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All Music Enrichment will be held in the mornings before school for the 2025-26 school year 7:00-7:45am.
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION TO PRINT
Important information:
Important information:
What: CHOIR
Who: 4-5th grade McGraw Students
When: Wednesdays & Thursdays BEFORE school 7-7:40am
10/29 (No 10/30-Donuts with Grownups), 11/5-6, 11/12-13, 11/19-20, 12/3-4
Where: Music Room (200)
*Performance: Thursday 12/4
in the McGraw gym 6pm
(Students will enter the music room through the outside door,
NOT the hallway. Students will be released to their classrooms upon the 1st bell at 7:40am. Any students needing breakfast will be allowed to leave when they need to.)
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION TO PRINT
PLEASE RETURN FORMS BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2025
Please save the date!
Choir has a performance date of
Thursday, December 4th at 6:00pm
in the McGraw Gym
Thank you for your communication in the event anything changes with your child's "getting home" routine. I can be reached by email at: speterson@psdschools.org
I will get back to you as soon as possible on my regular work days
(Tuesday-Friday)
Shelly Peterson, MA, MT-BC
Music Teacher, McGraw Elementary
Practice Items for the performance on Thursday, December 4, 2025
1. Ram Sam Sam (Moroccan Folk Song)
Lyrics: Part A: A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
Part B: A rafi, a rafi, Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
A rafi, a rafi, Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
Part A: A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
Guli guli guli guli, Guli ram sam sam
Form we will follow is AABBAA
We will sing this as a three part round:
Everyone will sing one full time through in unison (at the same)
2nd and 3rd time through will be the round
We will sing through the whole song twice in the round
2. Four White Horses (Caribbean Folk Song)
Lyrics: Four white horses on a river,
Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow
Up tomorrow is a rainy day,
Come on and join our shadow play,
Shadow play is a ripe banana,
Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow.
Hope tomorrow is a rainy day.
3. Bim Bum (American Hand Clapping Song)
We will sing in unison without the hand clapping the first time, 2nd and 3rd times sing with the hand clapping, 4th time only sing (no hand clapping).
Lyrics: Bim bum, bim bum,
Biddy biddy bum,
Biddy bum,
Biddy biddy bum,
Bim bum.
(Repeat)
Bim bum,
Biddy biddy bum,
Biddy bum,
Biddy biddy bum,
Bim bum.
(Repeat)
Clap on "bim", snap your fingers on "bum" and clap you legs on "biddy".
4. Old Bald Eagle (We are changing the words to Golden Eagle)
Golden Eagle sail around, daylight is gone.
Golden Eagle sail around, daylight is gone.
The whole choir is signing with ASL to this. Video for practice below.
5. Chumbara (French-Canadian Song)
Chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara,
chum chum chum chum chum chum chum chum
Chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara, chumbara,
chum chum chum chum chum, hey!
If you have Spotify, this is the accompaniment track I am looking to use here. This link will not work if you do not have a Spotify account unfortunately. It is the same track the students sing to in the video linked to the title of the song.
We may or may not have time to learn this one:
Water Come a Me Eye (Jamaican Folk Song)
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