(upbeat music) ♪ 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 - [Announcer] In today's episode we're joined by dancers from Delta County, as we explore the fourth planet from the Sun, Mars.

Join Emma and Tracy as they lead a bold dance about this little red planet.

Tony lays the beat on the keys and drums, so lace up those sneakers 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 (rocket engine roars) ♪ Dancing to rhythms of the planets ♪ ♪ As we celebrate the Beat (upbeat music) - Welcome to "Celebrate the Beat."

We are here in Paonia.

The stars of our show are behind me from all the schools in the area.

- Leila.

(camera shutter clicks) - Sayde.

(camera shutter clicks) - Chelsie.

(camera shutter clicks) - Zazu.

(camera shutter clicks) - Jack.

(camera shutter clicks) - Aly.

(camera shutter clicks) - River.

(camera shutter clicks) - We have Tony T on the keys.

My name is Miss Tracy and - My name is Miss Emma.

Friends at home, follow along.

We're going to start by warming up our bodies.

Five, six, reach it up.

Strong, and down, and reach, and down.

Now reach over.

That's it, other side.

Really reach.

Shoulders rolling back.

Back, and back.

All your arms.

Now your ankle.

Ankle.

That's it.

Other ankle.

Now the bounce, bounce rainbow.

Bounce, bounce, reach it up.

And melt it down.

Bounce, bounce reach.

And make it bigger every time.

Bounce, reach.

And bring it down.

Bounce, bounce reach.

And walk you legs in, knee.

Out, knee, knee, out.

Knee, and again.

Knee, out, knee, back.

Knee, out, toe top here we go.

Toe, and heel, and toe, and heel.

Back in, heel, toe, heel.

Other foot goes out.

Toe, and heel.

And toe, and heel.

That's it, Aly.

Heel and toe.

Faster going out, we go.

Toe, that's it, Zazu.

Other way.

Yes!

Now step tap.

Step and tap.

Step, take it really big now.

Step, that's it.

Now balance bring it up.

and out and up, and back that's it other leg.

Up and out, and up, and back.

Now out, and to the back.

That's it bring it back up.

Hold your balance.

Last leg up and out, that's it.

Back and down.

Now roll your neck around.

Let it go.

Roll in the other direction.

That's it take a deep breath in, bring your feet together all the way down.

Put your hands up.

And standing strong put your hands by your side and ready.

- Dancers, today we celebrate the planet Mars.

(bass drum roll) And we're going to spell, Mars.

Our first letter of course is M. And Mars is in Roman mythology, the God of War.

So our first step is strong.

(xylophone scale) I go first.

A one, two, three, four.

- One, two, three, four.

- Do that again, make it even stronger.

I go one, two, three, four.

- And we go one, two, three, four.

- Yes.

Stand tall.

Dancers at home, we are your mirror.

We're going this way, that's our left, but it's your right.

Okay.

I go first, you go with Miss Emma and the dancers here.

I'm going to put that whole part together.

All of the letter M. Get low, get ready.

Five, six, I go first.

One, two, three, four- - Wait.

Wait.

- Wait, now here we go.

- Five, six, seven, eight.

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

- Wow.

Look at them.

All looking at the same direction.

Look at their crispy fingers.

So crispy.

So amazing.

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out.

That was incredible.

Now our bookmark is here.

(air whooshing) It's like we're writing a book called Mars.

All right.

So this is where we're going to start the next letter, which is A.

A for Alien.

(chuckles) (xylophone scale) I go first.

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

- Ready, ready here we go.

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

- Shake it out at home.

The idea is that we're lifting our knees, being wild.

But we have to count and land on seven.

Make a big pose on seven.

Go.

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

- Oh, I saw some movement.

River, he's doing his hair flip, (mouth whooshes) but you got to freeze.

It's okay if the hair reacts in the end, but you got to freeze your body.

One more time for good luck, but Ha, Ha, Ha!

we're going to put together letter M plus letter A and freeze on seven.

Here we go, get ready.

(pants) You at home, with us together.

Same time, M plus A.

Five, six, here we go.

- Reach it, reach it.

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

- [Both] Alien.

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

- Hold it.

Stand tall, zip.

We call this spaceship zip.

(zipper noise) At home, get ready with our dancers.

I'm going to get low, so you can see them.

Yes!!

Fantastic!!

Now, we are ready for our next letter R. I go first.

(xylophone scale) I go one, two, three, four.

- Here we go.

One, two, three, four.

- Wow.

I love it.

We're bouncing the heels, show me a little heel bounce.

Their fingers are so crispy, it's so good.

Now, I'm going to go on.

We're here.

I go first.

Five, six, seven, eight.

- Here we go.

Five, six, seven, eight.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Yes.

Step, heel, step, heel.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Yes.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Yeah.

Now, let's add the arms.

I go first.

Step, heel, step, heel.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Step, heel, step, heel.

- Here we go.

Step, heel, step, heel.

- Yeah.

And in fact it doesn't matter which way you step, you can step left.

You can step right.

If you make a mamahuhu, you make a mamahuhu.

you just keep going.

Letter R. Our bookmark was in any alien shape you would like to create.

