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     The students in the Intermediate Chorus performed at the Awards Night Ceremony on June 6th, 2002. The selection was titled “After Beeps”. It is a collection of folk tunes that have had lyrics written for use as answering machine messages. Mrs. Westover then challenged the chorus members to work in groups of two and create their own message. They had to select a folk tune and either find the melody score or figure it out themselves and write it out on staff paper. Next they wrote their original lyrics being careful to make sure that it had a natural flow and fit the rhythm patterns. In some cases they had to alter the rhythms slightly to fit the text. Then they wrote their lyrics below the notes giving each word or syllable its place. Here are their messages-

Tune: “Here We Go Looby Loo”

I’m not home in the day

I’m not around at Noon

Leave a message please

And I will get back to you soon!

Lyrics by Adrienne Gant and Amanda Camareno, Grade 8

Tune: “Down By The Station”

Please leave a message, I’m not here right now.

It’ shouldn’t take too long, I’ve just gone into town.

Just tell me what you need and I will try,

To get home soon and reply.

Tune: “Go In and Out the Window”

Please leave a message now.

Before you have a cow.

I know that you know how.

After the beep. Wow!

Lyrics by Leanne Westfall and Samantha Sickler, Grade 7

Tune: “It’s a Small World”

I can’t come to the phone right now.

I can’t come to the phone right now.

I cant come to the phone right now.

Because I’m not home.

Lyrics by Thomas Akshar, Grade 8 and Cody Knapp, Grade 6

Tune: “Don Gato”

I am not at home right now you see.

So leave a message at the beep.

So leave your name and number please, please please.

And I will call you back when I get home.

Lyrics by Courtney Lynn and Jamie Brown, Grade 8

Tune: “Yankee Doodle”

I have gone down into town to get some groceries for me.

Please don’t wait it takes a while to find some macaroni.

Leave a number, don’t hang up and give me a name, too.

Susan, Rachel, Elaine or Jon I’ll call you all back real soon!

Lyrics by Rachel DeVona and Elaine Herbig, Grade 6

Tune: “Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts”

I will try to call you back when I get home.

Call you back when I get home.

Call you back when I get home.

I will try to call you back when I get home.

So leave a message after the tone. Beep!

Lyrics by Willie Matthews and James Van Der Heide, Grade 7

Tune: “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

Nobodies home now to answer the phone

Answer the phone, answer the phone.

Nobodies home now to answer the phone

So please leave a message when you hear the tone.

Lyrics by Michael Thomas, Grade 7 and Samantha McAvoy, Grade 8

Tune: “Oh, Do You Know the Muffin Man”

You have reached my new machine,

It is not me, my new machine.

Leave your name and number please

And I will call you back.

Lyrics by Tracie Terrana and Casey Konz, Grade 7

Tune: “Michael Finnigan”

We are not at home right now

Home right now

Home right now

We are not at home right now

We have gone away.

So leave your name and number please.

Number please, number please.

So leave your name and number please.

After the beep. Beep!
 

Tune: “Oh, Susanna”

Oh we went out for a moment for pint of cold ice cream,

But now we do not have it, they were all sold out you see.

So we went to the next X-tra Mart

Just across to the next town,

But our car ran out of gas and we

Never made it down.

Oh, please help us! We are just hungry!

So leave us a short message, while we’re buying some ice cream.

Lyrics by John Akshar and Kaitlyn James, Grade 8

Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Leave a message after the beep

Because we have gone to sleep.

As I lay upon my bed,

Dreaming sweetly in my head.

Leave a message after the beep.

Because we have gone to sleep.

Lyrics by Julie Grover , Grade 7 and Brandi Scott, Grade 6