Christmas Musicals for Church
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55 • Have the children practice making fire engine siren sounds, going as high as possible with their voices and exploring their range. • On a chalkboard, white board, or large piece of art paper, draw a line that moves up and down like a roller coaster and have the children imitate what they see, with their voices. Be sure to "draw" their voices in a high range and in a similar melodic pattern to the melody of the VeggieTales Theme Song. I Can't Believe It's Christmas ( Instrumental) – • Move from the opening Theme Song formation toward the front of the stage, to the side choir formation on risers, or other configuration suitable for your performance. Practice having the children move from the opening position to this position as the music plays, to secure their movement within the time frame of the playing of this instrumental piece. • No singing is required during this short overture, but the children should practice having "happy faces" and moving in an energetic and orderly fashion as they go to their new spot on stage. Adult leaders should set the example with happy, excited faces as they assist the preschoolers in moving around on stage. You might want to explain to the children that the title of this song is, "I Can't Believe It's Christmas," and help them understand how they feel in anticipation of this season. Ring, Little Bells – • This song provides an opportunity for your preschoolers to play bells of all kinds. Supply jingle bells for the younger children, and allow your older preschoolers to play melody bells, tone bells, triangles and hand chimes or handbells in the Key of C, as a feature, in measures 22-36. All bells can continue to ring throughout the remainder of the song, but make sure the children are singing as they play! • As an activity, make wrist jingle bell bracelets: gather pipe cleaners and packages of medium sized jingle bells. String the bells onto the pipe cleaners and then twist the ends together to form a circle. Allow the children to hold and shake them to play, or place them on their wrists and shake their hands to produce the jingle sound. • Props such as large and small bells cut out of foam board, or other materials can be placed on stage for this song to add to the scene and place emphases on the "bells."