My good friend and puppet-making pal from Lansing, Petra Daher came up to be a part of the “B-Team” and push us through the last days of parade building. Take a moment to check out her blog, complete with more photos and a nice accounting of our Earth Day blitz….
YES–the weather held at a sweaty 65-70 degrees and we were mighty grateful for the fresh, cool breeze that swept down Union Street off of Grand Traverse Bay.
Vist Petra’s blog at: http://petradaher.blogspot.com/
Here is our final script for the Earth Day fiesta!
Pep Rally for the Globally Warmed
with theTipping Point Radical Cheerleaders!
Performers:
Caller
Chicken, Pig and Cow Squad
Air Squad
Fire Squad
Water Squad
Earth Squad
Spirit Squad
Chicken, Pig and Cow Squad:
Call: Squad set?
A: You Bet! (Turn around to the right and shake your piggy/chicken/cow/animal tails, then turn back forward to the left)
spell it 3x
T-I-P-P-I-N-G-P-O-I-N-T! (clap clap)
Stop, Observe. The Tipping Point is the word
Stop, Observe. We barnyard girls we must be heard
Stop, Observe. The Tipping Point is the word.
Call: Tip it back
A: WAY BACK(clap clap)
repeat many times
Cheers for our Elemental Sections:
Air Squad:
Call: Ready to call in Air?
Squad: Let’s blow!
*sung to the tune of “dust in the wind”
We call on the wind, the east is where day begins.
We breathe with our kin, and vision the world we can win.
(Rhythmic chant) Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in.
squad whoops, jumps around, kicks etc. “Welcome Eagle!!”
Fire Squad:
Call: Ready to call in Fire?
Squad: Let’s glow!
*done in traditional cheerleader style
Call: Our sun is what?
A: Red Hot!
(repeat 2x)
together: ” Our sun is R-E-D red! H-O-T hot!
You can’t beat the watts we got,
Red Hot! (clap clap) Solar Power (clap clap)
Red Hot! (clap clap) Solar Power (clap clap)
can repeat entire cheer if you wanna
Welcome Sun! (jump around kick, yell etc.)
Water Squad:
Call: Ready to call Water?
Squad: Let’s flow!
*done to the tune of Beastie Boys “Slow and Low”- this requires mouth
beat boxers!
(One person calls cheer- everyone comes in on words that rhyme with flow)
“Water flows, rivers and snows, Tides they move to lunar tempos!
Your dam may blow so dig the swale hole, Rehydrate with erosion control!
Meander flow, the ocean she grows, stop melting the poles, know what
she knows!”
Everyone cheers- Welcome water – jump around etc.
Earth Squad:
Call: Ready to call Earth?
Squad: Let’s Get down and wiggle!
Cheer all together- as you come to the end be lowering selves to ground level then
jump up and welcome Turtle:
Wiggle, wiggle worm under the ground,
Wiggle, wiggle worm through the earth,
Wiggle, wiggle worm chompin’ on the waste,
Turn it into compost
How does it taste?
LIKE DIRT!
Everyone jumps up- “Welcome Earth- yells, kicks etc.”
Spirit Squad:
Call: Ready to call Spirit?
Squad: Let’s Do it!
(traditional cheer style)
“We got spirit yes we do, we got spirit how bout you? (boisterous)
“We got spirit yes we do, we got spirit how bout you? (soft and whispery)
“We got spirit yes we do, we got spirit how bout you? (loud and
challenging)
You can’t un-fry an egg! NO-NO!
You can’t un-fry an egg! NO-NO!
(jump around and yell ‘Welcome spirit! kicks etc.)
—–
Repeat beginning Tipping Point cheers again
——
Call: Let’s Stack Functions!
Step out of pig/cow bodies and form human pyramid and chant
“Root, stem, flower- we got the Earth Day power”
Get crowd going with us!
Wild—and wonderful Earth Healing Pep Rally!
Go! Go! Go!
Thanks to the inspiration and the genius of Ginny S. from the 2006/January EAT!
Join us in the 18th Annual Grand Traverse Community Celebration of Earth Day!
EARTH DAY PARADE
Saturday, April 21, 1:00 PM
Parade lineup begins at 12 noon at Central Grade School (7th & Pine) Watch the parade downtown on Union, Park, Front and State Streets! Bad weather date is April 28th
After the parade, (around 2 pm) join us for,
“The Tipping Point” Puppet and Mask Performance,
presented by 5th & 6th year Central Grade Montessori students, Little Artshram & Rhythmic Adventures and friends.
and Community Picnic
hosted at Hannah Park (6th & Union)
Please bring a dish to pass or food for your family, a picnic blanket and your own table service. Food can be dropped off at the park before the parade.
