♪ It's time, it's time to get up ♪ ♪ It's time to move your body ♪ You're not just anybody ♪ Come on and move your feet ♪ It's time, it's time you get up ♪ ♪ And find a place to groove now ♪ ♪ Come on and listen to the rhythm now ♪ ♪ And celebrate the beat - [Narrator] In today's episode, we're joined by dancers from the Aspen Community School as we learn a dance and a song about the planet Earth.

Join Tracy and Gerald as they lead a fresh dance about our home planet.

Tony sets the beat on the keys and drums, so make some room and get ready to.

♪ Celebrate the beat ♪ It's time, it's time to get up ♪ ♪ It's time to leave your worries ♪ ♪ Put on a smile and your sneakers and get off your seat ♪ ♪ It's time, it's time you get up ♪ ♪ We are about to blast off ♪ Dancing to rhythms of the planets ♪ ♪ As we celebrate the beat (upbeat lively music) - Welcome to the Aspen Community School.

"Celebrate The Beat" is thrilled to be here.

These are the stars of our show.

- [Etai] Etai!

- [Ames] Ames!

- [Levi] Levi!

- [Nesta] Nesta!

- [Adi] Adi!

- [Mia] Mia!

- [Penelope] Penelope!

- My name is Miss Tracy, we've got Tony T on the keys, and.

- Mr. Gerald!

Now we're going to warm it up.

Our pattern is eight, four, two.

Now I want you to count along with us at home.

Hit it, Mr. Tony.

(upbeat music) Now we bounce and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And hands cross, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Now feet cross, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Now sway it out, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Now four counts, one, two, three, four.

Hands cross, one, two, three, four.

Feet one, two, three, four.

And sway one, two, three, four.

Twos, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two.

Now cross those legs, and turn, and now we speed it, stepping out on one, two, and sway.

Other side, one, two, and sway.

Again, one, two, and sway.

Other side, one, two, and sway.

Now put it together four times.

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, and sway one.

Again we go, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, and sway one.

Now back to our bounces, we go eight, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Hands crossed one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Now feet cross one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Sway one, two.

- I don't hear you, five, six, seven, eight.

- Now forward one, two, three, four.

Hands crossed one, two, three, four.

Feet cross one, two, three, four.

Sway one, two, three, four.

And twos, one, two, one, two.

Feet one, two, and sway, cross one and turn all the way around.

We go a one, two, and a sway.

And a one, two, and sway.

Again one, two, and sway.

Last time one, two, and sway.

Now speed it up, we have one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, now sway, one.

Again we go one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, and sway.

Now let that neck roll, one.

And now other way, we swing a one.

Two, three, four, five, six, and one big breath in.

And breathe out.

Hands to our side, and finish.

- Dancers, stand tall at home, stand tall here.

I have to say, I am so proud of you.

I saw some mixed up feet, right?

But they never gave up, they kept going!

And that is what it's about, just keep going.

Right, even if you mess up, it's fun.

And now, the step!

The first step is called the mountains, and you just did it in the warm-up.

I go first, I go one, two, I hold, you go.

(upbeat music) - One, two, and hold.

- Good, not bad, come back, come back.

But you've got to cross the leg over.

Oh, and if you're at home and your shoe came untied, let's tie your shoes.

Anybody here have a shoelace untied, I got it.

Could you play some shoe tying music please?

(upbeat music) Yep, shoe tying music, you got to have music with everything.

Thank you Tony T, okay.

So we have live music in every class at Celebrate the Beat, it's the best.

All right, so I'm going to to go again.

One, two, ready, go.

(upbeat music) - One, two.

- Yes, remember to start the one with your left leg.

Okay, and your right leg at home, five, six, I go, I go, one, two, ready, go!

- One, two.

(upbeat music) - Yes, come back, come back.

Fantastic, I'm going to do three, four.

I'm going to do one, two, three, four.

Then they do one, two, three, four, count out loud.

I go first, I go one, two, three, four.

- A one, two, three, four.

- It's okay, we're fast Pen, we're fast.

Five, six, I go one, two, three, you go!

- One, two, three, four.

- It's okay, it's okay if you messed up.

Come back, boom, home base.

Third time's the charm, I go first.

I go one, two, three, four.

- One, two, three, four.

- Yes, I'm going to keep going.

