Making Music Is Easy Big City Park

-# Where do we want to go today?

-Big City Park!

# We want to play We want to have some fun

# Let's go on a treasure hunt A very special day

-# In the big, big city park

-Big City Park!

# So come along, let's have a great time today

-# In the big, big city park

-Big City Park! #

HE COUGHS

Oh, hi, Ruairi. Sorry, I didn't see you there.

Eh...May, are you not forgetting something?

Sorry! Lovely to see you here in Big City Park.

-Is everything OK, May?

-Oh, yeah, I'm fine.

Hi, everyone! There's a brass band

playing at the Big City Park bandstand today!

Listen!

DISTANT BRASS MUSIC

It's so exciting, isn't it, May?

Oh, I know all about the brass band, Billy. And it is exciting.

But I've been so busy, I haven't been able to see them.

-Is that why you're a wee bit sad?

-Are you sad, May?

I'm OK. I would like to have gone to see them play, that's all.

My dad used to be in a brass band and when I was little,

I went to see him play all the time.

You won't be missing much, May.

I used to be the conductor of a one man band.

It was just me and I was the best band in the world.

THEY LAUGH

What is a brass band?

RUAIRI GASPS What is a brass band?!

I tell you something, you youngsters today don't know a thing!

A brass band is a group of people who play instruments

made of a metal called brass. Brass band.

Yep. Instruments like the euphonium. And the flugelhorn.

BILLY LAUGHS

Wo-wee! What a funny word! Flugelhorn! Ha-ha-ha!

Flagelhorn!

Flogel-ogel-ogel-horn! Ha-ha!

You tell the best tall tales!

Billy, I'm not joking!

Oh, here's Dara and her friends now.

-Hi, Rose. Hi, Thomas.

-Hi!

-Hi, Caitlin.

-Hi!

Why don't we see if we can find things in the park

to use as our own musical instruments?

Then we can all have fun making music!

That's a brilliant idea, Billy.

There's no need! I have all the instruments needed for a brass band

right here in my treasure chest. Like a tuba, a trombone,

an E flat horn and a flugelhorn.

-THEY LAUGH

-Flugelhorn! You're so funny, Ruairi.

I'm telling you - the flugelhorn is a real instrument!

That's a great idea, Ruairi. But I think my friends

could have much more fun looking for and making their own instruments.

What do you think? Would you like to make your own instruments?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

-OK. Suit yourself.

-A bag for Thomas.

A bag for Rose. And a bag for Caitlin.

-Bags on shoulders.

-ALL: Bags on shoulders.

-Boots on toes.

-ALL: Boots on toes.

It's exploring time, so...

ALL: Off we go!

I feel a bit sad that May's missing the band.

We need to put on the best show ever for her.

I think you're right, Billy. There's no time to lose.

Oh, that's great!

SHE MAKES A TRUMPET NOISE

Oh! What a lovely flower!

Wow!

We found lots of great instruments.

This is going to be a great concert for May.

-Let's hear what they sound like.

-THE STICKS CLICK

THE LEAVES RUSTLE

THE STONES BANG

-THEY LAUGH

-Yeah!

-Great!

-That's great.

But I'm not sure if it sounds like a band. And we need a band

to perform for May.

That's really lovely, Billy, but I'm fine!

In fact...sshhhh! Listen!

BIRDS TWEET

A DOG BARKS

-What can you hear?

-Birds singing.

Wee birds and a wee dog.

There is lots of music in the park that I've never thought of.

Oh, but I still want to put on a show for you, May.

How do you make music your way?

Dara, I think we're going to need some help to find out.

I'm on my way!

THEY LAUGH

-Hi, Ruairi!

-Oh! Dara, look what I found in my treasure chest!

I'm going to show that young badger

that there is such a thing as a flugelhorn.

And it would be perfect for our band.

That's great, Ruairi. But I think our friends

want to make their own instruments.

I'm going to check with my city friends

to see how they make music with stuff they find outside.

