03x06 - Angelina's Musical Day / Angelina's Crazy Solo

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- ♪ 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 ♪

[Birds chirping]

- I'm so excited.

Today is going to be

The most musical day ever

At camembert school.

- Then we're all going

To make costumes

And act out the story

Of peter and the wolf.

- Ooh, he looks like

A very big wolf.

- The story is about

A young mouseling named peter

Who meets a big, bad wolf,

And I get to play the wolf.

[Howling]

[All laugh]

- And when we act it out,

Every character

Will have the sound

Of a different

Musical instrument.

- Peter's sound is the violin.

[Heroic string music]

♪ ♪

Peter's grandfather

Is the bassoon.

[Light bassoon music]

♪ ♪

And you always know

The wolf is coming

When you hear french horns.

[Howls]

[Upbeat french horn music]

♪ ♪

- What part are you, angelina?

- I'm the bird, mum,

And my musical sound

Is the flute.

[Airy flute music]

♪ ♪

- What kind of fruit?

I love bananas,

But they don't make any music.

[Blowing]

[All laugh]

- Not fruit, polly, a flute.

See?

It's a musical instrument.

It sounds like my recorder.

[Light recorder music]

♪ ♪

Angelina's a birdie.

I hear her tweeting.

Tweet. Tweet.

♪ ♪

[Applause]

- Well, you girls

Certainly do know a lot

About peter and the wolf.

- I think you're going

To be a great birdie, angelina.

- And I think it's time to fly,

Or you'll be late for school.

- Listen, angelina.

Everything in chipping cheddar

Has a musical kind

Of sound today.

[Metal rattling]

Clatter-clink, clatter-clink.

That's the mouseberry

Yogurt cart.

[Wood creaking]

- That's the sign on the cafe.

[Bell chiming]

- That's the bell

On the town hall.

- Those sounds are so amazing.

Both: ♪ clatter-clink,

Clatter-clink ♪

♪ Creak, creak, creak ♪

♪ Ding, d-ding dong, ding ♪

[Laughing]

- Good-bye, mum.

Bye, polly.

- Have a most musical day, dear.

- And don't play the fruit

Instead of the flute.

[Blowing]

- ♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

- Hi, angelina.

Hi, vici.

- ♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

- Um...what's up with gracie?

- Some actors want to stay

In character on performance day,

And she's playing the duck

In our peter and the wolf

Show today.

- I'm going to be

The best duck ever.

♪ Quack ♪

♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

- Is gracie okay?

- She's quackers.

[All chuckle]

- ♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

[Gasps]

Here comes ms. Mimi.

All: good morning, ms. Mimi.

- What?

- What is she trying to say?

What's it say, angelina?

- It says she lost her voice.

- Ms. Mimi lost her voice?

- Oh, no.

- Ms. Mimi,

You should go to dr. Tuttle.

- She says she did go

To the doctor.

He said she has la--la--

- Laryngitis.

My uncle had that once.

He couldn't talk for a while,

But it's not contagious.

- Are you okay, ms. Mimi?

But how will you direct the show

If you can't speak?

[Airy flute music]

- Shh, listen, everyone.

- [Gasp]

♪ ♪

- Angelina, ms. Mimi's

Playing your bird theme

From peter and the wolf.

- Maybe she's trying

To tell you something.

- What?

- Listen, angelina.

♪ ♪

- Oh, you're calling me

With music, right, ms. Mimi?

[Ominous french horn music]

- Hey, I know that music.

♪ ♪

Now she's calling me.

- It looks like this

Will go on all morning.

[Heroic string music]

♪ ♪

Ms. Mimi is calling everyone

Without ever speaking a word.

[Light oboe music]

- ♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

- She's using the music

That goes with our characters

In peter and the wolf.

At first, I thought

Ms. Mimi losing her voice

Was going to make it

An awful day.

- But it turns out her

Laryngitis is music to our ears.

[Both laugh]

Everyone, I have a great idea.

Today is...

[Soft recorder music]

Speak only with music day.

- Hey, who wants a piece

Of my cheese pie?

[Two repetitive recorder notes]

- Wait, I think she's trying

To say something

About your cheese pie, gracie.

[Two repetitive recorder notes]

- Two?

- She says she wants two pieces.

- We can so understand her.

- And she didn't even

Speak a single word.

- See if she can answer

Another question.

- This is fun.

- Yeah.

- Vici, who's your

Favorite music group?

[Upbeat recorder music]

♪ ♪

She's saying she likes

House mouse

And the maze beaters.

