Storm Melody

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music

# Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# From a castle or the jungle

# To the Arctic Sea... #

WHALE SINGS

# It could be as loud as a storm

# Quiet as a sigh

# As dainty as a dance step

# Or soaring high in the sky

# Melody, Melody

# The musical imaginings of Melody. #

We've come out to the seaside today.

I love feeling the wind on my face and listening to the waves.

But first, there's a big sculpture to explore.

If you feel your hand all the way round, trace it round.

Let's get you up and see if you can guess what it is.

-It's a doughnut!

-It's got a hole in the middle like a doughnut.

-Hello.

-And here we've got the sea.

I asked Mum what happens if you're out at sea

and the waves get bigger and bigger.

She tells me that if people get into trouble, they send them a lifeboat.

-Hello, there.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Shoreham Lifeboat Station.

-Have you come to have a look round?

-Here we are at the RNLI.

I hope we're going to see some lifeboats.

-This is Linda, she's going to show us around.

-All of these wonderful kits.

You have a feel because it's all waterproof.

Linda shows us the clothes that you have to wear on the lifeboat.

This is called a drysuit.

All the crew members are highly trained volunteers.

They have a life jacket on the top to keep them nice and safe.

Then she shows us a lifeboat.

But it's a bit smaller than I thought it would be.

This is our inshore boat. Do you want to have a feel?

It's a bit like a bouncy castle, it's filled up with air.

And a balloon.

And then this is...oars, they've got two oars on the side.

-Did you want to get in?

-Yes, please.

-Thank you.

I wondered if there was a bigger boat.

Well, now you've got your life jackets on, you can come with me.

-Right, excited?

-Linda took us to a much bigger lifeboat.

I pretended to steer it. And then we went inside.

This is where the crew would get strapped in

cos it can get really bumpy at sea.

I've never been in a storm out at sea but,

Melody, I do have a piece of music all about a storm.

Have a listen to this.

This is Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten.

MUSIC PLAYS

ALBATROSS SQUAWKS

It's a very stormy day, the clouds are racing across the sky.

Fudge and I are in a little boat being tossed about on the waves.

Hold on, Fudge!

MUSIC CONTINUES

It's a thunderstorm. Did you see that lightning?

There is a red buoy on the sea, the big wave makes its bell ring.

Our little boat flies up and down. There's not a lot we can do.

We'll just have to ride it out, Fudge.

Even the albatross lets himself get blown about by the wind.

I try and send a signal to the lifeboats. I hope somebody sees it.

Oh!

MUSIC GETS FASTER AND LOUDER

Oh, no! A wave has crashed into the boat.

I'll have to bail us out, Fudge.

MUSIC SLOWS AND CALMS

I think the waves are getting smaller.

Perhaps the storm is leaving.

Just then, we hear the boat - the lifeboat.

Go on, Fudge, climb aboard.

I can't believe the lifeboat crew saw our flare.

Safe. Wet but safe.

SHE GIGGLES

That music made me think of a storm. What did it make you think of?

Come on, then.

WHISTLE BLOWS

-Oh, it's coming out!

-Aye-aye, captain.

Oh, oh!

That's crazy.