02x02 - Angelina's Holiday Treats/Angelina and the Front Row Ticket

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ She's a dancing star

♪ She loves to twirl all day

♪ She's gonna go far

♪ That's the angelina way

♪ Follow your dreams wherever they take you ♪

♪ You can succeed

♪ Don't let anything shake you ♪

♪ Angelina

♪ Ballerina

♪ The little star with big dreams ♪

♪ Angelina

♪ Ballerina

♪ La, la, la-la

♪ La, la, la-la

♪ La, la, la-la

[School bell rings]

- I'm angelina, and I am really, truly happy,

Because tonight is our school's holiday dance showcase.

- You're up next, angelina.

This is our last rehearsal

For the dance of the sugarplum fairy,

So give it your all.

- Of course I will, ms. Mimi.

[Playing tchaikovsky's dance of the sugarplum fairy]

♪

- [Gasps] ah.

♪

Nice, angelina.

Your dancing is very light and airy.

- Thanks.

That's because the music is light and airy,

Just like the sugarplum fairy.

♪

- Marco, you're doing a great job playing the celeste.

- It's almost like playing the piano.

It looks like a piano, but it sounds like bells.

- I love that bell sound.

- The dance of the sugarplum fairymusic

Comes from my absolute favorite holiday ballet,

The nutcracker.

♪

[Applause]

- Great rehearsal, everyone.

Now, don't forget to bring a holiday treat

For the party after the show.

I'll be bringing my homemade sugarplums,

Of course.

- Oh, boy.

- Cool.

- I'll bring cookies.

- Oh, and I can bring some cheese.

- My mum and I are going to make a gingerbread house.

- Mmm. Sounds good.

- Marco, a.z., Do you want to help us bake?

- Yeah.

- That'd be cool.

- Great.

We just need to pick up a few groceries first.

Come on.

- And a bag of raisins...

Um, and a gallon of milk.

There.

That's everything your mother said she needs.

- Thank you, mrs. Thimble.

- You're very welcome.

Now, don't spill the milk.

Here.

Help yourself to some candy canes

To celebrate the holidays.

- Wow. Thanks.

Candy canes are my favorite.

- Mine too.

Mmm, mmm.

Both: mmm.

- Did you know the biggest candy cane ever made

Was over feet tall?

- Very cool.

- I wish this were feet tall.

[Both giggling]

- [Gasps]

- I am so lucky to have three excellent helpers today.

- The gingerbread smells awesome.

- Well, thanks to your hard work,

We have a gingerbread house for the party...

And a batch of gingerbread mouselings

To enjoy later.

- [Gasps]

Wait.

Can we have a cookie right now, please?

- Pretty please?

- Super-duper extra pretty please?

- How can I say no

To super-duper extra pretty please?

Enjoy.

And good luck at the showcase tonight.

- Ah.

- Huh?

- [Muffled] aren't you going to have some?

- What?

- [Gulps]

Aren't you going to have some gingerbread, a.z.?

- It looks really good,

But would your mum mind if I had this apple instead?

- An apple?

- I try to eat more fruits than sweets,

Especially before a performance.

[Crunching]

- Hmm.

You're really not gonna eat that?

- No.

- Okay.

More for us.

- [Sniffing]

Mmm.

- Mmm. Yeah.

Best-tasting mittens ever.

- Mmm. Scrumptious boots too.

- No, thanks.

[Light instrumental music]

♪

- [Sighs]

- Ah.

- Ah, what a yummy day.

- I am stuffed full of good stuff.

- Me too.

And I can't wait to dance in the show tonight.

In fact, I think I'll do my dance right now.

[Holiday music]

♪

♪ It's here, it's here ♪

♪ This magic time of year

♪ When the candles burn so bright ♪

♪ Surprise, surprise

♪ Just open up your eyes

♪ See candy canes all red and white ♪

♪ Presents round the holiday tree ♪

♪ There'll be some for you and me ♪

- ♪ Yes, it's holiday time

- ♪ The best time of the year

- ♪ We love holiday time

- ♪ When everybody's here

- ♪ Yes, it's holiday time

- ♪ Come on, shout out a cheer ♪

- ♪ Hip, hooray for holiday time ♪

- Huh?

- What's wrong, angelina?

- The weirdest thing just happened.

[Gasps]

Marco, do you see what I see?

- ♪ It's the best

♪ It's holiday time

- Marco.

Marco?

- What is it?

- I have a terrible stomachache.

- [Groans]

So do i.

It's really bad.

- Are you guys okay?

- I think we ate too much.

- I feel awful.

My stomach is really, really full.

And it's almost time for the show.

Oh.

- Yeah, we better hurry back to the school.

Can you guys make it?

- Slow down, a.z.

It hurts when I walk.

- Uh-oh.

I better go on ahead

And tell ms. Mimi you're on your way.

Feel better, you two.

- What happens if we don't feel better?

- Don't worry.

I can always dance, no matter what.

- Angelina, marco, there you are.

A.z. Told me you weren't feeling well.

I was getting worried you wouldn't show up.

- We made it, ms. Mimi...

