Musical Crsswrd Puzzle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Acrss 4. One f Beethven's ppular snata's. M 5. Classical genius that was hard f hearing 9. A famus Fred, singer and dancer. 10. String instrument used by millins in symphny rchestras. V 11. American dancer and actr, Fred Astaire dance partner. Ginger 14. He sang "Strangers in the Night". Frank 16. The number f lines n a music staff Dwn 1. Wrd used t describe tw players (r tw parts) 2. He sang "White Christmas". Bing 3. Daughter f Judy Garland, she sang "Cabaret". Liza 6. She said "There's n place like hme" and sang "Over the Rainbw". Judy 7. Instrument with black and white keys 8. C-prduced and played Dnald Dn Lckwd in "Singing in the Rain" 12. Has 5 lines and 4 spaces n which t write music 13. Legendary American guitar player and signer, died at the age f 42 15. Surname f a family, knwn wrldwide thrugh the mvie "Sund f Music". Vn Answers (in disrder) Mnlight Minnelli Csby Garland Astaire Rdgers Vilin Elvis Staff Duet Trapp Five Pian Sinatra Kelly Beethven
Name that Tune Play excerpts f sngs (withut the lyrics) and let the participants guess the name f the sng. In a small grup, the participants culd say the name as they think f it, r yu culd ask each participant t identify a sng in turn. In a large grup, try these rules: Divide the grup int three r fur teams. Let the teams take turns in guessing the name f a sng Each team member has t agree n ne answer If smene guesses ut f turn, start ver with a new sng r give the pint t the ther team If a team is stumped, g t the next team n the same sng. If n team knws it, g t a new sng Play fr a specified length f time, a certain number f runds r until ne team reaches a certain scre Little Tips! 2 1 Ask yur residents what were their favrite sngs. What memries are assciated t them. Find recrdings f the sngs and play them t yur residents 3 Sing the sngs as a grup fr added fun!
Signature Sngs If yu can find the recrdings, play signature sngs (sngs fr which an artist was particularly knwn fr) f ppular singers and let the participants guess wh it is. If yu d nt have the recrdings, yu r a vlunteer culd either play r sing the sng, r yu culd name the sng and let the participants name the singer with whm it was assciated. If yur grup enjys singing, yu culd sing sme f the sngs tgether. Here are a few examples f signature sngs: Bei Mir Bist Du Schen r Dn t Sit Under the Apple Tree Andrews Sisters Mna Lisa r Unfrgettable Nat King Cle Back in the Saddle Again r Rudlph the Red-Nsed Reindeer Gene Autry Sentimental Jurney Dris Day r Les Brwn Manana is Sn Enugh fr Me r Fever Peggy Lee That s Amré r Everybdy Lves Smebdy Smetime Dean Martin Hund Dg r I Can t Help Falling in Lve With Yu Elvis Presley When the Mn Cmes Over the Muntain r Gd Bless America Kate Smith Where the Blue f the Night Meets the Gld f the Day r White Christmas Bing Crsby Thanks fr the Memry Bb Hpe A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald Over the Rainbw Judy Garland Gd Bless the Child Billie Hliday I m Gnna Wash that Man Right Outta my Hair Mary Martin I Left My Heart in San Francisc Tny Bennett Dream Alng with Me r Catch a Falling Star Perry Cm Tp Had r Cheek t Cheek Fred Astaire Everything s Cming Up Rses r I Gt Rhythm Ethel Merman I ll Never Smile Again r Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra
Lyrics Quiz Ask yur residents t cmplete the lyrics using the clues n the left clumn. The answers appear in the right clumn. Image: themusicvid.cm 1. T what city am I saying Arrivederci? Rma 2. Where did I find my thrill? On Blueberry Hill 3. Thank Heaven fr wh? Little girls 4. I culd have danced hw lng? All night 5. Elvis Presley said nt t step n what? His blue suede shes 6. Hw many trmbnes were in the big parade? 76 7. Hw many cins were in the funtain? Three 8. It s a lng, lng way t where? Tipperary 9. I want sme red rses fr whm? A blue lady 10. When des everybdy lve smebdy? Smetime 11. What makes the wrld g rund? Lve 12. What is the red, red rbin ging t d? Cme bb, bb, bbbin alng 13. A kiss is just a kiss and what? A sigh is just a sigh 14. Let there be peace n earth and what? Let it begin with me
Discussin Take a break with yur residents t discuss their musical memries. Here are a few tpic suggestins. Share yur earliest memry f sng singing. Did yur family sing tgether? Did yu sing in schl? What sngs did yu sing? Wh is yur favrite sng cmpser? D yu remember what sngs he r she wrte? Wh were yur favrite singers? Did yu ever see any f them perfrm live? Did yu hear them n the radi? Did yu ever sing fr grups r n the stage? Tell us abut the experience. Have yu perfrmed in a talent shw r a singing cmpetitin? Tell us abut it. Which sngs have particular meaning fr yu in yur life, psitive r negative? Tell us hw they affected yur utlk. D yu ever remember singing sngs in the mvie theater with the wrds flashing ut n the screen (Sng Slides)? Did yu ever Sing alng with Mitch Miller n televisin? What were yur favrite variety shws n televisin (e.g.: The Ed Sullivan Shw, Ted Mack s Amateur Hur, Hllywd Palace, The Lawrence Welk Shw, etc.) If yu enjyed these activities and wuld like t cntinue the fun, g t ur website at www.sablier.cm prduct # 1810 Activities taken frm Beckie Karras, (2005). Dwn Memry Lane: Tpics and Ideas fr Reminiscence Grups (2 nd Ed.) Maryland: ElderSng Publicatins Inc.