Presentation Suggestions - “Cinderella Rap”

1        Choose 5 men and 2 women from the audience.  (It works better with adults, but if you do it with children, don’t use any younger than fourth grade.  I prefer adults, plus the students LOVE to see their teachers embarrassed!)

2        Line them up as follows:   F    F    M    F    M    F    F

3        Assign the following parts (called ostinatos).  Have them practice for eight beats each:

          (The first two go together)

          F - “Do this!”

          F - “Do that!”

          M - “Let’s boogie!”

          F - “Poof!  There you go!”

          M - “Ooh!  Baby Baby!”

          F - “Oh!  Look at the time!”

          F - “Happily ever after!”

4        Instruct the volunteers when they will do their part and for how many beats.   After each verse, the corresponding volunteer performs the ostinato alone for eight beats.  Then, they keep going while the person from the preceding verse does theirs again for eight beats, and so on until the first group does theirs for eight beats.  For instance, after the third verse (“Cinderella couldn’t go . . .”) the “fairy godmother” volunteer would do her part for 24 beats.  After her first eight beats, the “Prince” volunteer does his for 16 beats.  After he has done his for eight beats, the “stepsister” volunteers do theirs for eight beats.  This results in a neat layering of the parts.

5        Get the audience to perform the following pattern:

          Stomp (L) Stomp (R) Clap

6        Start singing!  The story fits the tune “We Will Rock You” by Queen.

Questions?  Email me at          storyteller@insightbb.com.