Good Afternoon!
I'm back from the Ms. French's Class 11:45a.m. presentation of GO FISH. *There were no composer nor lyricist credits listed in the program, so... Hmmm....
It was a fun show! Short and sweet. Four scenes. Four songs. And each child had their moment to shine in one way or another. And for a bunch of kindergarteners, they did a pretty good job - songs and lines memorized too! -With their music teacher off to the side mouthing the words and prompting when necessary - oh, and doing the choreography too!
From what I could gather - and understand - the diction of kindergarteners is still the diction of five year-olds - the story was about how the Sharks wanted to get along with the other fish and creatures in the ocean. My nephew, John Michael, was Tiger Shark #2.
The opening scene and song was called, "Oceans of Fun!". It did it's job nicely introducing us to all the various types of fish, and to their underwater world.
The second scene featured the Sharks, and the song, "We're Sharks". It was a rap song. And my nephew had the opening couple of lines as his solo.
Then came the Misfit Fish and Tiger Sharks scene which featured their song, "Commotion in the Ocean". It was sort of a vaudeville number with joke breaks in it:
-What's broken and shaking and at the bottom of the sea?
-A nervous wreck!
-Where do fishes keep their money?
-In the river bank!
Yuck-yuck-yuck!It was also during this scene that the Misfit Fish, like the Sharks, also wanted to fit in with the rest of the fish in the ocean
The Zebra Fish wanted stripes instead of the polka-dots she had.
The Octopus had only seven legs, and he wanted eight.
The Star Fish wanted a Leading Role. *It took me a while to figure out exactly what the Star Fish wanted/was saying, then I noticed the she had a top hat and cane on one of her "legs'.
The Blow Fish just wanted some air.
And the Tuna Fish - who kept singing, "mi-mi-mi-miiiii" just wanted some talent and the ability to "stay on pitch and a good sense of rhythm". -Get it, Tune-A Fish? Huh?
So, that led us to the Final Scene where they all went to meet the Great White Shark to see if he could grant their wishes and give them what they want. In his great wisdom, the Great White Shark pointed out that if everyone was the same, then there would be no variety in the ocean, and the ocean would be boring. They all agreed and happily swam back home to the reprise of "Oceans of Fun!".
...And they all lived happily ever after.