Just barely.

- Do you think you can still perform?

- I think so.

- Of course we can.

- Great.

The dance of the sugarplum fairyis up first.

And remember, light and airy,

Just like in rehearsal.

- Light and airy.

Right.

Okay.

- No...

[Gulps]

Problem.

[Playing tchaikovsky's dance of the sugarplum fairy]

♪

- Angelina.

Light and airy.

Light and airy.

[Playing clumsily]

Can we lighten up on the celeste, marco?

- Oh, no.

I feel like I'm dancing in mud.

Squish!

And my ballet slippers feel like they're made out of rocks.

♪

- Hang in there, angelina.

♪

[Applause]

- Well done, everyone.

I think the audience really enjoyed

The holiday showcase,

Even though two of our performers

Weren't at their best.

- Oh. - Hmm.

- [Groans]

- Angelina and marco, are you feeling any better?

I do hope so.

Now it's time for our holiday party.

- I baked holiday cookies with my mother.

- And my dad made this figgy pudding.

- Here's my mum's gingerbread house.

But I can barely look at it now.

- Everything looks delicious, class.

Let's all enjoy a little treat.

- Take it from us...

- A little treat is all you need.

- What is wrong?

Aren't you two hungry?

- Not exactly.

- We're kind of the opposite of hungry.

- I know what might change your minds.

- A present from mrs. Thimble.

Come and have some candy canes.

- [Chuckles]

I don't think I ever want to see another candy cane in my life.

- Me neither,

And they used to be my favorite.

[Groans]

- [Sighs]

Maybe I'll have one next year.

- Yes, but just one.

Happy holidays, marco.

- Happy holidays, angelina.

- Now it's time to meet camembert's shining stars.

- My name is yibiao,

And I play the flute at the juilliard pre-college.

[Playful flute music]

♪

And I started playing the flute when I was seven.

♪

Before, I was playing the electronic keyboard,

But then my mom was tired

Of carrying the heavy electronic keyboard,

So she said that,

"You need to play an instrument much lighter,"

And that's how I started flute.

♪

Breathing is pretty important for flute,

Because if you breathe at the wrong time,

You might run out of air

And you're gonna have to stop and breathe,

And you have to be really, really careful on your fingers.

♪

Playing the flute is very cool.

- I'm harun.

- I'm christopher.

- We study at the juilliard music advancement program.

[Marimba music]

♪

- I play marimba,

And I like that instrument because of the sound.

♪

- The marimba is an african instrument.

You take a mallet, you hit the wooden bar,

And the pipes make the wood louder.

The shorter bars stand for the high notes,

And the bigger bars stand for the lower notes.

♪

- I started playing percussion at the age of three

On bottles and cans.

- We are playing a duet called bourree.

A duet is two people playing a piece with different parts.

Christopher is playing the higher part,

And I am playing the lower part.

♪

- I practice three hours a day.

♪

I like classical music.

- I like the romance.

I like the sadness, the happiness.

- It's fun, and it makes me happy.

[Light instrumental music]

♪

- The holiday season is here, and you know what that means.

It's time to go to my favorite ballet,

The nutcracker.

I'm in for a ginormous treat,

Because mum didn't just get any tickets to the nutcracker.

She got front-row tickets.

- Angelina.

Are you ready for school?

- Coming, mum.

[Sighs]

I wish the nutcracker were tonight.

I can't wait a minute longer.

- I want to see the nutcracker nut-cracking around the stage

And twirl and hop.

I've never seen a nutcracker dance before.

- [Laughs]

The nutcrackeris the name of the ballet, polly.

- Oh.

- It's about a little girl named clara

Who gets a nutcracker as a christmas gift.

- Ooh!

- Then clara has a dream

That the nutcracker turns into a prince

And takes her to magical places.

- I love magic places

With cool castles and pretty pixies.

- No pixies.

But there's the sugarplum fairy and dancing snowflakes.

- Have you chosen a friend

To bring to the ballet, angelina?

- I'm going to invite alice.

We've danced the nutcracker since we were little.

But maybe vici.

She has invited me to a lot of things.

- You'd better decide soon, honey.

You don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

- I won't.

I promise.

Hmm.

And what about gracie?

[Singing russian dance]

Alice, wait!

[Continues singing]

♪

- You sure have a lot of energy today, angelina.

- Guess why.

- Because it's crazy hair day?

- [Giggles] that's tomorrow.

For a big hint, listen.

[Resumes singing]

♪

- Because you learned the russian dancemusic

From the nutcracker?

- Close, but better.

- Because you love the nutcracker...

- [Singing]

- And...

And you're going to the nutcracker!

- And I'll see everything, even the dust on the curtain

And the smudges on the dancers' shoes.

- Because you got a telescope.

- No, I got front-row seats.

- Wow!

You'll have to tell me everything about it

So I can imagine being there.

- I can do better than that.

Mum bought an extra ticket!

- Hmm?

[Gasps]

Yay!

We're going to the nutcracker.

We've got front-row seats.

