♪ 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 to 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 the Vail Valley as we learn a dance and a song about the planet Venus.

Join Tracy and Joslyn as they lead a swinging dance about the planet of love and beauty.

Tony sets the groove 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 to get up ♪ ♪ We are about to blast off ♪ Dancing to rhythms of the planets ♪ ♪ As we Celebrate the Beat - Welcome to Celebrate the Beat coming to you from Vail Valley.

The stars of the show are behind me the dancers here in our schools.

- Riley - Kimberly - Snow - Reed - Perla - And we have me, Miss Tracy Miss Joslyn and Tony And now, we invite Miss Joslyn to warm us up.

(xylophone trills) - All right, friends at home, join along with us, five, six, seven reach it up and one.

(fun pop music) And one.

Do it again, and one, and one.

That's it, and one, and one, and one, and one.

Little jumps.

High knees to the right.

Again and one.

Little faster.

And one, and one, and one, and one.

Little jumps.

Pop it to the right, and one and one, again, and one, and one, little faster, and one, and one, and one, and one.

Little faster one, one, one, one, again and one, and one.

Again, and one and one.

Little faster, and one and one, and one, and one, and one, and faster one.

To the right.

(music slows) Other way.

Reach it up.

Other hand.

(music continues to slow) Stand tall and proud and loving.

(music ends) - We are celebrating the planet Venus.

(harp strums) And on Venus, it reaches 880 degrees Fahrenheit.

Though it's not the closest planet to the sun, it sure is the hottest.

I go first and you go second with these incredible dancers.

Here I go, Hot, hot, (piano music) hot, hot - Now we go - I'll do it again.

Hot, hot, hot, hot - And now we go.

- Yes.

(upbeat piano music) Good.

Now, we're going to take it a little faster.

I go first, I go, hot, hot, hot, hot.

- Now we go - I go on huh, huh, huh, huh - Here we go - Good.

This is called a bookmark, this is the end of part one.

Now, dancers relax.

Everybody with me shake out our hand over here on this side, (music trills) that's our left, but it's your right at home.

We're your mirror, okay?

So we're going to go that way first, so we want you to go to your right first.

We're going to put that whole thing together.

I go, then you go with Jos.

(harp strums) Five, six, here I go.

Hot, hot, hot, keep going Huh, huh.

- And now we go - Woo!

- Hot, hot, hot, hot - Yes.

Wow.

I love how low they're getting.

This is our bookmark.

Show me your bookmark at home.

Yes, and stand tall.

Our second part is called orange pop rocks because when the sunlight comes through onto that rocky surface at Venus, it gets this orange look.

And it's super sharp and pointy and rocky.

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

(upbeat piano music) Uh huh.

Yeah.

Oh, I love how low they're getting.

So this is like out, everything go way out, arch, arch, arch and go woo!

(electronic whoosh) And then go out, wooh (electronic whoosh) And go wooh.

(electronic whoosh) And then go out, (electronic whoosh) And go wooh (electronic whoosh) And we're lower, lower, lower, lower...

Exactly.

I go first, I go and one and two, and three, and four, go!

Uh huh.

Good.

Orange pop rocks.

Orange pop rocks.

Yes, dancers.

And put it together, and one, and two, three and four I go, orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks and one, and two, and three, and four orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks.

Oh it's so great.

Now I want to see if we can do it a little bit faster.

Here we go.

We're going to start in our bookmark from step one, here.

All of us together.

You at home and us here in Vail Valley.

Five, six, here we go.

And one, two, three, and four.

Orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks.

Wooh.

One more time.

Now, this is also, this orange pop rock, is also known as "wash the table."

So get out some sponges.

(squish) And at home too.

Dip it in some soapy water.

(bubbling water) And get those hands on the table.

And bend those knees.

I'm going to wash it to your right.

It's our left, we're your mirror.

Here we go.

We're going to go shoo - go!

(squish) Now the other way, shoo!

(squish) Now the other way - shoo!

(squish) Now we're going to reverse it.

Shoo!

(Squish) Shoo!

(Squish) Shoo!

(Squish) Yeah.

Now put those sponges...

There's a big garbage can over there... Actually it's recycle.

We can use them again, go!

(whistles overhead) Yeah.

You guys at home, Use those sponges again, don't throw them out.

(squishes) Okay, here we go.

Boom.

Wash the table.

Let's try it.

Ready steady, here we go.

A one, two, three.

A one two, three.

And guess what, dancers at home, dancers here, if your hands go the opposite way, if your feet go the opposite way, it really doesn't matter.

