02x09 - Angelina and the Front Page/Angelina's Cheese Roll

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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

- I'm angelina ballerina.

Today someone very special is coming to school with me:

My dad.

Dad, I am so excited that you're taking pictures

Of camembert academy for the town newspaper.

- Photography is my favorite hobby.

[Camera shutter clicks]

So when the paper asked me for help,

I just couldn't say no.

Hand me that lens cap, please.

- One lens cap coming right up.

- Thanks, angelina.

You're going to be a great photo assistant today.

- And the mouseland herald

Is going to get a great story about dancing at camembert.

[Laughs]

Click, click.

We're going to photograph

All the wonderful dancers and musicians at the school.

- Oh, I love magicians.

Abracadabra.

Shalamazoo!

- [Laughs]

Not magicians,

Musicians,

Musicians playing beautiful music

While camembert students dance exciting dances

From around the world.

This might be the best-selling edition

Of the mouseland heraldever.

- Well, is my photo assistant ready to go to school?

- Ready.

- Have fun.

- We will. Thanks.

- And if you see any magicians, take their picture for me.

- Where should I put the stand for the camera?

- You mean the tripod?

Um, let's put it here.

- Mm-hmm.

Done.

- Places, everyone.

Our mousecow dance class is about to start.

- Ms. Mimi, is angelina not dancing today?

- Today angelina's helping her father

Take photos.

- Ah, photography is so beautiful,

Especially when the photos are of me.

[Giggles]

- And these photos are going to be on the front page.

- [Gasps] even better.

I cannot wait to see my picture...

On the front page.

[Laughs]

- We want these photos to be natural,

So, everyone, please dance as if we're not here.

- Not a problem, monsieur mouseling.

[Uplifting orchestral music]

♪

- Let's start with the cossack dance.

Arms over chest,

Squat down, and kick.

Huh.

Huh.

All: huh, huh.

Huh, huh.

- Angelina,

See how a lot of this dance is done low to the ground?

Let's lower the tripod and take pictures from that angle.

- Brilliant, dad.

[Camera shutter clicks]

[Camera shutter clicks]

[Clapping]

[Camera shutter clicking]

- Huh, huh.

- Good, gracie.

But could you just dance a little more, um, naturally?

- Oui, oui.

Okay.

[Camera shutter clicks]

- Gracie seems rather pleased to be in the photographs.

- Mm, yes, in each and every photograph.

- I'm afraid the pictures aren't coming out too well.

- Maybe I can try to talk to her.

- Good idea.

- Huh, huh.

- Gracie,

Could you try and act more, you know,

Normal for the camera?

- But I am.

Oh, monsieur mouseling, take a photo of this.

[Laughs]

- Oh.

I don't think gracie

Quite got the point.

- Are you sure?

- Cheese!

Or as we say, fromage.

[Laughs]

- Very sure.

- Let's move on to another dance class.

We'll have more luck.

- Or at least we'll have less gracie.

- Ready, and quick, quick, slow.

Quick, quick, slow.

- Look, dad.

Salsa class is in session.

- Let's get some close-ups.

[Bright salsa drumming]

- Hey, angelina.

Hi, mr. Mouseling.

- Hi, marco.

We're taking photos for the herald.

- Oh, great.

Did you know that "salsa" means "sauce"?

It's a spicy sauce.

- Cool.

I didn't know that.

[Camera shutter clicks]

- Oh, photo assistant, zoom lens, please.

- Sure, dad.

But why?

- We need a good sh*t

Of the salsa dancers' fancy footwork.

The zoom lens will help us get a close-up of their feet.

- Stupendous!

[Camera shutter clicks]

[Camera shutter clicks]

- Hello again, monsieur mouseling.

- Gracie.

What are you doing here?

- I am doing the salsa.

What else?

Quick, quick, slow.

Quick, quick, slow.

- I don't have much hope for these photos either.

- [Gasps]

♪

- Let's take pictures of the musicians instead.

- Yes.

♪

[Camera shutter clicks]

These are great sh*ts.