I go, first.

I go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Ready, ready here we go.

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

- One, two, three, four- - Get ready.

- Five, six, seven, eight.

- Here we go.

One, two, three, four- - Yes.

- Five, six, seven, eight.

- Dancers, what I love, so we're shake it out.

Shake it out.

Shake it out.

What I love so much is you keep going, right?

Even if you get confused, that's the joy of it.

You get the music, you get the vibe.

Now, we're going to put together letter M plus A plus R. It is time.

Here we go.

Quick review Letter M Letter A Letter R. R, did I tell you?

It was because the planet is known as being red.

R for red planet.

All right, here we go.

All of it together.

Spaceship zip.

(Zipper zips) And ready.

Five, six, reach your, strong.

- One.

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

- Alien.

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

- Heels.

- [Both] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Hold it.

(pants) Amazing.

I love the bookmark.

Sayde, smile.

The best ever.

Dancers, stand tall.

Next we have letter S. (xylophone scale) I go first.

One, two, three - Here we go, one two three four.

Yes!

Those knees were up above your belly button.

Five, six.

Ready go.

Go everyone.

Woo.

A six, ready, steady here he go.

One two three.

Yes!

Now what I'm loving is your legs.

You can relax, relax River.

Now, what I want you to do is add your arms, Acha.

Chacha.

Go.

- Yes, yes.

Exactly, but go.. - Yes.

All right, dancers, everybody together.

Let's see it.

Five, six.

Here we go.

One.

Yes!

Oh, you want to do another one?

Instead we're going to cross our legs.

You'll see.

I go first Canyon Volcanoes, go.

- Canyon Volcanoes - Canyons Volcanoes.

- Canyon Volcanoes Second smallest.

Get little, get tiny.

And then unwind.

Unwind unwind And make your best martian pose ever.

(cymbals) Dancers stand tall.

All right, now, we're going to play a game.

Letter M letter M letter A letter A, letter R, letter R, letter R, letter S, letter S. We're going to go first, okay?

A one, a two, a three, a four, a five.

We're going to go first.

Then you guys and gals and people and humans who are watching, you are going to go second with Miss Emma and this whole team.

Okay?

We have the apples over here.

We have the pineapples over here.

Apples.

We go first.

Letter M. Here we go.

A five, a six, Letter M here we go.

One two three four - Ready ready now we go One two three four five six seven eight.

- Alien one two three four, - That's it you guys - five six seven.

- Alien count to 7 one two three four five six seven - one two three four - Ready?

- Five six seven - Now we go.

One two three four five six seven eight - Canyons, volcanoes, smallest and yeah.

- Ready ready here we go Canyons, volcanoes, smallest, yeah.

- Whooo!

Now the game gets a little bit more challenging.

We do letters M plus A, and you friends at home, do letters M plus A with Emma and the pineapples.

Then we do R plus S then you do R plus S all right my team.

We are so ready.

Five, six.

Here we go.

One two three four five six Alien!

One two three four five six seven - Ready?

Ready?

Here we go.

one two three clap, five six seven eight Alien!

Four five six seven - A one two three four canyons and volcanoes!

- Yes!

Ready ready here we go.

One two three four five six seven eight Canyons volcanoes - Wow.

Wow.

Look at how beautifully they held their poses.

Did you do do that at home?

I love it so much.

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out.

Shake your right, Shake your other leg Shake your head, Shake your hands.

Okay, Space Ship Zip (zipper noise) And it is time, to put the whoooooole Shebang together, with our friends at home.

All right.

Dancers standing tall.

Take a big breath in.

Inhale Exhale Hands by your sides and a five, a six, the biggest yet, here we go!

One two three four (clapping) - five, six, seven.

Alien!

- A five a six and seven!

And around.

Here come the canyons and volcanoes.

Smallest, Yeah.

Wow.

Dancers, I am so proud of you.

Challenge at home.

Can you do this whole dance with your eyes shut?

Ok, here's what's going to happen.

We're going to do all of it with our eyes shut M-A-R-S You get to watch us.

Then you do it with your eyes closed and at home, you do it with your eyes closed.

Never done before.

Here we go.

Five, six, here we go.

One (funky beat) Alien.

Around.

Canyons and volcanoes.

Smallest.

Bang.

- Ready, ready, here we go.

One ... four five six seven Alien.

One two three four five six seven One two three four five six seven Canyons and volcanoes.

Smallest.

Planet.

Yeah!

- Dancers, it is time for mind on the music.

So we are going to turn around sitting and face Tony.

- Thanks Tracy and Emma for leading us in that rocking dance about Mars.

We're going to put the whole dance together in a few minutes, but first we're going to compose a rock and roll song about this little red planet.

As you may remember, from past episodes, we use different musical elements to build a song much like when you build a skyscraper, you need different tools and materials to build it.

You've seen a skyscraper, right?

I've been in a skyscraper before but never on one that's being built.

This is definitely testing my fear of heights.

At least to have this helmet on, to protect me from falling objects or the ground.

(horror chord) Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down.

As I was saying, building a song, it's kind of like building a skyscraper in that you need different tools and materials to build it.