Just make sure they go nuts.

In fact, any way you want to go.

Five, six.

Here we go.

A cha cha cha, a cha cha cha If you can add your head to it, you could do that.

Five, a six, let's try again.

A cha cha cha, a cha cha cha Okay.

It is time to put together all of chapter two, the pops and the orange pop rock, orange pop rock.

Let's start in our bookmark.

Five, a six, here we go.

And one, two and three, four.

Orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks.

Okay, now, we're going to put together chapters one and two.

Chapters one and two.

Hot, hot, hot, hot, chicka boom, chicka boom, chicka boom, chicka boom and one, two, and three and four, orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks.

Let's do it.

Stand in spaceship zip at home with us.

This is in sign language.

When I do this, flip my "r's", it means get ready.

(drum roll) We're going to do it with you.

Five, six, here we go.

It's hot, hot, hot, hot.

Pop it!

Two.

Orange pop rocks, orange pop rocks.

Woo!

Stand tall.

Part three is called backward rotation.

Venus happens to have a backward rotation and that thick sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.

So we're going to do the pops going backwards.

And then we're going to push through the atmosphere.

I go, first.

I go.

And one, and three and four And one, two, and three.

So, we chose this music for Venus because it has that pop.

(pop) So we're learning about music.

We're accentuating the "and."

It's kind of the offbeat.

So we're taking it, "And" one, "and" two, three, "and" four, right.

So we got to catch that.

I'm going to go one more time.

Five, six.

Here I go.

And one, and two, three, and go.

And one, and two, and three and four.

Yes.

Then I go, push, push, a pop, pop, pop.

You go, push, push, pop, pop, pop.

Amazing.

We're going to put that whole thing together.

The backward rotation, the push push, the pop pop pop.

Oh, I love it.

Here we are.

Let me see crispy fingers at home too.

That's our bookmark after chapter three.

(zip) Five, six, here we go.

And one, and two, and push it, push it, push it push, push, pop it.

One, two, three.

Woo hoo!

All right, dancers.

Oh, I love it.

They're here.

Let me see the end of chapter three.

It's such a strong bookmark.

Now let's go into space, ship zip.

(zips) Okay.

We're going to put parts one, two, and three together.

Five, six.

Here we go.

Hot, hot, hot, take it to the side.

Huh, huh, huh, huh.

And one, and two, here come the pop rocks.

Orange pop rocks, backwards rotation.

Huh, huh, push it.

Hold it, yes.

Now, stand tall.

Part four, in Roman mythology, Venus is known as the God of love and beauty.

And it's also the brightest object in the night sky, second to the moon.

So we're going to make great poses, expressing love and beauty.

I go first.

One, two, one, two.

You go, one, two.

Oh, I love the expressions.

I want you at home to make big poses unique to your expressions of love and beauty.

Let's do it all together.

You and us together.

Five, six, here we go.

One, two, one, two.

Yes, then here's the end.

A five, and a six and a seven and a eight, and a one.

Ready.

Steady.

Go.

Five and six, seven and a eight and a one.

Oh, now stand tall.

We're going to put together all of part four bright, love, beauty.

Five, six, poses, here we go.

One, two, one, two, five and six, seven and eight and one.

Yes.

Dancers, stand tall.

We get now to put together part three and part four.

So we have a backward rotation.

We have the pushes and the pops, and then we have the love, the beauty, the wacky crazy knees.

Five, six.

Here we go.

And one, and two, push it, push, push Huh, huh Poses.

Ho, ho, ho, ho knees five and six, seven and eight and one.

Wowza, stand tall.

Okay.

Challenge of the day, the whole pizza pie.

Dancers get low.

With me at home, we're going to stand up on the one.

It's a challenge of the one.

Five, six, seven, eight, one.

Now, down on the one.

With us.

Five, six, seven, eight, one.

(laughs) Five, six, seven, eight, one!

Now we are so ready.

Oh and I love the crispy fingers.

Everybody show me crispy fingers.

Yes, the whole shebang from the top.

Stand tall.

Everybody take a huge breath in... and out.

We are so excited to put this together.

Parts one, two, three, and four.

Here we go, dancers.

Come to ready with us.

Yeah.

Five, six.

Here we go.

Hot, hot, hot, hot Get low.

And pop.

And one, two, pop rocks.

Backward rotation.

Push it.

Pop it.

Poses.

Five and six, seven and eight and one.

Hold it.

Smile.

And stand tall.

Beautiful job.