[Camera shutter clicks]

[Camera shutter clicks]

- Voila!

Look at me on the conga.

- I didn't even know you could play the conga, gracie.

- I cannot.

But I can pretend.

- She's at it again.

What are we going to do now?

- [Sighs]

I don't know.

We might have to print the story without any photos.

- But that would mean no photos on the front page.

I guess we didn't get any good pictures, dad.

- Don't feel bad.

Taking action sh*ts of dancing is very hard.

- Really?

- Dancers are always moving.

And today one particular dancer never stopped moving.

[Laughter]

- Monsieur mouseling, angelina.

The viennese waltz dance class is about to start.

Let us go.

- Actually, gracie, I was just leaving.

- But there will be lots of great photos to take.

Come on.

I will carry the camera bag.

- I don't think so, gracie.

- And the tripod.

- Wow.

Gracie, you're really good with all that gear.

- Maybe you can be a photography assistant.

It's even better than being in the photos.

You get to help make them.

- Ooh, la, la.

- Yes, angelina's right.

You'd be very good.

- As the assistant to the assistant photographer.

- There must be a better title than that.

- Second assistant?

- Getting closer.

- Fine.

How about two assistants, you and me?

- Tres bien.

Perfect.

- It's settled then.

Now, why don't you show us that viennese waltz class?

- This way, monsieur mouseling.

Uh, co-assistant?

[Dreamy waltz music]

♪

- That's right.

Class.

One, two, three, one, two, three.

And turn.

And turn.

- This is a good sh*t.

- It's marvelous.

- What about taking a sh*t from above

To capture their spins?

- But how can you get up that high?

- Maybe if you stood on something.

- Like that chair.

- Good thinking, you two.

[Camera shutter clicking]

These overhead sh*ts look terrific,

Thanks to my two wonderful photo assistants.

- ♪ Lots of fun today in chipping cheddar ♪

♪ We'll take a picture that will last forever ♪

♪ And there's a special word

♪ That every little mouseling's heard ♪

♪ Everyone say "cheese" together ♪

♪ Take a bite

♪ Have a little nibble

♪ Cheese will always make us laugh and giggle ♪

♪ A tiny piece of cheddar

♪ Camembert or mozzarella

♪ Makes our smiles get bigger here in chipping cheddar ♪

♪ Everyone loves saying "cheese" ♪

♪ Let's strike a pose and have us lots of fun ♪

♪ So here we are together

♪ Take a picture of us, please ♪

♪ Say "cheese" together, everyone ♪

♪ A photograph lives on and on and on ♪

[Bell ringing]

- Wasn't it fun yesterday?

- Super fun.

I like being behind the camera as much as being in front of it.

- Angelina, gracie.

Here's the paper.

Hot off the press.

And look what made the front page.

- Our photos!

They look great.

- And that's not the only thing.

[Both gasp]

- Our names under the photographs.

[Both gasp]

- It's called a photo credit.

- Looks like you made

The front page after all, gracie.

- And you did too.

- Come on.

Let's show our friends.

- Look, everyone.

We all made the front page.

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

- I'm eliza.

- I'm adriana.

- I'm byron.

- I'm emma.

We are the tap city youth ensemble.

All: ♪ ba-da-da-da da da

[Rhythmic drumming]

[Tapping]

- I started dancing when I was seven.

♪

- I like the rhythm, and I like being with my friends.

♪

- The sounds that come out of your feet

Are, like, really, really cool.

♪

- Whenever I tap dance,

It's like whatever energy I have I put into my feet.

♪

[Tapping]

- The piece that we're performing

Is in honor of bill "bojangles" robinson,

A very famous tap dancer,

And it is a collection of his most favorite steps.

♪

[Tapping]

Tap dancing is like drumming,

Because the same sounds that can come out of a drum

Can also come out of our feet.

♪

- Here are the taps that make the sounds.

This one usually makes a lighter sound,

And this one is a deeper sound.

Tapping]

♪

- Learning new things, like steps that you don't know,

Is always hard,

But once you practice, it's pretty easy.

