40 Days
ST Therese Supremes (STS) to be standing on raised square stage
Scene One GREEN
Student Names: Apple and PC, App, Chrome, Pixel, Android, Browser, Chip
Music
Remember the Days of the Old School Yard: Cat Stevens
Kokomo: Beach boys:
Theme of 80 days to bring on the hot air balloon
Characters
Phileas Fogg
Old School 1
Old school 2
approx16 ‘old school’ characters (mime)
Student 1 [ends up travelling with Ph Fogg]
Student 2 [ends up travelling with Ph Fogg]
Student 3
Student 4
Narrator chosen from this class but speaks in other scenes
- Mime Performance -
Scene begins with old school folk walking around and looking at things [blackboard, little chalk boards, desks, old books, hopscotch…] and stopping to act appropriately eg tapping someone on shoulder for Remember when… and throwing head back to laugh a lot [EVERYBODY SINGING along with ‘The STSupremes’ in back right and all classes to side. Only people NOT SINGING are the 5 St T’s students who are pointing, giggling, looking curious, puzzled and dismissive as they bury their heads in the ipads, ipods, iphones…]
Ph Fogg: Hello there! We went to school about 50 years ago and were just remembering what it was like.
Student 1: Really? We didn’t even know there WERE schools back then! [Look at each other puzzled and then shrug]
Student 2: I guess we could ‘google’ it and check it out…
Ph F: You could what?
Student 1: Google – you know, like, find out stuff.
Old school 1: You mean you don’t walk down to the library?
Student 2: Well maybe if we wanted books to like, read, but like, we can find out everything we need like, right here. You know, stuff, movies, music, friends…
Ph F: Gosh! I remember watching a movie at school – ‘Around the World in 80 Days’. They met all sorts of people and such adventures they had!
Student 1: 80 days! We could do it in 8 minutes! The world is at our fingertips… [takes ipad and begins typing…] What do you want to find out? [reads from screen] PARIS ‘Paris the capital and most populous city of France.’ ‘Paris attracts lovebirds from all over the world.’ ‘Paris has a timeless familiarity for first-time and frequent …
PH F: [Interrupting] Hold up a minute. I’m not talking about facts. I’m talking about SEEING the world, getting to know the people, what life is like for them, what motivates them, what interests they have.
Student 2: You mean like their Passion Project?:
Student 1: Yeh, we can find out all that. To audience with arms raised up Technology guarantees speed and accuracy! All students nod in agreement
Old school 2: There are no guarantees, youngster. But really – do you actually believe all the facts you find out? Have people SEEN and FELT and EXPERIENCED these facts?
Ph F: So you young folk really think you see the world on these confounded gadgets?
Student 1: Sure! Where do you want to go? Students all sing [with back-up singers the following lyrics with actions and attitude!
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I want to take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go, Jamaica
Ph F: No, No No! I mean really find out about a place, not just facts – let’s walk in their shoes.
Student 2: Easy peasy! We can get around the world… hey! Let’s make it 40 days! We’ll do it together – you and me. Are you in, ______? Name to be added
Ph F: OK You’re on. We have to go around the world in 40 days, leave here at 9am tomorrow morning, and be back at 9am in 40 days – that’ll make it….. [begins to calculate as students check their iphone calendar] ACTUAL DATE to be put in here.
Students 1 & 2: Hey Mr Low, We’ve got a new Passion Project! We’re going around the world – like REALLY GOING – in 40 days. ALL old school and young students throw their caps, hats in the air, catch them!
Ph F: Now I’ve got just the thing – a hot air balloon! That way we’ll see so much. Gestures to old school mates Bring it in boys!
Hot air balloon is wheeled in and the crowd gather around it. (Song ??)
Travellers pack bags / say farewell / hug friends.
Students use selfie stick for group shot
Student 3: Hey remember to take an ipad and take heaps of pictures. Put all your photos on the blog so we can keep track of where you are.
Student 4: Or will you just ‘snapchat them? Or use Instagram? Maybe Facebook??