[Dramatic instrumental music]

♪

- ♪ There's a place that I long for ♪

♪ One day I'll be there

♪ You can float on your tiptoes with never a care ♪

♪

♪ It's a place that I dream of all through the day ♪

♪ It's beautiful, delightful ♪

♪ The home of ballet

♪

♪ There's history and mystery and I'm out there tall ♪

♪ It's clear to see it's bliss for me ♪

♪ And I love it all

♪ I'm excited with tickets for the very front row ♪

♪ One day prima ballerina will be my place, I know ♪

♪

♪ There's history and mystery and I'm out there tall ♪

♪ It's clear to see it's bliss for me ♪

♪ And I love it all

♪ I'm excited with tickets for the very front row ♪

♪ One day prima ballerina will be my place, I know ♪

♪

♪ I know

[Humming russian dance]

♪

- Class, you have ten minutes left

To finish writing about what you're going to do

Over the holidays.

- What are you doing, angelina?

- I'll give you a big hint:

It ends with a "cr*cker" and starts with a "nut,"

And we've got front-row seats.

- Lucky you!

I wish your mum had bought an extra ticket.

- Guess what. She did.

- Girls, please quiet down.

- Will you take me?

- Um...

Maybe.

- Please?

Pretty please with pointe shoes on top?

[Sings russian dance]

♪

- I guess so.

I mean, okay. Yes.

- Please wait for recess to chat, girls.

[Russian danceplaying]

♪

- Guess what.

We're going to the nutcracker.

- You're going to the nutcrackertoo?

- With angelina.

We're sitting in the front row.

- You didn't tell me your mom bought two extra tickets.

- Now we'll have twice the fun.

- You do have two extra tickets, right?

- Right?

- Uh. Ooh.

Hmm.

- You invited us both and you only have one ticket?

- Oops.

I guess I just sort of kind of forgot.

I'm really, truly sorry.

- You mean one of us can't go?

- [Sighs]

- Let's all spin like tops,

Just like in the russian dance from the nutcracker.

- You invited me first.

- I invited you to a tap dance recital.

It's only fair you invite me.

- Keep spinning.

Spin!

- But we've danced the nutcrackertogether

Since we were three.

- If you invite alice, vici will be mad.

If you invite vici, alice will be mad.

So tell them both "sorry" and invite me.

♪

- So who's it going to be?

Me?

- Me? - Me?

- Me. - Me.

- Me? - Me?

- Me. - Me.

- Me.

- I got so excited about going to the nutcracker

That I goofed up big-time.

I invited too many people.

Now everyone is mad at me.

- Hmm.

There must be a solution.

Let's think.

- Okay, um...

Maybe we could bring alice in a really big purse.

Or vici could dress up as our pet canary.

Hmm.

They might not allow pets.

Or we could pretend that they're a two-headed lady.

[Sighs]

On second thought, that might not work.

Oh, dear.

- Whee!

Polly's going to the nutcracker.

- Oh. What do I do?

- You've got a hard decision to make, sweetheart,

But I know you'll figure out something fair.

- Well, there is one thing I could do,

But it's a super, super-duper tough thing to do,

Really, truly hard.

I did the super tough thing.

I gave up my ticket so both alice and vici could go.

- We're ready to go.

Come on, polly.

- It's nutcrackertime.

- You're forgetting something.

- You won't be getting far without these.

- Oh.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

Your friends and I so badly wish

There was one more ticket.

- Me too.

- We're proud of you for making such a grown-up choice.

- Thanks, dad.

Are you sure my name's on the waiting list?

- Yes, but we can't get our hopes up.

- We'd better get going.

We have to pick up both alice and vici.

- There, there, my ballerina.

Don't be sad.

We're going to have some fun of our own.

[Dance of the sugarplum fairy playing]

♪

- Here you go, clara.

- Thank you.

- And now let the nutcrackerbegin.

[Russian danceplaying]

♪

♪

♪

- Hmm.

[Telephone ringing]

- Now, who could that be?

Oh. Yes, thank you.

We'll be right over.

Great news.

The box office just called about the waiting list.

- They have an extra ticket?

- Two extra tickets.

They're not front row, but they're good seats.

- Yippee!

- [Chuckles] we'd better hurry.

We don't want to miss the opening curtain.

- Maybe we should invite another friend.

[Laughs]

Just kidding.

To the nutcrackerwe go.

- Hola,marco here.

I'm listening to my friend yibiao play the flute.

Did you know that flutes have been around

Since the time of the cavemen?

Flutes are wind instruments, just like recorders.

That means air makes the sound.

Do you see how yibiao puckers his lips

To push air through the flute

And his fingers cover the holes to make the different pitches?

I want to play flute at the next camembert parade.

It's easier to carry than a tuba.

Gracias,yibiao!

Hola,marco here.

I know what that is.

It's a marimba.

Marimbas were first made in africa and latin america.

They hit the wood blocks with the mallets,

And those tubes underneath help make that cool sound.

Marimba is a percussion instrument.

A drum is another kind of percussion instrument,

Like the one I have here.

You hit it. That's how it makes sound.

Magnifico!

I wonder if they'd let me play my steel drum with them.

We'd make a great trio.