Reinforced concrete, steel, and curtain walls of glass and polished stone are some of the main foundations for building a structure like this.

It's kind of like what the drums and bass are like for building a rock song.

There are also hundreds of other tools and materials to build a skyscraper like rivets, cranes, wood, stone.

I could keep going on and on, but I want to get off the skyscraper before I lose my lunch.

It feels great to have my feet back on the ground again, if you would have told me that I was going to be dangling my legs off a skyscraper, some 70 stories above the earth when I woke up this morning, I would have laughed in your face.

Any who let's get back to building a rock song about the planet Mars.

We're going to use these five musical elements to build our song.

A beat, bass line, chords, lyrics and a melody.

Beat is also known as the rhythm of a song, In CTB, we love to celebrate the beat.

It's the name of our company, ♪Celebrate the Beat.

The kind of beat that we're celebrating and writing a song about in this episode is a rock beat.

A rock beat has evolved from earlier Americana music, the accent the backbeat, or the two, and the four of the beat.

One TWO three FOUR One TWO three FOUR Let's hear what a kind of rock beat sounds like.

(simple drum rhythm playing, bump bump bumb tsh) The bass player holds down a low melodic line, that grooves with the drums.

The bass is to the drums is like peanut butter is to jelly.

They stick together so well.

Together they make the foundation of a song, much like how reinforced concrete and steel make up the foundation of a skyscraper.

Let's add some bass to that Rock beat.

(same beat plays, adding some bass guitar) Chords are the third element to our musical structure.

In many styles of rock music, the electric guitar plays what's called a power chord.

A power chord is made up of only two notes.

The root note, and the fifth note, giving it that driving powerful feeling.

Let's hear what a guitar power chord sounds like.

Use the air guitar.

(rock guitar in the same beat playing) Put your rock face on.

Next, let's find some inspiration from Mars for our fourth musical element, the lyrics Mars is the fourth planet closest to the sun and is named after the Roman God of war.

It's the second smallest planet in our solar system and has two moons Phobos and Deimos.

Mars is also known as the red planet from all the iron on its surface.

We continue learning more about the planet Mars.

And as of 2021, there have been 49 missions to our neighboring planet.

Those are some good facts that we can create a song around.

I love how Mars is known as the God of war, especially with a rock song, Mars, the God of war.

It's also a little red planet made of iron.

We could use that as our second line.

And instead of saying iron, we could say iron ore to rhyme with war.

(rhythmically) Little red planet made of iron ore, we know that there's a lot of things that's left to explore.

Is a fun line that encapsulates all our curiosity about the planet.

We can then bring it back to talking about Mars again, The God of war Mars, the God of war.

Let's add the fifth element, a melody, to our Mars rock.

( repetitive guitar chord, dun dun dun dun) That sounds cool.

Building with the guitar power chords.

Let's add the drums and bass and then come up with a melody to match that groove.

(simple upbeat rock song) Here we go.

1, 2, 3, Rock on.

Let's learn our Mars song by breaking it down line by line.

I'll go first.

And then you go, I go, You go.

I go.

You go.

Nice, let's put those two lines together.

One, two, here we go.

Sick.

We're halfway done.

I go first.

And then you go.

You go.

I go.

You go.

Excellent.

Let's put those two lines together.

One, two, here we go.

There's a few words in that phrase.

Let's try it one more time.

We go.

Rock and roll.

I think we can put the whole song together.

Let's do it twice more.

Starting with Mars.

The God of war two, three, we go.

Whoo!

I hope you enjoyed singing that song about Mars, where you singing along?

Now, we're going to do that dance one last time with Tracy and Emma, but (static interference) could it be?

I think it's Marcella the Musical Movement Muse.

I think she has a message for us.

(ethereal music) - [Marcel] (speaking French) - Merci monsieur Tony.... A bonjour le danseurs I am honored to be with you again.

Now today we are on Mars.

On Mars the average temperature it is minus 81, so cold.

The average temperature on earth, where you are, it is 57.

I have a math problem for us.

What is the difference between minus 81 and 57?

What is it?

Think Think Ooh You got it?

It is 138 degrees.

So today to get ourselves ready to dance, we do one breathing.

Come with me.

This is for the focus.

Now to get up, we do three positions.

One, it is with le mains, the hands.

One Two, the feet they kick out.

Three, we jump up.

And now we are ready for the 8 jumping jacks to get the heart ready.

They are not typical jumping jacks.

Those there for you dancing.

Dancers.

Here we go with me.

We have a one, we have a two, we have a three, we have a four, we are half way there, we have five, we have six, we have seven, last one, eight.

Voilà.

I pass it back to you, Miss Tracy, to dance on le Mars.

- One last time, putting it all together.

M-A-R-S Five six get ready.

Here we go.

(minor cord upbeat music) (applause) Shake it out.

I hope you enjoyed that.

- Thank you so much for joining us today.

We have a special way of saying thank you and goodbye here with Celebrate the Beat.

We thank our musicians and our dancers for being a part of it.

It's a call and response.

So anything that I say you respond with these dancers, let's hear that goodbye music rock it out for two eights.

Get ready I go first.