Chn tap two fingers (#)
Student 1: # airballoonsarefun
Student 2: #lookatmeimflying
Student 3: #buthowdoipee
Student 4: #selfiesallovertheworld
Old school 1: Ph Fogg – I don’t know WHAT they are talking about – I hope you know what you’re doing! “Google Schmoogle” shaking his head
Ph F: Oh, we’ll be fine! We have to take a risk to learn anything new in this world - and I’m prepared to do that!
Student 2: We’d better get Mr Gibbons to count us down and make it official…
Student 3: (On Mega Phone) Mr Gibbons... would you please report to the office immediately…. Mr Gibbons!
Mr Gibbons: Good morning Students….. Mr Fogg. Hmm let’s see…just checking – do you have a Working With Children check Mr Fogg? A police check? A food handlers check? A medical degree? Looks good to me. Good luck everyone! See you back here in 40 days! …..Maybe? Scratches head and looks puzzled
Mr Gibbons: (On Mega Phone) 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and they’re away….
Everyone waves goodbye.
STS: sing and interact with audience ‘80 Days / 40 Days’
Set up next scene with large 40 day count down
Scene Two GREECE YELLOW
Music
Zorba the Greek dance by LCD original slow
and contemporary version
Characters
Narrator
Phileas Fogg
Student 1
Student 2
Greek Dad [Stef]
Greek Mum [Stephania]
Greek relatives [Stefan Stephano Little baby Steffi Stephania Stephanos Stephanata …
Stephanee Stephanoo Stephanaa Stephanii [cousins]
Stephanino with boat
The Count
Narrator: The intrepid pair begin their journey around the world passing over the dry deserts of China, the enormous heights of Mt Everest and the amazing coastline of Turkey, before arriving in Greece… as some days are flipped on the count
The hot air balloon lands in the middle of a Greek gathering amid much celebratory noise and the slow dancing to traditional SLOW Zorba with lots of ‘opa’s!’ [for one minute]. Turn down the music as speaking begins…
Student 1: What’s happening? Where are we? What’s going on?
Ph F: Well gee. Let’s see. There’s a lot of people here – maybe it’s a wedding or something?
Stef: Welcome! Thanks for dropping in! Come join us!
Student 2: But what is happening?
Stephania: It’s SUNDAY! Every Sunday is a public holiday in Greece. All our family gather here. We talk! press fingers to thumbs in talking motion
All: OPA!
Stephania: We eat! Motion eating
All: OPA!
Stephania: We dance! With relevant actions
All: OPA!
Stef: All families gather together on Sundays – no shops open. Is time to enjoy each other and connect and live!
All: OPA!
Stef: Come – meet my family… My brother Stefan. My uncle Stephano. My cousins Stephanee Stephanoo Stephanaa Stephanii, My son Stephanos, Aunty Stephanata….. In baby voice: Little baby Steffi, My wife Stephania, And me, I am Stef!
We all one happy family.
All: OPA!
Ph F: So great to meet you all. We are actually on our way around the world and we’d love to stay for a little while…
Stef: Come, we dance – here like this….. All link up and dance the fast Zorba [full dance]……..
Student 1: Wow! That was awesome! Cool beans!
Ph F: punches him lightly on the shoulder Ya wouldn’t find that on google!
Student 1: Ok, Ok I get it.
Student 2: Hey, let’s post this on the blog for the kids at school. They pose for a quick photo on ipad/iphone and send to school
Student 1: But we need to get going dude – we have to get to America.
Stephanoo: Why do you go to America?
Student 2: Well we are trying to get around the world and experience different cultures and different lives – not just search online.
Stephanaa: What is this…..Online?
Student 1: Yeh, you know ‘Google’ ‘Safari’ ‘Yahoo’ ‘Bing’ ‘Ask Jeeves’
Stephania: Who is this….. Jeeves?