Now we get "Mind on the Music."

Dancers, we're going to turn around and give Tony T our full attention.

- Thanks for the introduction, Tracy.

Ooh, I hope you worked up a sweat learning those moves.

We're going to put the whole dance together in a little bit, but first we're going to create a song about the planet Venus.

(harp music) If you remember from last week, we used five musical elements to help us compose a tune.

Much like when you're baking a cake, you need a lot of different ingredients to make it.

A cake just doesn't come out of nowhere.

At least the last time I checked.

You need the flour, sugar, eggs, butter, salt, cream, and other ingredients to make it yummy and delicious.

To bake our song.

Wait, did I just say bake?

I mean to make our song.

We need a bunch of different musical ingredients.

Someone has cake on their mind.

A song just doesn't come out of nowhere, or does it?

(choir sings) Five musical elements we need are, a beat (drum set plays) a bass line (bass guitar rhythm) harmony (second guitar adds in) lyrics and melody.

When we put all of these ingredients together, we can create a delicious new tune.

I have to describe some other way of making a song.

By the end of this, I'll probably be eating the music.

(laugh track) A beat is the rhythm of the song that drives the music along.

Our Venus dance has kind of a Charleston feel that reminds me of Broadway and Jazz.

Broadway is named after one of the most famous streets in New York City and is the heart of the musical theater district.

In that case, let's use a Broadway swing feel for our tune.

Let's hear what that beat sounds like for our first musical element.

(drums play swing beat) The bass line is a lower sounding instrument that gives a foundation to a song.

Let's see a picture of a bass.

That's not a bass.

That's a bass.

I made that same mistake last week, (dramatic music) When you have a word that is spelled the same, but sounds differently.

It's called a heteronym.

He-te-ro-nym.

Fancy.

That's the kind of bass I'm talking about.

Let's lay some bass over that drum beat for our second musical element.

(bass & drum swing rhythm) Our third element to our musical structure is harmony.

Harmony is when two or more notes are played at the same time to create a pleasing sound.

Last week, we used chords for our harmony.

A chord, remember, is when you play three or more notes at the same time.

I'm going to have the strings play the harmony on the off beats like this.

(upbeat swing music) Since this song moves quicker.

I'm going to also add an oboe (oboe plays) and a flute.

(flute plays) When played together, they create a harmony with those two instruments.

An oboe is a type of double reed woodwind instrument that is usually made out of wood.

Oboes date back to the mid 17th century in Europe.

You most likely have heard of a flute and know what that is.

A flute belongs to the woodwind family as well.

Flutes have been around a lot longer and are found all over the world.

Some flutes date back some 35 to 40,000 years ago.

These early flutes were often made of wood and bone.

The type of flute that you play in a band or an orchestra however, is made of brass.

This is the type of flute that we'll use to accompany the oboe.

Let's hear what those two woodwinds will sound like in creating the harmony for our song.

(flute and oboe add in to previous song) Great.

For our fourth element, we'll find some inspiration from the planet Venus to use as lyrics for our song.

Venus is known as Earth's twin and is the hottest planet in our solar system.

It's named after the goddess of love and beauty.

And it is also the brightest object in the sky as seen from Earth.

Let's use these facts about Venus to build our song.

I like how Venus is really bright.

We can use something like "Venus, you're so bright" as a lyric in our song.

That can help guide us to find some other words that rhyme with bright.

Might, sight, right, light, tight, alright.

I'm sure you could think of a bunch more.

Venus is also known as the morning and evening star.

So we could say something like "Shining in the sky in the morning and at night."

It would also be fun to add something about how Venus is the goddess of love and beauty.

Maybe it could be as simple as "Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright."

And then we could wrap up the short song with something about how Venus makes us feel that rhymes with alright.

I like something like, "Venus, I mean this, I think that you're out of sight."

I also use the phrase, "I mean this" to rhyme with Venus.

Sometimes a little extra rhyme can make the song sublime.

Now that I think of it, this is kind of a love song, very fitting for a planet named after the goddess of love and beauty.

Let's add our fifth element, the melody to the Venus lyrics we came up with.

(swing music) I'm going to sing the song one time through, so you can hear what it sounds like.

And then I'll break it down so we can learn it together.

Here we go.

♪ Venus, you're so bright ♪ Shining in the sky ♪ In the morning and night ♪ Your love and your beauty ♪ Got me feeling alright ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of sight.

♪ ♪♪ Now, we're going to break the song down so we can sing it together.

I go first and then you go.

Here I go.

I go.

♪ Venus, you're so bright You go.

