If you guessed that they were all found in the stomach of a sperm whale then you were right!
Today Willow, a former Churchill student who takes time from her high school studies to volunteer with us each week, brought in a great workshop activity for us. With Kelsey, from the earth friendly Otesha Project organization, she led us through an activity where we brainstormed alternatives to these items which were all made from plastic. We came up with some incredible alternatives...and better yet, we got ourselves thinking about plastic in a critical way.
Our school has a rock group called Churchill School Of Rock.This year we played at Algonquin collage on Rogers tv.We played a lot of songs including two Christmas songs.Once we got on the stage and started to play the people filming us were surprised that we were so polite and organized and so in to it.They were also shocked because a lot of the of the other schools that were playing were wearing ties and fancy uniforms and playing soft music.Then we came out playing rock songs and getting so into it. We rocked it! -Cayley-
S of R 9 is up and running. Here we are getting ready for our Nov11 performance for Remembrance Day. We will be performing "Let it Be" and "One Day" during our ceremony at Churchill, and possibly down at the Westboro Cenotaph.
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees (please!)
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Late last night the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man away
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (3x)
Song List - here is pretty much what the set list will look like...
Rockin in
the Free World
Summer of
69 Little
Boxes ISS Big
Yellow Taxi Taking
Care of Business Stompa Brother
Down Ordinary Day
The date for our show is Friday, May 24, 2013 Start times are 12:00 (noon) and 7:00pm Think sunny thoughts, because we are rocking outside, on the deck.
Here is a link to the Ukelele blog we use for Music. The expectation is that all students visit, and comment on the blog at some time. http://chukuleles.blogspot.ca/
This is the song that Room 209 chose for Rock of Ages/School of Rock! We chose this song because in the video, it reminded us about Cardboard City. I think the message of this song is, be your own person and don't follow everyone else. Because, "little boxes made of ticky tacky" means all the houses look all the same and it's good to be different. The song is kind of sarcastic, it's kind of teasing people for all trying to be all the same.
This song was written in 1962! Walk Off the Earth recorded it in 2012. It was 40 years old when they recorded it!
This is houses made of ticky-tacky.
-by Gabby
Here is the video and the lyrics.
little boxes on the hillside
little boxes made of ticky tacky
little boxes on the hillside
little boxes all the same
there’s a pink one and a green one
and a blue one and a yellow one
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same
and the people in the houses
all went to the university
where they were put in boxes
and they came out all the same
and there’s doctors and lawyers
and business executives
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same
and they all play on the golf course
and drink their martinis dry
and they all have pretty children
and the children go to school
and the children go to summer camp
and then to the university
where they are put in boxes
and they come out all the same
and the boys go into business
and marry and raise a family
in boxes made of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same
there’s a pink one and a green one
and a blue one and a yellow one
and they’re all made out of ticky tacky
and they all look just the same
UPDATE: If you want to play the ukulele along with the song here is the link to the chords with the lyrics.
(Thanks to Fiona for finding one version of the chords and Owen for finding an even more simple one!)
I've got a smile on my face, I've got four walls around me
The sun in the sky, the water surrounds me
I'll win now but sometimes I'll lose
I've been battered, but I'll never bruise, it's not so bad
[Chorus:]
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
and it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say,
it's all right.
Janie sings on the corner, what keeps her from dying?
Let them say what they want, she won't stop trying
She might stumble, if they push her 'round
She might fall, but she'll never lie down
[Chorus]
In this beautiful life, but there's always some sorrow
It's a double-edged knife, but there's always tomorrow
It's up to you now if you sink or swim,
Keep the faith and your ship will come in.
It's not so bad
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say
I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day, you've just got to say
it's alright
'Cause it's alright, it's alright
'Cause I've got a smile on my face and I've got four walls around me
Here are the lyrics to the song presented by the students of Room 308. The artist is Serena Ryder. She was born in Toronto, grew up in Millbrook (near Peterborough), and started writing songs when she was 10 or 11 years old. Her big break came from performances she did at the Black Sheep Inn, in Wakefield Quebec, not far from Churchill Alternative (and Ottawa). Billboard named her the most promising songstress 2009. Her songs have been on Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Gossip Girl. She is performing at a sold out show this weekend (Friday, February 22nd) at Mavericks in Ottawa!!!
"Stompa"
People, working every night and day
Never give yourself no time
Got too many bills to pay
Slow down, nothing’s gonna disappear
If you give yourself some room
To move to the music you hear
Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet
People, looking for the great escape
Looking for the greener side
Trying to find a better way
Slow down; open up your big brown eyes
Feel the rhythm in your heart
You don’t even need to try
Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet
Nothing is wrong, if you move to the beat
Clappa your hands
Stompa your feet
Stompa your feet
When you can’t seem to shake off all the feelings that are breaking
Little pieces of the music that’s in you
All the pain that you feel
I can prove it’s not real
There’s just one thing you gotta do
Gotta get up, listen to me
Clappa your hands, stompa your feet
Nothing is wrong, if you move to the beat
Clappa your hands
Stompa your feet
Stompa your feet
We noticed:
-going to work reminds us of going to school
-we were able to visualize what was happening
-you can buy a second hand guitar and be successful
-people pushin', people shovin'
-going to your slave job to get your pay means you go to work and it's really hard
-the first part and the second part of the song are really different
-in the first part of the song, we know the person is slaving at their job just for money, they don't like their job
-in the second part of the song, the singer is trying to influence the listener (look at me, I'm self employed)
-just a-layin' in the sun is far away from slavin' away
"Takin' Care Of Business"-Bachman Turner Overdrive
[Musical Intro]
You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be
Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Work out
If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar Chances are you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we be
Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) We be been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime
Mercy Whooooo All right
[Instrumental Interlude]
Take good care of my business When I'm away, every day Whoooo
You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be
Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime
[Brief Instrumental Interlude]
Takin' care of business, whoo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business (every day) Takin' care of business (every way) Takin' care of business (it's all mine) Takin' care of business And working overtime Whoooo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you yeah
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
