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Puppetry: do four

Music: do four

Drama: do four

1. Write a puppet play about one of your Webelos den activities or a subject of your choice. 1. Play four tunes on any band or orchestra instrument. Read these from music. 1. Give a monologue on a patriotic, humorous, or holiday subject or another subject of your choice.
Christmas monologue
2. Make a set of puppets or marionettes for the play you have written or for another play. 2. Sing two songs alone or with a group. 2. Attend a play. Describe the story. Tell what you liked about it.
3. Build a simple stage for marionettes or puppets. 3. Make a collection of three or more records, tapes, or compact discs. Tell what you like about each one. 3. Read a play. Make a model stage setting for on of the acts.
4. Alone or with the help of others, put on a puppet show for your den or pack. 4. Tell what folk music is. Hum, sing, or play a folk tune on a musical instrument. 4. Write, put on, and take part in a one-act play.
5. Make a set of four paper bag puppets for a singing group. With the help of three other den members, sing a song with the puppets as the performers. 5. Name three American composers. Name a famous work by each.
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
George Gershwin
Charles Ives
5. Make a list of stage directions. Tell what they mean.
Puppet ideas 6. Draw a staff. Draw on it a clef, with a sharp, flat, natural, note, and rest. Tell what each is used for. 6. Describe a theater-in-the-round. What are its good and bad points?
big mouth puppet
sock puppet
bunny marionette
7. Show the difference between 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time by beating time or playing an instrument. 7. Explain the difference between a grand opera and a light opera. Explain the difference between a musical and a play.

Showman Activities

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8. Read about William Shakespeare. Draw a picture of his Globe Theater.