♪ Venus, you're so bright I go ♪ Shining in the sky in the morning and night ♪ You go.

♪ Shining in the sky in the morning and night ♪ Great.

Now let's put those two sections together.

Venus you're so bright and shining in the sky in the morning at night.

Here we go.

Two, three, four ♪ Venus, you're so bright ♪ Shining in the sky in the morning and night ♪ Sweet.

Let's learn the next line.

I go first and then you go.

♪ Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright ♪ You go.

♪ Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright ♪ I go.

♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of sight.

♪ Let's try that last line again.

Here we go.

♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of sight.

♪ Next, let's put those last two lines together.

Your love and your beauty and 'cause Venus I mean this.

Here we go.

♪ Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright ♪ ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of sight ♪ Amazing.

Now let's put the whole thing together from the top.

Venus you're so bright.

Here we go.

♪♪ ♪ Venus, you're so bright ♪ Shining in the sky in the morning and night ♪ ♪ Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright ♪ ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of sight.

♪ That sounds so good.

Let's do it one last time.

When we get to the end, we're going to tag the ending, you'll hear it.

Here we go.

♪ Venus, you're so bright ♪ Shining in the sky in the morning and night ♪ ♪ Your love and your beauty got me feeling alright ♪ ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out... ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out... ♪ 'cause Venus, I mean this ♪ I think that you're out of... ♪ ♪♪ ♪ sight Excellent job.

That song has me feeling alright, indeed.

Let's take it back to Tracy and Joslyn so we can do our Venus dance one last time.

Wait a minute.

That's strange.

I think I'm getting a message from someone who is listening to our song.

Could it be?

No, it couldn't.

I think it's Marcella the Musical Movement Muse.

Try saying that five times fast.

Marcella, the musical movement muse.

Marcella, the musical movement muse.

Marcella, the musical movement muse.

Marcella, the musical movement muse.

Marcella, the musical movement muse.

That's a tongue twister.

I think she has a message for us.

- Merci Tony, bonjour le dancers I want to have you stand up.

This is the sign.

Standing up.

tight Now.

I get you ready to dance the Venus dance with so much love, beauty and brilliance because we engage in the 8's.

Why eight?

Because Venus, she's 880 degrees Fahrenheit Very, very hot.

She also size can fit inside the Earth but only 80% of the Earth.

So we do each of the moves eight times.

(speaking in French) You come with me now, you come with me.

This is the squat.

This is the first one.

Strengthen the legs.

The second one, it is the side to side.

Move the legs.

This third one I love it so much.

It is the plank.

We get down, we get body straight Straight!

(dramatic music) Tummy strong (dramatic music) Then, the final one is the boat.

(ship's horn blasts) Using the full tummy energy.

Okay.

Now.

We go, get ready.

Here we go.

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

Now the side to side.

Come with me, we go.

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

Now, bring it down to the plank.

One, two, and three, and four.

Lift your leg, five and six.

Lift the other leg, seven, eight.

Last, is the boat on the tummy.

We have one, two, three, four.

Then clap, five, six and seven, eight.

You have finished.

You are ready to stand up and dance with full energy.

Hands on your head, this is the last challenge before you dance and come up, no hands!

Back to you Miss Tracy.

- Dancers, one last time the whole thing.

Hit it, T. Here we go.

Hot, hot, hot, hot Get low.

And one, and two, and three.

Pop rocks.

Backward rotation.

Push it, woo!.

Poses.

Five and six, seven and eight and one.

(audience clapping) Thank you so much for joining us.

- This is how we say goodbye CTB style I go first, then you go.

(upbeat music playing) - ♪ The hottest planet has little wind.

♪ - ♪ The hottest planet has little wind.

♪ - ♪ It's just like Earth, they're planetary twins.

♪ - ♪ It's just like Earth, they're planetary twins ♪ - ♪ I wish I could travel to Venus a lot.

♪ - ♪ I wish I could travel to Venus a lot.

♪ - ♪ Couldn't stay long 'cause it's just too hot.

♪ - ♪ Couldn't stay long 'cause it's just too hot.

♪ - ♪ Thank you dancers!

- ♪ Thank you dancers!

- ♪ Thank you teachers!

- ♪ Thank you teachers!

- ♪ Thank you music!

- ♪ Thank you music!

- ♪ Thank you friends at home!

- ♪ Thank you friends at home!

- ♪ And and and - ♪ And and and - ♪ And and and - ♪ And and and - ♪ And goodbye!

- ♪ And goodbye!

(upbeat music playing)