Student 1: Well… he is / it is just information, you know, not a real person
Stephanaa: Not real person??? Look at each other puzzled and shrug…
Stef: America huh? Come! My cousin Stephanino A REAL PERSON! has fishing boat - you can go to America in boat…yes??
The ‘count’ has been flipping cards and the tally is now ______
All follow and chat as they find the boat / people put the visitors on their shoulders and all dance their way to the boat and off stage [Traditional]
STS: sing and interact with audience ‘80 Days / 40 Days’
Scene Three USA ORANGE
Music
Hooray for Hollywood Mix…
Singing in the Rain
Born in the USA
Route 66 [Chuck Berry]
Characters
Narrator
Phileas Fogg
Student 1
Student 2
Cookie Monster
Big Bird
Oscar the Grouch
Bert
Ernie
Count von Count
Emerson Fittipaldi Famous USA racing car driver
Step off boat and all looking the high rise buildings around as Sesame Street characters peer and peep around and out of things [some up high]
Student 1: Where are we now?
Student 2: This reminds me of something – oh I know you – you’re the Cookie Monster!
Cookie Monster: Did someone say “Cookies”? Me Cookie Monster! Me happy to eat cookies! Me LOVE cookies!
Student 1: Wow! I can’t believe I’m meeting the Cookie Monster! You’re real!
Cookie Monster: You mean you no got cookies?
Student 2: Hang on rummages through pockets I’ve still got some of my snack left. Here would you like this to eat? Hands over cookie in brown paper bag
Cookie Monster: OM nom nom nom nom!!!! This cookie good! Where you get this cookie?
Student 2: I got it from Bakers Delight!
Cookie Monster: Bakers Delight – where this place?
Student 2: In Australia, where we come from. Lifts the lid of the rubbish to throw cookie package away
Oscar: Grr I HATE daytime. Nothing good ever happens in the day. Sigh, moan. On no, more people looking at me. Why don’t you let me sleep?
Student 1: Hey guys look here’s Oscar! turns to Oscar Sorry to disturb you – we just landed in America and we’re pretty excited to meet you. We only see you on TV.
PH F: I’m sorry too, but could you tell us, Why are there so many flags flying? Is today a national holiday? Is it Sunday here as well?
Big Bird: Today is….. Monday! The letter of the day is …H! The number is…. [from the count]
Bert: Hi Guys! I’m up here! Bert [toy] says from up in highrise. I’ll tell you about the flags, hear footsteps…. We fly our flags every day. We are very proud of our flag and of our country. Every house and every building has a flag. We call this PATRIOTISM.
Student 1: What’s patriotism?
Ernie: Showing love and support for our country and being loyal. Our flag has 50 stars on it – one star for each state. We love our country and we love our stars! We fly our flags and sing our national anthem at the baseball, at football - everywhere!
Student 1: Oh yeah, we fly our flag at the MCG and at all the big sporting events….outside important buildings…..even out the front of our school in Torquay.
Student 2: …..and on ANZAC DAY and of course AUSTRALIA DAY when Australians celebrate our great country!
Background noise of Oscar grumbling I’d rather be miserable than happy
PH F: Okay guys thanks so much. We might walk around for a bit and leave you in peace.
Cookie Monster: Me show you. Me like your Bakers Delight cookies. searches in their pockets for more Takes PH F by the hand and they walk past the sign SS Hollywood Boulevarde Big Bird also walks with them
Student 1: WOW! Look at all the stars. Are these part of your flag too? Why are these in the ground? What are they doing here?
Student 2: I’ve seen these before. Katy Perry got one of these last year. Cool – feel it
They bend down and touch the stars and pick up
Cookie Monster: these all famous stars in America. Look this one. shows star to audience and reads slowly…. Johnny Depp..…. Aussie!..Hugh Jackman (mumbles something about Wolverine?)....and my favourite….Sam Cooookie! (Sam Cooke)
Student 1: Let’s read some more…
PH F: Here’s Mel Gibson…..Elton John…. Picks up the stars.
