Grades K 2 Printale Resources Editor: Bryan Sharpe Cover Design: Jeff Richards ISBN: 978-0-7877-1839-8 2016 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation, and its licensors All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
FOREWORD Welcome to Panda and the Moon! I created this sho for the students at Fuller Elementary School in Tempe Elementary School District 3, Tempe, Arizona It premiered on Feruary 6, 2014 and as an enormous affair ith over 120 student performers and a live orchestra comprised of adult musicians We presented the sho tice for a total audience of nearly 1,000 people I have een overhelmed ith the arm reception and community support the sho has received I am also delighted that Panda has found a home at Heritage Music Press and has the chance to e shared ith students, teachers, and parents everyhere At its heart, Panda and the Moon is a sho aout learning to e not only happy ith ho you are, ut proud This is a critical message for all of us! Groing up is so difficult It is my hope in the midst of the songs and humor that the performers get a chance to reflect on ho unique and special they are I ish you ell ith this sho! May e all e proud to e the onderful creatures e are Erik Whitehill, Septemer 2015 SPECIAL THANKS I ould especially like to thank Michael Minghine, the principal of Fuller Elementary for his positive energy and involvement as narrator for our production of this sho and many others Thanks, also, to the Fuller teachers ho co-produced this sho ith me: Amy Cahill, Crissi Johnson, Felicia Roles, Terri Schumer, April Smith, and Alethia Vargas I ould also like to thank the talented and creative original cast of the premier production: Silas Stone, Jamaya Chapman, Josiah Eckles, Allison Huard, and Cale Martz Finally, I ould like to thank a fe of my inspirations: Carole Lea Arenson, Meg Arredondo, Dottie Bossman, Michael Glasgo, Scott Glasser, Katie Gerrich, Valerie Grina, Katherine Haynie, Victor Johnson, Lyndy Jones, Kate Klimut, Devon Light, Patrick McChesney, Darin Shryock, Doug Wagner, and Evelyn Whitehill 2
Proection Screen The centerpiece of the staging for my musicals is a rear-proection screen, upon hich the set is proected using an LCD proector PERFORMANCE NOTES I enlisted the help of a local high school stagecraft class to create my screen It is, asically, an 8 (idth) y 7 (height) ooden frame I stretched a hite king-sized sheet (taut) over it and attached it on the ack of the frame ith a staple gun The stagecraft class also uilt a simple A-frame support for each side I painted the supports lack and attached them to the frame using and drill and long scres Stage Set-Up The stage curtain as opened ust far enough to fit the screen frame I created and hung simple utcher paper decorative anners on either side of the screen All the action of the sho happens in front of the curtain, anners and screen I alays made sure to point the hanging theatrical lighting toard the stage, ut aay from the screen as much as possile Backstage, as far ack as I could go, I placed the LCD proector on a cart, carefully aiming the proection to fit the screen in its entirety In the proector properties menu, I reversed the image so that the audience could correctly read text, such as the title of the sho The risers for the singers ere set up on the floor in front of the stage in a left arch and a right arch I left enough space eteen the riser groupings to not cover up the action area in front of the screen The director and instrumentalists ere set up on the floor sitting as lo as possile eteen the riser groupings Staging On the front of the stage, in front of the screen, I put a stage right X marking and a stage left X marking aout five feet apart using masking tape This ay, the audience can see oth the actors and the screen proections Throughout the sho, stage directions are given for the performers to go to one or the other X marking This makes teaching locking as simple as possile for the very young There are never more than to performers on the stage at a time throughout the sho 3