♪

- I like dancing so much

Because I'm around my friends all the time,

But I'm still doing something that I love to do.

[Bell ringing]

- I'm angelina ballerina.

And today ms. Mimi is telling us all about cheesington,

Where they make lots of scrumptious cheese.

- It sounds fantastic.

- It is, vici.

Let's think of a way

To celebrate the town of cheesington

And its famous cheese.

- [Gasps]

I could start with a big drumroll.

- That would be a great start, vici.

Drumrolls are really good for creating excitement.

- Fantastic.

- And you can use longer drumrolls

To keep the music going.

Now I want all of you to think about what else we could do.

- It's kind of hard to think of what to do

When you don't know what cheesington is like.

- It's a really nice place.

- [Gasps]

You've been there?

- Yeah, lots of times.

My grandpa lives there.

He's great, my grandpa.

He's the best cheese roll dancer in cheesington.

- Cheese roll dancer?

- Yup.

When the first cheese of the year is ready to eat,

They roll it down a big hill.

And then they do a cheese roll dance.

Then everyone eats some cheese.

[Laughs]

- That's what we can do for the cheesington celebration.

- Eat cheese?

- No, the cheese roll dance.

[Hesitant drumroll]

♪

- Aw.

Do you know how to play a drumroll, ms. Mimi?

- I think so.

Let's see.

[Smooth drumroll]

♪

- That's great.

Can I have a turn?

- Of course.

[Hesitant drumroll]

- Aw.

I can't do it.

- Playing a drumroll isn't easy, vici.

- I'll never be able to do it like you.

- I always find that a good way of learning difficult things

Is to break them down into small steps.

- What do you mean?

- Can you go, "rat, tat, tat" on the snare drum?

[Hesitant drumming]

- Like that?

[Quicker drumming]

- Now can you do it a bit faster?

[Solid drumming]

♪

- Hey, I'm starting to do it.

♪

- You certainly are, vici.

[Confident drumming]

♪

- Ms. Mimi,

A.z.'S grandpa lives in cheesington.

- Really?

- Yes, and he does a famous dance

Called the cheese roll dance.

- That might be exactly what we need.

Have you ever seen your grandpa doing the dance, a.z.?

- Lots of times.

I've even got a photo of him doing it.

- Looks pretty tricky.

- Piece of cake.

I mean, cheese.

I'm sure I could do it.

- [Gasps]

Well, that would be a terrific way

To celebrate cheesington.

- Told you.

- But I would need some mini cheese balls.

[Building drumroll]

♪

- Remember, not too fast, or I'll mess it up again.

- Vici.

A.z. Is going to do the cheese roll dance.

- The what?

- The cheese roll dance.

Ms. Mimi says it's gonna be great.

- So I'll do a drumroll, and a.z. Will do a cheese roll.

[Hesitant drumming]

- Oh, hello, angelina.

Shouldn't you be at school?

- Yes, but ms. Mimi sent me out to get some cheese.

- Was she hungry?

- No.

A.z. Needs it to dance with.

- [Laughs]

You certainly get up to some funny things at that school.

- [Laughs]

Look, they're the ones.

Oh, oh.

That should do it.

- Don't worry, angelina.

Just take what you need.

I'll sort them out.

- Thanks, mrs. Thimble.

- Will a.z. Want some crackers to dance with as well?

[Laughter]

- No thanks, mrs. Thimble.

Just the cheese.

Hope these are okay.

- They look great.

- Okay, everybody.

Now stand back and give a.z. Some room.

- I'll give you a drumroll to start you off.

[Confident drumroll]

- Great idea, vici.

Thanks.

Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.

Roll the cheese.

It's such a treat.

[Stuttering]

Whoa!

Aw, this is hard.

[Both gasp]

- Maybe you're a little nervous

With all of us watching you, a.z.

- Maybe.

- I know.

Why don't you go off and practice somewhere quiet

With no one watching?

- Here goes.

Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.

Roll the cheese. It's--

Whoa!

Ugh.

Oh, no.

There's no one watching me,

But I still can't do it.

