauty and the Beast • “Bare Necessities" — The Jungle Book • “Under the Sea" — The Little Mermaid JUNIORS- Musician Badge

• “In Summer!” - Frozen • Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmations

Activity #4: Many famous singers have been casted into Disney movies to sing theme songs. Can you name any? How bout… “Reﬂections” from Mulan by Christina Aguilera “Beauty & the Beast”- Celine Dion “You’ll Be in My Heart” Tarzan - Phil Collins “When She Loved Me” - Toy Story 2 - Sarah Mclachlan

Of course many pop stars have reinvented or sung Disney songs on their own albums: Selena Gomez - Cruella De Vil Miley Cyrus - Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” Bruno Mars - “Part of Your World” & “Under the Sea” Demi Lovato - “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted Carly Rae Jepsen - “Part of Your World” Ariel Colbie Caillat - “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid Vanessa Hudgens - Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey - “A Whole New World” Hillary Duff - The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Activity #5: How does the type and tone of a song affect the setting in the movie? Can you tell whether a movie part is happy, sad, challenging, scary etc just from the music? How do the songs make you feel? Play these examples: • Nightmare Before Christmas - “Jack's Lament” https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ouAt_5UO83s Scary? Sad? • The Little Mermaid - “Poor Unfortunate Souls” Ursula https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xfkkMHieqcI mysterious • Frozen - “The Summer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFatVn1hP3o Jazzy feel • Lady and the Tramp - “Siamese Cats” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlQYqQs0R3w percussion, drums, very little wind instruments • Toy Story 2 - “When She Loved Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElhbTsKsros sad

Activity #6: See if the girls can guess the instruments QUIZ bring a laptop or tablet and have each girl complete this quiz: http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/ name-that-musical-instrument-quiz.php See who can guess the most

Activity #7: CRAFT: Make ears for the concert! Supplies: Cardboard Scissors Hot Glue or E6000 Sharpie JUNIORS- Musician Badge

Glitter Foam Thin Ribbon Embellishments Super Simple and Inexpensive way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcuiccHiuJw

Activity #8: Play HANGMAN Percussion, shake, rattle - Tambourine ______Like a Tuba with bell over the head - Sousaphone large string instrument played with ﬁngers - Harp black woodwind - Clarinet brass 3 valves, high sound - Trumpet woodwind, reed jazzy - Saxophone small double reed - oboe

Activity #9: Go over the notes of the treble clef. Reference the Note Worksheet for speciﬁc note names. Explain to the girls that music is made by playing a combination of different sounds in an arranged pattern. These sounds are called notes, and last for different amounts of time depending on how they are arranged. Have the girls complete the Code Breaker Sheet.

Have the girls spell a word with the 7 notes, play the sounds of the notes in the word or have the girls play he sound: i.e. BAG Use this web page: http://www.apronus.com/music/ﬂashpiano.htm