Panda CHARACTERS Panda is the main character of the story He is a plucky young ear determined to try to e something other than hat he is His emotions range from excited, disappointed, to proud We used a ear costume pattern from a craft store (asically like footie paamas ith a head piece) The faric as lack and hite fleece Moon Moon is Panda s est friend She is very old, ise and arm-hearted We asked our Moon to dress all in hite She chose to ear a very pretty, formal hite dress and it orked very ell Monkey Monkey is one of Panda s neighors at the zoo He is ild and loud We used a monkey costume pattern from a craft store (again, like footie paamas ith a head piece) The faric as ron fleece Fish Fish is one of Panda s neighors at the zoo She is very set in her ays Costuming for Fish as a challenge I ought some flexile foil covered foam oard at a hardare store I cut out to fish shapes and attached them at the nose ith duct tape I used a sharpie to make a scale pattern on the foil I then attached a pair of suspenders The performer ore all lack and the fish apparatus over the top like a sideays sandich oard 4
Proection: Title Slide Accompaniment: 1 Performance: 16 Scene 1 The Panda Exhiit Panda Prologue q=120 4 4 NC F 5 rit q=88 D g f C n n g n B B /C n n n D g C n n 9 g n B B /C n poco rit n n D P a tempo 6
Proection: Tilight at the Zoo Performance: 17 Narrator: At the Happy Valley Zoo, the sky as eginning to get dark All the animals egan to stretch and yan (pause as all students stretch and yan) getting ready for a good night s sleep Well, all the animals except for Panda Tonight, he as too upset to sleep Proection: Panda Haitat (Panda enters, goes to stage right X marking) Panda: I m too upset to sleep! I ve had it ith doing the same thing every day! Tree, amoo, sleep Tree, amoo, sleep Every day is exactly the same There s got to e more! I ust don t kno hat to do Performance: 18 Panda Poem I Narrator (or small group/class): 4 4 Pan-da, Pan-da at the zoo, you're up -set! What ill you do Eve -ry day, the same old stuff, e can see you've had e-nough! Pan-da, Pan-da, at the zoo, you're up-set! What ill you do Performance: 19 Narrator: Whenever Panda had a prolem, he ent to the edge of his exhiit, climed his tree, and gazed up into the night sky His friend, the Moon, ould e rising soon She alays kne hat to do 7
Panda and the Moon Accompaniment: 2 Performance: 20 q=88 4 B 4 F 4 n C D Moon Clim the tree, lit-tle n n n ear G 2 n Look up in the air, B n J n a 6 6 Chorus n n friend is ait-ing there! Night is com-ing soon! C A D C B B - /C n n n g g n n n f poco rit a tempo n n n n poco rit a tempo n 10 8 moon, D C 10 g n n g n n time for Pan-da and the B B /C poco rit n n Chorus moon D P a tempo a tempo Time for Pan da and the J
Monkey: Panda: Monkey: Panda: Can you make lots of noise I can learn As long as you can sing from the trees y your tail, I m sure you ll fit right in! Of course Wait What! (During Monkey Rap, Monkey dances around, Panda keeps falling don and covering his ears) Accompaniment: 5 Monkey Rap Performance: 27 Funky! h=84 2 2 NC C79 NC F n C79 NC n 5 Chorus (rapping) 5 We are the mon - keys in C79 NC n the zoo! Na -na, a -na -na, uh, uh, a -na -na! C79 NC n 12
9 9 Ee! Ee! Ee! C79 NC n Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Na -na, a -na - na, uh, uh, a -na -na! C79 NC n 13 13 17 17 Mon -key girls and mon - Sing-ing through the trees mak-ing lots of noise! C79 NC n C79NC n key oys, Na-na, a -na-na, uh, uh, a-na-na! C79 NC n Na -na, a -na -na, uh, uh, a-na -na! C79 NC n 13