They're my favorite too.

- What's your favorite cheese?

[Light recorder music]

[Discordant recorder music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, no,

It's got a cr*ck in it.

[Discordant recorder music]

[Bell ringing]

- Now, that's a musical sound

I understand.

Lunchtime is over.

- Come on, we're supposed

To meet in the theater

So we can rehearse

On the big stage.

- This is so exciting.

- Ooh, I can't wait.

- Totally excellent.

I love this.

- Have you finished

Your costume?

- Oh, I can't wait

To get on the stage.

- Maybe there's

Another instrument I can use

In the music room.

[Gasps]

[Grunting]

The door is stuck.

Hello?

Is anyone out there?

Can anyone hear me?

[Grunting]

Oh.

[Sighs]

[Gasps]

I know what to do.

- Wow.

Stupendous spotlights.

[Heroic string music]

- Hey, that's my cue.

Here's peter.

♪ ♪

[Ominous french horn music]

- Make room for the wolf.

That's you, vici.

Vici?

♪ ♪

Ms. Mimi, vici didn't come back

From lunch with us.

[Distant french horn music]

- Hey, doesn't that sound

Like a french horn?

- But where's it coming from?

♪ ♪

- It sounds like it's coming

From the music room.

Come on.

♪ ♪

Oh, no.

Vici's trapped inside.

- Vici, are you okay?

- Yes, but I can't

Open the door, angelina.

[Sighs]

I got locked in,

But it was okay,

Because I could call you

With my french horn.

- We heard the french horn.

- And we followed the sound

Right to you.

- I guess you were right, vici.

- About what?

- You and ms. Mimi

Both showed us different ways

We can use music

To show others what they mean,

Even though it's not exactly

Talking with words.

- Luckily, ms. Mimi

Got her voice back

In time for the production.

- And so the brave

Little mouseling, peter,

Captured that big wolf

And sent him far, far away

For safekeeping.

From that day on,

Peter and the little bird

And the duck...

- ♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

♪ Quack, quack, quack ♪

- As well as peter's grandpapa,

Knew they would never

Be bothered

By the big, bad wolf again.

[Applause]

- And from now on,

Vici and I know

Friends don't always need to use

Words to show what they mean.

Sometimes they

Can use music too.

Now it's time to meet

Camembert's shining stars.

- My name is yibiao,

And I play the flute

At the juilliard pre-college.

[Cheery 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.

[Playful marimba music]

♪ ♪

- I play the marimba,

And I like that instrument

'Cause 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'm 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.

- I am angelina ballerina,

And today at school,

Ms. Mimi says she has

A wonderful surprise for us

In a hat.

I love surprises.

- Is it a magic trick?

- What is it?

- We're going to plan

And put on our very own show.

- Oh, really?

- Cool.

- So much fun.

- Most fun ever.

- I love shows.

[All gasp]

- What are those, ms. Mimi?

- The names of all

The different things

That go into

Making a dance performance.

- You mean, like, dancing?

- And music?

- [Chuckles]

And lots more.

Follow me.

[All giggling]

- Yeah.

- It takes teamwork

To dance together,

And it takes teamwork

To put on a show.

- What kind of dance performance

Will it be, ms. Mimi?

- That will be up to you.

- [Giggles]

This is fun.

- To begin...

- Oops.

[All laugh]

- Each of you

Will reach into this hat

And choose a piece of paper

And see what your job is

For the show.

- I want to be a dancer.

- Me too.

- I'll pick first.

[Gasps]

Choreographer.

Ah, super.

I get to make up the steps

Of our dance.

- I'm doing sets.

All right.

- You'll be designing

What the stage looks like.

- Exactly.

- Yeah.

- Ooh, may I pick next?

Stage manager.

What's that?

- That's the person

Who makes sure

Everyone works together.

- So the whole show

Will turn out perfectly.

- Ah, that will be

The most fun ever.

- Who's left?

- Now it's time

For angelina and gracie.

Stage manager says so.

[Giggles]

Because I'm in charge.

[All laugh]

Both: I want to pick "dancer."

[Both laugh]

- Well, in this show,

There's only one.

- Only one?

- Stage manager says,

"Close your eyes and pick."

- Oh...props?

Oh.

- But, gracie,

Props are super important.

They're all the things

People use on stage.

- I guess that means

You picked "dancer," angelina.

- No.

I picked "soloist."

All: soloist?

- [Gasps]

I remember.