Five, six, seven, you go.

- Five, six, seven.

- Eight!

- Eight.

- Ah ha, yes, that's the whole mountain step.

I go, you go, I'm going to put it all together.

Five, six, seven, eight, it's a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Yes, I love it!

Dancers, stand tall, a little bit faster.

Now, I want Mia and me, Ms. Tracy, to go first.

Ready to go with me?

We go first, you go second with everybody.

Five, six, here we go.

(upbeat music) One, two, three, four, five, six, up seven, down eight.

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Yes, wow, stand tall, okay, part two.

We did the mountains, now, you know how there's gravity and it helps us to stay grounded?

Well, we're going to celebrate gravity.

So come down, we're here, I'm going to go three and four.

One, two, three and four, go!

- One, two, three and four.

- Nice, that was amazing.

Five, six, ready, go.

- Five, six.

- Now I'm going to come up into what they call beast.

Seven!

(Miss Tracy growls) And eight.

(Miss Tracy laughing) Let's put it together.

I do the first four, you do the second four.

Five, six, I hold, one, two, three and four, go!

- One, two, three and four.

(upbeat music) - Five, six, seven and eight.

- Five, six, seven and eight.

- Yes, stand tall, whoo!

We're going to put together part one and part two.

Here we go, I go first, I go One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Hold one, two, three and four, five, six, seven and eight.

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Hold one, two, three and four, five six, seven and eight.

- Wow, I'd say we're from a scale, stand tall, from zero to 100, we are at 79.685.

Come with us again, here we go, parts one and two.

Five, six, here we go.

(upbeat music) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Hold one, two, three and four, five, six, seven and eight.

Oh my goodness, amazingness, all right, we're here.

Hold it at home, hold it at home, and put your feet under and come up.

Whoo, and breathe in, and breathe out.

Another breathe in and breathe out, okay.

Dancers, next part three is called plate tectonics.

The plate tectonics are responsible for moving the planet very slowly and for where the continents are and the oceans and the mountains.

So we're going to start in beast.

Come down to where we left off, our bookmark of beast.

I go first, I'm going to do one move at a time.

It's challenging, but we're going to persevere.

One go.

And two go.

Your hips are way in the air.

Good, you guys, three.

Cross behind, four.

Cross behind again, five.

Cross behind again, six open.

Good job, jump your feet to your hands, seven.

Roll up, at home, don't stop.

Remember we're your mirror, okay.

I'm going to go again.

One, one, two, two, three, three, four, four, five, six.

It's called the six, it's called the six.

So come down, beast, here I go.

One you go, one.

Two I go, two.

- Two.

- Three.

- Three.

- Four.

- Four.

- Good.

Five.

- Five.

- Six.

- Six.

- Jump.

- Jump.

- And roll up, aha!

Okay, here we go, I go, I'm going to put it all together.

Then you're going to put it all together.

I love that we're smiling, I love the challenge.

Come down, here I go.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Jump seven, and eight.

- Now we go together, one, two, three, four, five, six, jump together, roll it up.

- Wow, holy cow, ha, that was amazing.

Okay, now we're going to put together parts two and three.

Grounded, we're here, plus plate tectonics.

We're going to hold one, right, here we go.

Five, six, hold one.

One, two, three and four, five six, up seven and eight.

And slow it down, cross it, and up, and ha, and huh, and huh, and jump it, and roll up.

Yes, I think steps two and three again.

Parts two and three again, plus part one.

Parts one, two, and three, let's do it.

Okay, here we go.

Five, a six, parts one, two, and three, we go, One, two, three, four, five, and drop it.

Hold one, two, three and four, cross it five, six, up seven.

All right, and hey, whoa, huh, yes!

Huh, huh, and huh, and roll it up.

Yes, I know they didn't stop, even though there were mama who's.

Okay, part four.

The oceans, right?

They make up 70% of the earth, so I go first.

I go one, two, three, four, five, six, now you go!

- One, two, three, four, five, six.

- Yes, I go, one, I tap, three, four, five, six, here you go.

- One, two, three, four, five, six.

- Yes, but only six, only six, because where would we be on earth without our friends?

Friend, friend, show me.

- Friend, friend.

- We're here, I go first, seven and, that's seven and.

We're at six, show me six, bend those knees and get low.

I go first, seven and go!

- Seven and.