We thank our Sponsors:
The Artcenter of Traverse City, FIM Group, Unitarian Universalist Church of TC, Higher Grounds, Oryana, Little Artshram, Rhythmic Adventures, Traverse City Light and Power, TC Sierra Club, Cuppa Joe, Copy World, Cherry Republic, DDA/DTCA, Leigh Fairey, Students, Parents, and staff of TCAPS Central Grade Montesssori and the MANY devoted volunteers who helped at both the Variety Show and the Community Workshops.
Yippee look at the weather predicition for this weekend!
You can still get in on the gooping action for this year’s Earth Day parade at the Artcenter….the Earth Day workshops will be open M-W evening this week—-from 5-9 PM…..
Ode to the Globe Warmed
Temperature rising,
ice melting,
sea level rising,
weather turning wild,
in 2004
the National Geographic
says it all
one degree of change.
What role do humans play?
Glaciers retreating,
ice shelves fracturing,
permafrost melting,
going, going
thin ice in the arctic,
while the seas encroach.
What role do humans play?
More than a
hundred million people
worldwide live within
three feet of
mean sea level
and there is something
about the way the
earth is breathing.
What role do humans play?
Seasons shift
and we stand drying up
in the desert,
dead forests, mistimed migrations,
and no ice cover
losing winter as
we knew it.
What role do humans play?
At some point,
as temperatures rise,
those that can run,
will have no more room
to run.
What role do humans play?
Notes from our Friday Earth Day brainstorming with 30, 5th and 6th graders…. What is an Earth Day Parade Puppet and Mask performance ?
A story of a different sort, unlike a more traditional theater production, puppet theater is:
Our characters in each section:
Air: Focusing on: How air is polluted and is an energy resource via WInd Generators
Fire: Focusing on: Factory Farming and methane pollution. Big is not better, go small.
Water: Focusing on: Loss of habitat and rising water levels and temp. Convserve, reserve,
Earth: Focusing on:
Center: Focusing on ambivilence, complacency, knowing we are a cause and could do something but don’t. Message: “We can’t un-fry an egg.”
Storyline Brainstorm:
1. Introduction: By Narrator: “WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR….Annual Earth Day Parade and Festival!…..
2. Scene/place ideas: Factory Farm, valley, forest, little barn with a few cows and pigs with a nearby Factory Farm, River, underwater, lake/field/barnyard.
3. Character ideas, the starring roles: Radical Chickens are tyrantical global warmers, Turtles, big and small, Big eagle, Sun puppet, innocent cows and pigs—and then the demons come out, jelly fish.
4. Situation ideas, the first part of the story:
5. The problem: So, What’s the big deal?
6. Solution….will be shared with a musical teach-in…..tba by Penny and Dede, inspired by all!
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy. ~Tagore
The Earth Charter
…is a declaration of fundamental principals for building a just sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organization representing millions of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. The Earth Charter is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history.
To view the Earth Charter and learn how to become involved, visit
www.earthcharter.org.
We have only 2 weeks til parade day, and there is STILL time to visit the Earth Day Community Art Studio at the Artcenter and build yourself a mask and get in on the parade making-mania! Our weekend workshops are Friday, 5-9 PM, and Sat & Sun, 12-5 PM.
Join us in the 18th Annual Grand Traverse Community Celebration of Earth Day!
EARTH DAY PARADE
Saturday, April 21, 1:00 PM
parade lineup begins at 12 noon at Central Grade School (7th & Pine) Watch the parade downtown
on Union, Park, Front and State Streets! Bad weather date is APril 28th
After the parade, (around 2 pm) join us for,
“The Tipping Point” Puppet and Mask Performance,
presented by 5th & 6th year Central Grade Montessori students, Little Artshram & Rhythmic Adventures and friends.
and Community Picnic
hosted at Hannah Park (6th & Union)
Please bring a dish to pass or food for your family, a picnic blanket and your own table service. Food can be dropped off at the park before the parade.
We thank our Sponsors:
The Artcenter of Traverse City, Higher Grounds, Oryana, Little Artshram, Rhythmic Adventures, Traverse City Light and Power, TC Sierra Club, Cuppa Joe, Copy World, Cherry Republic, DDA/DTCA, Leigh Fairey, Students, Parents, and staff of TCAPS Central Grade Montesssori and the MANY devoted volunteers who helped at both the Variety Show and the Community Workshops.
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