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Thread #3113   Message #129085
Posted By: AllisonA(Animaterra)
28-Oct-99 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: Halloween Songs [1]
Subject: RE: halloween songs
Alison, there was a thread awhile back with the midi for "Anne Boleyn"- I'll see if I can find it later when I'm not at work! I'm teaching it to my 5th graders ( 10-11 yr olds) with a few verses left out, and they love it! I let them choose an American football team, and it gets pretty funny when the sentries mistake one of their favorite players with Anne Boleyn.

Someone wanted to know what songs appeal to kids. I'm running into a new problem over the past few years- more and more conservative parents don't want their children to hear any reference to witches, ghosts, etc. It makes a challenge to come up with seasonal songs (I WON'T just ignore H'ween!) that are spooky without being threatening to them. So: The horseman, by Marilyn Davidson, the Twa Corbies, Anne Boleyn's ok for some reason, because I teach it in the context of a music hall comedy song- it gets challenging!