- Yes, and then we look up at the sun, eight.

And we're looking up and we're grateful for the sun and the oceans and the stars and the moons.

Okay, should we put all of part four together?

Let's do it, slowly.

Five, six, here we go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.

I'm going to watch, Gerald, you go with the dancers.

Five, six, here you go.

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.

- Yes, oh I love the seven and eight, because it's so strong.

Can you guys get really low?

Dancers, at home, everybody get low.

Get low, how low can you go?

Reach strong to your friend and look at your friend.

And look at your other friend, yes.

And now, joy for the sun, boom.

Yes, okay, let's do it all together, here we go.

Five, six, here we go.

The ocean, two, three, four, five, six, friend, sun.

Yes, that felt great, I felt their energy.

Okay, now here's what's going to happen.

Part one, part one, part two, part two.

Part three, part three, part four, part four.

My friends over here, we are part one.

Then they do part one with you at home.

Over here, we are called the leaves, the leaves on the trees.

And over here, you are the waves in the ocean, the waves in the ocean.

All right leaves, we go first.

Here we go, part one.

Five, six, here we go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.

- And now we go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, down eight.

- Hold one, two, three and four, five, six, up seven and eight.

- And now we go, hold one, two, three and four, five, six, up seven and eight.

- Here we go, and hit, and hit, and hit, and hit, and hit, and hit, and roll up.

- And now we do the six step.

One, and two, and step, and four, and five, and six, jump together, roll it up.

- The oceans go, ocean, aha, friend, huh.

- Oceans start, a one, a two, a three, and a one and up.

- Wow, okay, now it's time for spotlight on the musician.

So dancers, turn around and face Tony T. - Thanks Tracy, that was so much fun.

For our spotlight on the musician moment, or mind on the music as we like to call it, we're going to write a song about the earth.

As you may remember from past episodes, we composed a short piece of music inspired by the planet we're dancing to.

When writing a song, however, there are different elements you need to create it.

Much like when you do a science experiment.

You need different elements to make the science experiment work.

Let's say, for example, you want to learn how to ignite hydrogen soap bubbles.

You need some soapy water, a flask, a funnel, and a cork and a tube.

A little sodium hydrogen sulfate, mix it around a little.

Two spoonfuls of sodium carbonate, one, two.

It's already getting bubbly.

And three magnesium strips.

Hydrogen gases release filling the soap bubbles.

Let it sit for a few minutes, and then we had our last ingredient, fire.

Now, remember when you're doing an experiment at home, always have an adult with you and wear protective gear.

(explosion sound) Whoa, that was awesome.

I hope our song can make as much of a bang as our science experiment did.

For our song inspired by the earth, we're going to use these five musical elements: a beat, a baseline, cords, lyrics, and a melody.

A beat is the rhythm of the song that drives the music along.

It's often played by the drums.

We were using a hip hop beat for our earth dance, so let's borrow that for our earth song.

In hip hop, the beat is often made by the DJ, or the disc jockey.

A good DJ will make it easy for a rapper to rhyme or flow over by dropping sick beats.

Not those kinds of beats.

Though, they do look pretty tasty and a little under the weather, kind of sick.

When you have a word that is pronounced the same, but it's spelled differently, it's called a homophone.

That's a saxophone, that's a sousaphone.

Homophone is spelled H O M O P H O N E, and it is not an instrument.

In this case a beat, like the one a DJ or a drummer would play, is spelled B E A T. A beet, like the one you grow in your garden, is spelled B E E T. Now that we've learned what a homophone is, let's drop a beat.

Seriously?

(rhythmic drumming) Thank you.

The bass line sounds down low, sometimes long or short, like staccato.

Look at me, I'm rhyming, let's show a picture of a bass.

That's not the kind of base we're talking about, that's a base like in a baseball diamond.

Do you remember the word that we just learned, for a word that is pronounced the same, but is spelled differently,?

Say it with me.

A homophone.

Excellent, I hope you said homophone and not styrofoam or saxophone or sousaphone or gramophone or something like that.

Now that's a bass instrument.

It's an electric bass to be more specific.

Let's throw some bass over that drum beat for a second musical element.

(bass guitar and drum beat) The cords are the third element to our musical structure and create harmony.

Harmony is when you combine two or more notes that are played together to create a pleasing musical effect.

