Christmas Musicals for Church
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Blocking and Choreography The following are suggestions. Your choreography can be as simple or as advanced as you would like. However, the more planned movement the kids use on stage and on the choir risers, the more engaging this musical will be for your audience. Scene 1: When Scene 1 begins, each of the five kids are sitting on a different geometric block, looking at their phones. The kids in the children's choir can also be sitting on the risers, looking at their phones. Coach Walker enters from stage right. (Note: Stage directions are always given from the perspective of the actor, not the audience.) As soon as Coach Walker gives the kids the command to put their phones down, they act like they've been caught, immediately putting their phones down and jumping off their blocks to stand at attention. Kids on the choir risers can do the same, jumping up to stand on the risers. As he continues talking, they all begin to relax a little. Rudy crosses to get a closer look at Coach Walker's phone. A few of the kids can act comfortable, as if they already know each other from school. Others may act a bit more shy/nervous, since they are new to the Prayground program. (While Rudy and the other kids do ask questions and might even make challenging statements, caution the kids to sound curious, not disrespectful, with their tone of voice.) Song 1- "There's an App for That": Direct the kids to use the blocks for miming the different actions in this song. For example, from stage right to stage left, one child can be standing on the first block, lick his finger and hold it up to test the weather. On the second block, the next child could mime listening to a song on headphones. On the third block, a child could mime reading a newspaper. On the fourth block, a child could mime working on a puzzle, and on the last block, the child could mime writing a letter. Then, a child sits on one of the other blocks miming playing the piano, while another child is down on all fours "being" the piano that is being played on his/ her back. For getting the mail, a child could make a mailbox with his/her hands, while another child opens the "mailbox" to get the mail. On the lyric, "There's an app for that," all the kids (on the risers as well) could take out their phones and hold them toward the audience. Direct the singers to act out the lyrics to Verse 2 in the same way as Verse 1, using the blocks creatively to mime action. On the chorus, they can use one hand to mime "push a button" and "swipe a screen," and then hold out their phones with their other hand on the lyric, "There's an app for that." Coach Walker can watch the kids with enthusiasm, join them in acting out the verses, or just look confused, trying to use his cell phone to do the things in the lyric (it won't work because his phone is too old). He could also be putting new duct tape on his phone, and/or helping to move blocks to the right place for the selfie snapshots. 54 For Preview Only