01x06 - 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.