Harmony is also a popular name for things like farms, people, blockchain, the list goes on and on.

But I digress, because the type of harmony we need to create our song is musical.

Let's put some electric piano chords down to that beat and baseline.

(electric piano, bass, and drums) For our fourth musical element, let's find some famous quotes about the earth.

William Shakespeare, famous playwright, poet, and actor said, "The earth has music for those who can listen".

Essayist, philosopher and abolitionist, Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, "Nature always wears the color of the spirit".

Beautiful, I love those quotes.

"The mountains are calling and I must go", is a famous quote by John Muir, the father of the national parks, environmental philosopher, and early advocate for the preservation of the wilderness.

And finally artist and conservationist, Robert Wyland, was famous for saying, "The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination, and brings eternal joy to the soul".

There are so many other great people and quotes about our beautiful planet.

These four quotes though, I've found, if we put them together and tweak them a little bit, could work well as a rap.

For Shakespeare's quote, If we change the word, listen to hear it, that line hear it, rhymes with the next line spirit.

"The earth has music for those who can hear it.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit".

"The mountains are calling and I must go", works perfectly.

So we don't need to change that line.

We can also shorten the next quote because it's a little too long to fit in the phrase of our rap.

Instead of the ocean stirs, the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul, we could shorten it to say, the ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul.

Let's drop the beat and hear what our earth rhyme sounds like.

♪ I go, the earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ ♪ Whoo Our fifth element is adding a melody to our song.

When you rap, however, you're not playing or singing a melody, a melody has to have pitch to it.

Let's add a countermelody instead to accompany the rap.

(hip hop music) Cool, let's put the melody rap and beat together and learn our song.

I'll go first, and then you go, I go.

♪ The earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ The earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ Sweet, let's put those two lines together.

Here we go, we go.

♪ The earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ Excellent, I'll say the next line, and then you repeat after me, I go, ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ Nice, let's put those two lines together, the mountains and the ocean, here we go.

♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ Slamming, somebody called the record company.

We've got a hit that's going global.

Or maybe it's just a global song or an earth song, if you will ha-ha!

Either way, let's put the whole thing together.

Follow the lyrics, we go: ♪ The Earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ ♪ That's fire and water and wind and rain ♪ ♪ Let's do that rap once more, again, we go ♪ ♪ The Earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ - Again ♪ The Earth has music for those who can hear it ♪ ♪ Nature always wears the colors of the spirit ♪ ♪ The mountains are calling and I must go ♪ ♪ The ocean stirs the heart and brings joy to the soul ♪ - Now, before we end class, we're going to put it together, one last time.

Dancers stand tall, pop up, boom.

Hit it T, four for nothing.

(upbeat music) One.

Hold one, two, three and four, cross, up.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Two, two, three, four, come home, the oceans.

It sways, and sways, and sways, seven and eight.

Ah, all right dancers, one more time for good measure.

All right, here we go, this is going to be the best yet.

Join us at home, last time, smiling, enjoying.

Hit it T, four for nothing.

Top rock, one.

Seven, hold one.

Three and four, cross, up.

Cross behind.

Out.

Cross behind.

Cross behind.

And open, and jump.

Ocean step.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.

Ah, good job dancers.

Now we say goodbye, but not the ordinary way.

How do we do it Gerald?

- CTB style.

- Let's hit it.

- Okay.

Hit it for two eights, Mr, tony.

Let's bounce it out.

- Dancers at home, you respond with us.

That Gerald, he goes first.

- Repeat after me, ♪ A beautiful place made mostly of water ♪ ♪ A beautiful place made mostly of water ♪ ♪ Where you'll find whales and otters ♪ ♪ Where you'll find whales and otters ♪ ♪ Mountains, valleys and beach sand ♪ ♪ Mountains, valleys and beach sand ♪ ♪ And all the life in this land ♪ ♪ And all the life in this land ♪ ♪ Thank you dancers ♪ Thank you dancers ♪ Thank you teachers ♪ Thank you teachers ♪ Thank you music ♪ Thank you music ♪ Thank you Earth ♪ Thank you Earth ♪ And, and, and ♪ And, and, and ♪ And, and, and ♪ And, and, and ♪ And goodbye ♪ And goodbye - Thank you so much for joining us.

Have a beautiful day.

(instrumental music)