Fish: Panda: Fish: Panda: Fish: Panda: Can you reath ith your gills Yes, of course! What are gills Do you like to eat algae Sounds good! That s like amoo, right Well I hope you can sish your tail to keep up ith me! Let s go! Of course Wait What Not another tail prolem! (During The Fish Song, Fish sims around, Panda keeps falling don and umping up to reathe) Accompaniment: 8 The Fish Song Performance: 34 Lilting 4 3 q=138 Chorus 9 9 4 3 F 4 4 3 A you A do hen you're a G m7/b fish! You B sim and E sim a - round the G m/d C m7 J f That's hat A /B NC E You ave your fin, G m/d your tail C m7 goes "sish" E /B 17
16 16 pool E /B and trav-el A in a B 7 school! NC (finger lip trill "ules" sound) E Ooh G m/d C m7 24, 24 E /B Ooh A J Ooh G m7/b B Ooh E G m/d 31 31 C m7 E /B Ooh A Ooh B 7 NC F E You ave your 18
Panda: But, I feel like a peacock! Peacock: Do you like to eat grus Panda: Grus Can t e any orse than that algae stuff! Peacock: Can you strut hen you alk Panda: I can learn Peacock: Hope you have an amazing tail like mine! Panda: Of course! Wait What! Seriously! Not the tail again! (Students put on sunglasses) (During Peacock Song, Peacock struts around, Panda tries, ut keeps tripping) Accompaniment: 11 Performance: 41 Peacock Song 6 6 Walking Bass line Jazz! Sing  = Ç q=120 22 4 4 4 D m J a - vi - a - ry! I'm hot stuff! Can't get e - nough of D m E 7 NC F J n n Peacock Look at me! n What do you see The me! A 7 cool-est ird in the A 7 n n
10 10 A it more driving Chorus I'm a G m D m A 7 f J n pea-cock, strut in my alk, ae - some ith-out fail! 14 14 14 14 18 18 18 18 D m D m J (flute solo) n (flute solo) n tail! Check it! tail! Check it! I'm a I'm a D m D m F F pea-cock, strut in my alk, ith a spec-tac - u - lar pea-cock, G m strut in my alk, D m ith a spec-tac - u - lar A 7 G m D m A 7 3 3 J J A 7 A 7 n n 3 3 3 3 ƒ 3 3 J J D m D m 3 3 3 3 23
Proud to Be a Panda Accompaniment: 15 Performance: 48 6 6 6 h=80 2 2 2 f C D sus D G I'm proud to e C - da! It's hat I'm supposed to e! A proud, proud, ver - y proud D sus D B m E m Panda C a pan - 30
10 10 10 pan - da, that's me, that's me! A proud, proud, ver - y proud pan -da, that's D sus D Em D Cma7 Chorus C D sus D 15 15 15 15 15 15 me! Panda Panda Bring me some am - oo! D/F Let me clim my tree! Let me clim my tree! me! Bring me some am G NC - oo! E m G C G NC E m D/F G C F J Chorus The life of a pan D sus - da is the life J for me! E sus E The life of a pan - da is the life for me! D sus E sus E f f 20 20 20 20 20 20 Chorus ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ 31 I'm I'm
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Bass/Percussion Drum Set Sing  = Ç Erik Whitehill 4 4 q=126 F 4 x x x x J x x x x x x x x x x x x 5 5 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 10 10 x x J x x x x x x x x x 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Flute 4 4 4 Sing  = Ç q=126 F n n Erik Whitehill 7 10 n n f 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Sing  = Ç q=126 4 Panda n 4 4 NC n F I don't ant to e a n pan - da at the zoo! C C/D 4 n All e do is sit a - round and eat am - oo! 4 G NC n C C/D G NC 7 Chorus 7 There must e some - thing C else I can e C o G/D that's much more 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Viola Sing  = Ç q=126 B 4 4 2 F Erik Whitehill 6 B 11 B p n f 3 3 ƒ 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Violin 1 Sing  = Ç q=126 4 n F 6 11 P p f J f Erik Whitehill J 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I DON T WANT TO BE A PANDA Violin 2 Sing  = Ç q=126 4 n F J Erik Whitehill J 6 p f 11 P f 2015 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz Corporation The original purchaser of Panda and the Moon (75/1031H) has permission to reproduce this page for use in his/her purposes
I m proud to e a panda! It s hat I m supposed to e! A proud, proud, very proud panda, That s me, that s me! A proud, proud, very proud panda, That s me! Bring me some amoo! Let me clim my tree! The life of a panda is the life for me! I m proud to e a panda! It s hat I m supposed to e! A proud, proud, very proud panda, That s me, that s me!