Why didn't you just ask, Dara? Whenever I was a lad,

we used to make guitars out of river reeds and spiders webs.

We also used to make drums out of old bamboo shoots

and massive banana leaves. Big as your head, they were!

-And we also used to...

-Ruairi, I really to go

and check in with my city friends.

Ah, keyboards. Keyboards out of park benches and daffodil stalks.

That's great, Ruairi. Got to dash!

Ha-ha! Them were the days.

OK... Let's see.

Music. Music...music. Ha-ha.

Ah, here it is.

Making music my way!

That's it!

From the fastest fox in Big City Park to the friendliest friends

in the Big City.

Tell us what you know!

BOTH: We're in the city! Come with us!

# This old man, he played one

# He played nick-nack on my drum

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home. #

Here we go again!

# This old man, he played two

# He played nick-nack on my shoe

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home

# This old man, he played three

# He played nick-nack on my tree

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home

# This old man, he played four

# He played nick-nack on my door

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home

# This old man, he played five

# In the city, I'm alive

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home. #

One, two, three.

# This old man, he played six

# He played nick-nack on my sticks

# With a nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone

# This old man came rolling home. #

-Time to go!

-Bye! BOTH: We love making music.

Ha-ha! See you later!

# Big City Park! #

I'm sorry, May.

There aren't as many things to use as instruments as I thought.

Oh, don't be silly! We're having a great time, aren't we?

ALL: Yeah!

-DARA PANTS

-Found out for you, May!

I so wanted to put on a concert for May.

But we can, Billy. My friends in the city know how we can make

all our instruments sound better.

If we combine the things we found, we can make better sounds.

-Just like a real band!

-Oh, wow! Yeah!

That's a great idea! Why don't we try it?

THEY ALL PLAY TOGETHER

That sounds great!

-That's it!

-Good!

That's a good idea! That makes a good sound.

RUAIRI HEARS THEM PLAYING

Wow, that sounds brilliant!

HE LAUGHS

THE BELL CHIMES Wow!

Ready? And...one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Wow! You guys sound amazing!

This is the best concert I could ever have asked for, Billy!

Thomas, Caitlin, Rose and the sounds of the park!

-Better than any brass band.

-THE BELL CHIMES

Thank you, Billy.

THEY LAUGH

That's OK, May.

That's Ruairi calling us to the story circle.

Shall we go and see him?

THE BEL CHIMES Oh!

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

Why do I keep forgetting about that big bonging bell? Oh...

March! March! March!

March! March! March!

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

So, did everyone have a good day?

ALL: Yes! RUAIRI LAUGHS

Billy, Dara, Thomas, Caitlin and Rose

did the most wonderful concert for me.

I heard you in the distance! It sounded like a lot of fun.

-So, what was your favourite memory of the day?

-Making instruments.

Wow! That sounds like another fine day in Big City Park.

Continuing on in that music vein,

I think I'll peform a wee tune for you all.

On the flugelhorn. THEY LAUGH

Flugelhorn!

BILLY LAUGHS

-See, Billy? I told you it was real.

-Wow!

But before that, let's all get tucked in

to some lovely marshmallows!

Thanks, Ruairi!

HE PLAYS THE FLUGELHORN

THEY CHEER

-Thank you, thank you, thank you.

-That was brilliant, Ruairi.

I learned everything I know from the flugelhorn masters,

high on the peak of Kilimanjaro.

-Kilimanjaro!

-HE LAUGHS

You make up the best names for places, Ruairi.

What? Hang on a second, Billy.

What don't we put some of the rustling leaves we found

in Ruairi's treasure chest?

THE LEAVES RUSTLE

To remind us of all the music that we've made!

Leaves can make a lovely tune,

In April, May and in June.

Just look around. There are sounds to be found,

Like our friends did this afternoon.

THEY CHEER

I can't wait until the next Big City Park concert.

Why wait? Let's have another one right now!

-Yeah!

-It's been another fun day here in Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon! Whenever you're ready, Billy.

Right, band - on your feet.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

THEY LAUGH

# Big City Park! #

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