Student 2: Who are they? Looking puzzled
Ph F: Never mind youngster, before your time…
Student 1: reading from star picks up- Stephen Speillberg… Fred Astaire… Who is THAT?
Student 2: Wait, I’ll google him. Looks at ipad, types, reads
Big Bird: taps to ‘singing in the Rain’ doo-dee-doos [Sesame St cast waving sparkly somethings]
Student 1: takes photo and fingers # in air #dancing
Cookie Monster: # stillnocookie
Student 1: Wow! We really are in Hollywood! [STS sing HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD] all cast bob down and point!
Dancers troop in / already on? Dance to medley….
Student 2: This could only happen in the USA cue music Born in the USA
Ph F: punches him lightly on the shoulder Ya wouldn’t find that on google!
Student 2: OK OK!
Ph F: Thanks so much for showing us your special streets and stars, and telling us about your country. We have to race – we’re trying to get around the world in 40 days and we’re running out of time…
Count: Time? Did I hear time? Here let me help – takes over from count holder
……days down and …….days to go!
Ph F: Tapping wristwatch Oh no! We’ve missed the boat! PH F and Students all look hassled and worried.
Students: How do we get to India?
Emerson Fittipaldi: Famous racing car driver USA arrives in Giant car with mag wheels and turns with back to audience to show his name on jacket I’ll get you there! The quickest way – is down Route 66 [Route 66 STS sing a line or two}
Hamish and Andy?
Scene Four India PURPLE
Music
Bollywood Music
Characters
Narrator
Phileas Fogg
Student 1
Student 2
Market man
Market woman 1
Market woman 2
Cow
Sellers: 1, 2, 3, 4
Sellers: mime (2)
Bollywood people
Narrator: The travelers continue driving across America, through Canada, across the Atlantic Ocean, through France, stop for fuel in Kuwait, pop in to Pakistan and arrive in India.
Arrive in noisy colourful hectic market scene, buying saris and sarongs mothers trying on daughters… Sheets on sticks to hold up stalls / spices / eating spiders bike & pushers
[Ph Fand students entering from the side]
Ph F: Thanks so much for the ride, Mr Fittipaldi, good luck with the Formula One and the Indi 500.
Student 2: That was so cool – and quick! It really helped with our itinerary and time!
Checks the count…
Sound effect of bustling market
Seller 1: 1) Welcome, Welcome……200 thousand rupee for a pinch of cinnamon!
Seller 2: 500 million for a pair of shoes.
Seller 3: Come, come, special price for you!
Seller 4: Look here….. lucky first customer! faint sound of Indian music playing
Student 1: Look at that! Look at this! Come over here! Look at all these colourful materials! I’ve never seen anything like it.
Student 2: This smells amazing!
Ph F: Come on youngsters – I’ll bet you’ve never tasted or smelt anything like this saffron – let’s explore the market
Walk through looking, tasting, touching, smelling, smiling, purging…… miming actions
Man: Watch out, Excuse me, would you please move out of the way! They part to let a wandering cow walk though. Cow to entertain - interacting with Hamish and Andy.
(Music fades)
Hamish: No one told us they had cows in India!
Andy: Last time we were here they made us eat curried frog legs and fried tarantulas!
Cow exits to applause of crowd
Student 1: What was that all about?
Man: Cows are very special to our culture. They are sacred and holy. They are representing our gentle nature and the land. They are taking nothing but water, grass and grain and they are giving us milk, butter, ghee, cream, yoghurt and ice cream. We are showing them great respect.
Market Women 2: holding up a ream of material against a student This colour is very beautiful on you, it is matching your blue eyes. Looking at the school uniform and pulling it I haven’t seen clothing like this before. What are you calling this?
Student: This is our school uniform. Look here is our school emblem [pointing to shirt front] we have come from Australia.
Woman 1: I have five daughters and they are at morning school today. This afternoon we are going to the cinema to watch a Bollywood film. You could be buying these saris or perhaps these salwar [pronounced shalwar] kameez and be coming with us.