"Soloist" means one dancer

Dancing all by herself on stage,

Right, ms. Mimi?

- That's right, angelina.

- Yay.

- Tomorrow, you'll have

Your first rehearsal.

All: yay.

- Gracie, it might

Be very lucky for the team

That you picked "props."

- Lucky?

- You like fashion and style,

Don't you?

- Oh, yes.

I love to wear yellow.

[Chuckles]

- I've guessed that,

And a person who does props

And costumes

Needs a good eye for style.

- Really?

- Absolutely.

- Oh, I'll be

The best soloist ever.

I can't wait

For rehearsal tomorrow.

And I will be the only one

Dancing on stage,

Like a star ballerina.

- It's nice that your class

Is working together.

- Come on, angelina.

Help with our new quilt.

It's so soft.

Look, I saved the pink squares

For you to sew.

- Oh, I can't do that now.

I have to go practice my solo.

- But, angelina,

This is more fun

If we all do it together.

- Hmm.

- Mm-mmm.

- A solo.

I think it should be

About stars.

[Upbeat instrumental music]

♪ ♪

Oh, thank you, ms. Mimi.

It's such fun being a star.

♪ ♪

- Angelina.

Oh. Ugh.

- [Giggling]

- Polly?

- Look, mum cut out a pink star

For your

Dancing-by-yourself solo.

- That's just what

I was dreaming about.

- First rehearsal.

Everyone ready?

- I choreographed a dance

About a super fun spring fairy

In the forest

Who uses her magic wand

To open up all the petals

Of the flowers.

All: cool.

- I was thinking about a ballet

With pink stars.

- The fun fairy

Needs fun flowers for props.

- And the stage has

To look like a cool forest.

- But I had a different idea.

- That's okay, angelina.

Just follow me.

- Here is the prop flower

I want you to hold,

Really pretty yellow.

- But how can I dance

Holding this?

- Angelina, follow my steps.

- Uh, I can't see.

- Remember, you're a fairy.

- Uh--

Oh, ouch.

- [Gasps]

- I don't think fairies

Are supposed

To bump into things.

- See? It's a forest.

- Oh, there sure are

A lot of trees.

- Rehearsal is starting.

And music.

[Quirky instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Oh.

- Uh-oh.

- [Gasps]

♪ ♪

- Oh.

Oh.

- [Gasps]

♪ ♪

- Angelina, remember to chaine,

Like this, see?

♪ ♪

- Angelina, here's your flower.

♪ ♪

- Uh-oh.

- Watch out.

- Oh.

- Oh.

- Whoa.

- Oops.

Sorry.

- Ugh.

- Sorry again.

- My props.

- My set.

- My dance.

- I thought a solo

Was going to be fun.

This is no fun at all.

[Sighs]

There were too many trees,

And gracie's flower is too big,

And vici doesn't want to hear

Any of my ideas.

No one wants

To listen to me at all.

- I'm sorry, angelina.

- Maybe if you talk

To each other,

It will all work out.

- But our show is tomorrow.

[Sighs]

- Look, we're all done.

We're a quilting team.

Ta-da.

At least we listen to you,

Angelina.

There's a pink star right

In the middle of your quilt.

See?

- Thanks, polly.

I wish being a solo star

At school was as fun as this.

Maybe I should tell ms. Mimi

I don't want to dance a solo

At all.

[Sighs]

Ms. Mimi.

- Angelina, are you all ready

To put on your show?

- Well, that's what I wanted

To talk to you about.

- Oh, angelina,

I saw yesterday at rehearsal

That the flower was too big.

I made the star you brought

Into a fairy wand.

You can carry that instead.

- Oh, gracie,

This is a perfect size,

And it's a star, and it's pink.

- What were you about to say,

Angelina?

- Well, uh--

- Angelina, there were

So many trees on stage

That it made it super hard

For you to dance.

Look, I think one tree

Will be better.

- Oh, now I can really turn

And leap.

Thank you, marco.

- So, angelina, what was--

- Places for the show, please.

- Oh, all I wanted to say

Is that everyone worked so hard,

Marco's tree and gracie's wand

And vici's dance,

And I love working as a team.

Got to go.

The stage manager just said so.

[Giggles]

- Are you ready for your solo?

- No.

All: no?

- Vici, I just had a great idea.

[Whispering indistinctly]

[Playful instrumental music]

♪ ♪

Dancing a solo dance

Is wonderful, and I love it,

But working as a team

And dancing together,

That's even more stupendous.

♪ ♪

- 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.