Welcome Back to School

Creating Body Percussion Compositions

Welcome back to school, can you clap? X X X

Welcome back to school, can you stamp? X X X

Can you wave hello to ev’ry one you know?

Can you clap? X X X and can you stamp? X X X

- By Randy Delelles and Jeff Kriske

Process:

1. Have the students learn this song by echo, doing the activities.
2. Pat 16 beats as a B section, all together. Sing, pat, sing.
3. In small groups, create 16 beat body percussion pieces. Each group practice and then perform for the class.
4. Use the song as an A section, and peform A B A C A D A E A, with the letters from B-E or beyond representing the individual group compositions.

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