[Confident drumroll]

- You're getting really good at that, vici.

- That's because I'm breaking it down into easy steps.

It's what ms. Mimi told me to do.

[Easy drumroll]

♪

- I wonder how a.z. Is coming along.

[Gasps]

Hi, a.z.

How's the dance going?

- Not great.

I really thought I could do it.

But I just can't seem to get it right.

- What's going wrong?

- It's just too tricky.

Look.

Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.

Oof!

- Oh, no.

- My grandpa makes it look so easy.

I better go and tell ms. Mimi I can't do it.

- Ohh.

[Confident drumroll]

♪

A.z.

- What?

- Can you hear that?

- Yeah.

Vici's getting a lot better.

Not like me.

I'll never be able to dance like my grandpa.

♪

- [Gasps]

A.z.?

- What now?

- Do you know why vici is getting better

At doing her drumrolls?

- Uh-uh.

- It's because she's broken it down into little steps

And learned it one part at a time.

I'll show you.

Now, your cheese roll dance is really hard, isn't it?

- Kind of.

- Well, let's think about it.

What are you trying to do?

- I'm trying to dance, juggle, and sing

All at the same time.

- Hmm.

[Gasps]

♪ You've got to float before you swim ♪

♪ You've got to stand before you walk ♪

♪ You've got to learn to count to play hide and seek ♪

♪ You've got to cry before you talk ♪

♪ A step at a time, a step at a time ♪

♪ And when that hill seems hard to climb ♪

♪ You can get to the top if you sing my rhyme ♪

♪ Take it a step at a time

♪ You've got to sleep before you wake ♪

♪ You've got to mix before you bake ♪

♪ And if you like this rhythm

♪ Rattle and roll before you shake ♪

♪ A step at a time, a step at a time ♪

♪ I know that hill seems hard to climb ♪

♪ But you can get to the top if you remember my rhyme ♪

♪ Take it a step at a time, a step at a time ♪

♪ A step at a time

♪ A step at a time

So how are you feeling now?

- I'm getting better.

But I keep losing my rhythm.

And then I drop them.

- Leave that to me, a.z.

Follow me.

[Confident drumroll]

♪

So will you help a.z., Vici?

- I'd love to.

- If you can keep the b*at for me,

I think I can keep it all going.

- Okay.

I'll give you a drumroll to get you started,

And then I'll b*at out the rhythm for you.

- That would be great.

- Right.

You two practice for a while,

And I'll see you in the dance studio.

Now, for the first time in this dance studio,

A.z. Is about to perform

The world-famous cheesington cheese roll dance

As taught to him by his very own grandpa.

And to help him is our very own vici.

[Applause]

[Drumroll]

- One, two, three, four.

♪

Cheesy hands and cheesy feet.

Roll the cheese.

It's such a treat.

All: cheesy hands and cheesy feet.

Roll the cheese.

It's such a treat.

Yay!

[Cheers and applause]

- Thank you!

Thank you.

Especially you, angelina, and you, vici.

I couldn't have done it without you.

- Bravo, a.z.

You worked very hard, and it shows.

Your grandpa will be so proud of you when he finds out

That his grandson did such a wonderful dance

For the whole class.

- Don't you agree, a.z.?

- Yeah. I think he would.

- Hello, I'm angelina ballerina,

And today I'm watching my friends

Perform an irish step dance.

Do you see how their feet and legs move quickly,

But the top part of their bodies hardly move at all?

They're wearing hard shoes that are like tap shoes,

Which make a sound every time they hit the floor.

Tap actually began with irish step dance.

It's stupendous to watch

And even more fun to try.

- Hola,marco here.

Whoa, is that violin missing a middle?

Nah, that's an electric violin.

It's supposed to look like that.

You plug it in, and the music comes out of a speaker.

And over here is an acoustic viola.

"Acoustic" means the sound comes right from the instrument.

Violas and violins are string instruments

That were only used for classical music at first.

But now they are used for jazz, rock--oh, you name it.

Man, those guys really make the strings sing.