Choral Speaking Script!
(official)
L : LEFT, R: RIGHT. first row : number 1, second row: number 2 and third row:
number 3.
I hoe its c!ear to "ou a!!, don#t hesistate to as$ if there#s an" %s& :'
L(R2,3: Gu"s, the chora! sea$in) cometition is ne*t wee$&
L(R1: +h ," God, what are we )oin) to ta!$ about-&
R123 :Let.s ta!$ about F++/& ,mmm0
L123: Let.s ta!$ about GH+1T1& 2uuuu0
L"dia: 3o, !et.s ta!$ about somethin) we 4LL ha5e in common&
L(R 123: 6hat, our arents. na))in)-&
L"dia: 3o, I.m ta!$in) about music&
L1,2,3: ,usic-&
R1,2,3:,usic-&
4LL: ,u7sic& E5en the word is music to our ears&
4LL: 4 5er" )ood mornin) to the honorab!e 8ud)es, teachers and friends. Toda",
whether "ou want to hear it or not, we.re )oin) to te!! "ou a!! about music&
L1,2,3: 1o, sit bac$, re!a*
R1,2,3: 9ut don.t fa!! as!ee
4LL: 4nd0. En8o" the show&
4LL: 4s teens, music !a"s a H2GE art in our e5er"da" !i5es&
I bet most of us can#t !i5e without music&
6e a!! ha5e i:ods, ,:3s and e5en our handhones ha5e music&
4!! around us there.s music;on the radio, te!e5ision and e5en our surroundin)s&
L(R2,3:The tic$in) of the c!oc$..
L(R1: Tic$ toc$, tic$ toc$
L(R2,3: The tweetin) of the birds0
L(R1: Tweet<tweet, tweet<tweet&
4LL: E=ER>THI3G has its own natura! rh"thm and beat that forms its own music&
3ow, !et us brin) "ou b7ac$ in time0
To see how music has e5o!5ed&
4LL: In the se5enties, o dominated the airwa5es&
?an "ou ima)ine
+ur grandarents )roo5ed to 1te5ie 6onder and the 9eat!es<<
L1,2,3: 6ho-&
R1,2,3: WE don.t ha5e a c!ue&
4LL: @:o music. actua!!" came from the word @ou!ar music.. +5er time, it made
its own )enre as we $now toda".
Its basis co5ers se5era! different )enres of music: 8aAA, roc$, sou!, r(b
?reatin) a fusion of sound that e5o!5es into o music as we $now it&
+5er time, o music.s ou!arit" increased b" the rise of ,T=, which ou!ariAed
artists such as ,ichae! Bac$son, ,adonna and :rince.
4LL: T7hen, in the ei)hties, a new )enre of music was born&
/isco, babe"h&
The Cdisco soundC is so uni%ue it defies descrition& It draws on man" inf!uences:
BaAA, Latin, o;a!! that roduces a feet<tain) me!od". It most!" consists of dance
beats that ma$es "ou want to;
L2,3:<<9ust a mo5e&
R2,3: 4nd brea$ out "our )roo5e&
L(R1:+$a", that.s enou)h.
4LL:6ith disco music came the fashion that most of us toda" wou!d crin)e at.
L(R3: 9e!! bottoms
L(R2::uff" hair
L(R1::ood!e s$irts
4LL: 4nd e5en si* inch !atforms&
4LL: 9o",
4ren.t we )!ad we.re in the 21st centur"&
4LL: In the nineties;
Farah 3atasha: 6+H++& R+?D 43/ R+LLL&&& Ee5er"one !oo$s' err, sorr".
4LL:4s we were s7a"in), nineties brou)ht roc$ music to a who!e new !e5e!& Roc$
too$ a new definition.
From the FGes beat, societ" racticed freedom of e*ression b" roc$ music.
From c!assic roc$, sub<)enres %uic$!" de5e!oed: o<roc$, b!ues<roc$ and )!am roc$.
L1,2,3:4nd so, our tri down memor" !ane ends.
R1,2,3:9ut the 21st centur" music be)ins&
4LL: :o. Techno. Ra. Roc$. R39. 1ou!. ,eta!. Hiho. >ou name it&
E5en forei)n music !i$e Broc$ and Do&
3adirah: C1orr" sorr" sorr" sorr"0C
4LL:6ith so man" )enres of music, no wonder !ife is a s"mhon"&
4LL: ,usic inf!uences teena)ers in s7o man" wa"s.
L1,2,3: Hearin) "our fa5ourite son) on the radio can turn "our da" 3HG de)rees&
R1,2,3: It.s the most effecti5e medium that teens use to brea$ out of the fun$.
4LL: There is 8ust so much meanin) behind music nowada"s&
,usic can a!so te!! an artist.s !ife stor", thin)s the" ha5e been throu)h, and e5en their
oinion on certain 5iews.
L(R2,3: 1on)s about the en5ironment,
L&R1:Iearth son)&J
L(R2,3: about !o5e and friendshi,
L&R1:[fa!!in) for "ou&J
L(R2,3: and about !ife.s e*eriences a!! )i5e a ositi5e imact to the !isteners.
4LL: It.s the uni5ersa! medium that e5er"one understands, e5en throu)h the !an)ua)e
barrier&
From 4merica to France, German" to Kimbabwe, music is abundant and constant.
Throu)h the mass media, music from a!! wa!$s of !ife are heard and en8o"ed.
4LL: 6e a!! need music in our !i5es. The stead" beat of music ca!ms the mind, heart
and sou!.
>oun) or o!d, white or b!ac$, ?aucasian or 4sian, e57er"one is united b" this
freedom of se!f<e*ression.
4s !ife )oes on, new beats are disco5ered, new rh"thms are e*!ored and se!f
e*ression be)ins a)ain&
3o one can )et bored or tired of music because it is e5er<chan)in).
4LL: In short, !ife without music wou!d be...
Esomeone' : /e5astatin)&
Esomeone' : 9orin)&
Icric$et soundJ
4LL: It 8ust sim!" wou!dnt be !ife&
Than$ "ou&
