SONGS OF ANIMALS … CREATURES OF THE EARTH
Show date: Sunday, May 3, 2015
Show time: 3:00pm
Desserts following show
Silent Auction: Bidding closes shortly after the show
We’re … as happy as a clam can be …as snug as a bug in a rug … as fine as frog’s hair … as
busy as a bee … because this year’s Variety Show’s theme is all about ‘Animals / Creatures of
the Earth’! Don’t be the black sheep of the family … Sign up today to be IN the Variety Show!
Sing…sing with a large group…play an instrument…have a band of instruments… write a
short skit from Old MacDonald’s farm! Sherry Johnson is our accompanist that afternoon, and
can be yours for your number. Find your music on line … or through Ward-Brodt (music store
in Madison). There are several books of music in our church music storage room. Just ask Jan!
PLEASE sign up on this year’s Variety Show poster BEFORE Sunday, April 5. Listed are
several songs/movies with Animals … Creatures of the Earth in the title …ideas to get your
brain in gear. Your act/skit/song must about the theme … Lions, Tigers, and Bears! Oh,
my!
Get your group (large or small) or your self organized AND decide by Easter Sunday, April 5!
Ask someone new in the church if they’d like to be a part of the show. Encourage someone who
hasn’t been at any previous shows to give it a try this year and, of course, come to the show!
Rehearse on your own, get your props together, and have fun doing it. There will be a oneand-only rehearsal (which will include the finale song that everyone will sing) for everyone to
attend. It will be a run-through of the entire show, from beginning to end. It will allow you
(and your group) to rehearse with the microphones, tweak your ‘positioning on our stage’,
practice with an audience of TV performers. This rehearsal will be Saturday, May 2 at 9:00am
(the day before the show).
ANY questions or comments please get in touch with me, Jan Rutkowski, at home
(849-3306), at church (849-7322), or on my cell phone (213-1848).
YOU have such ‘animal magnetism’ to be in this year’s Variety Show … on Sunday, May 3!
CREATURES OF THE EARTH - ANIMAL SONGS / DANCES / MOVIE SUGGESTIONS
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A Horse With No Name – America
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Albatross – Fleetwood Mac
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Ants Invasion - Adam & The Ants
At the Zoo – Simon and Garfunkel
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Baa, baa, Black Sheep
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Baby Elephant Walk – Lawrence Welk
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Bad News Bears (movie)
Barracuda – Heart
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Beast of Burden – Rolling Stones
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Ben (the rat from the movie ‘Ben’) – Michael Jackson
Blackbird - The Beatles
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Boll Weevil song – Brook Benton
Bugs Bunny (show)
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Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
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Bye, Bye, Blackbird – Rosemary Clooney
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Cat And Mouse - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (movie)
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Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
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Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
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CATS (the musical)
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
Chicken Dance
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Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
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Count your Blessings instead of Sheep – song in ‘White Christmas’
Coyote - Joni Mitchell
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds
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Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road – Loudon Wainwright III
Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Dixie Chicken – Garth Brooks
Dog & Butterfly – Heart
Duck Soup (movie)
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Feed the Birds – song from the movie ‘Mary Poppins’
Flight of the Bumblebee
Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band
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Fly Robin Fly – Silver Convention
Fox on the Run – Sweet
Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
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Groundhog Day (movie)
Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees! - theme song from TV show
Hippopotamus song
Honky Cat - Elton John
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Hound Dog (You Ain’t Nothing But …) – Elvis Presley
Huckleberry Hound (show)
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Hummingbird – Seals and Crofts
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Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
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I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
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Inky Dinky Spider (The Spider Song) – The Kids Next Door
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Jaws (theme song)
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Jitterbug (dance)
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
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Kung Fu Panda (movie)
La Cucaracha
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Lion King (movie)
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Lonely Goatherd – Julie Andrews (Sound of Music)
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March of the Penguins (movie)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Sarah Hale
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Me and You and a Dog named Boo – Lobo
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Mickey Mouse Club … M I C K E Y M O U S E
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Mockingbird – Carly Simon & James Taylor
Muskrat Love – Captain and Tennille
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Night Owl – Little River Band
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Old MacDonald had a Farm – of course, ANIMALS GALORE!
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Pepino, the Italian Mouse – Lou Monte
Pink Panther Theme – Henry Mancini
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Planet of the Apes (movie)
Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul, and Mary
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
Roar – Katy Perry
Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
Save a Horse, (Ride a Cowboy) - Big & Rich
See you later, Alligator – Bill Haley & the Comets
Snakes on a Plane (movie)
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
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Snowbird – Anne Murray
Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert
Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
Teddy Bear (Let Me Be) – Elvis Presley
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The Ants Go Marching One by One, Hurrah, Hurrah
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The Cat Came Back – Sonny James
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
The Doggie in the Window – Patti Page
The Eagle and the Hawk – John Denver
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The Fox (What Does the Fox Say) - Ylvis
The Frog Prince - Keane
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The Hippopotamus - Flanders & Swann
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
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The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro) - Herb Alpert
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They Shoot Horses Don't They? - Racing Cars
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Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
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Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
Tiger Rag - The Mills Brothers
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Top Cat (show)
Turkey In The Straw – Traditional
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Walk the Dinosaur
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What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
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When Doves Cry - Prince
When I See An Elephant Fly - Cliff Edwards
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When the Red, Red Robin comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ along – Al Jolson
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White Horse - Taylor Swift
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White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (movie)
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Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
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Why Do Girls Love Horses? - Adam Ant
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Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wildfire (the horse’s name) – Michael Martin Murphey
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Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
Yellow Bird – The Arthur Lyman Group
Yertle The Turtle - Red Hot Chili Peppers