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The Button Box John Gleadall  
 (children's musical & songbook)

Rain - Sound effect
 Irish Leprechaun Button -
Dance - Irish scene

 Click on the titles to listen to the songs  
The Button Box
Uncle Jack - Sailor scene
Before the Dreamtime - Aborigine scene
The Frog King - Chinese scene
Button Your Lip - Pop music scene
Paradise Island - Jamaican scene
Uncle Tom's Button - World War 1 scene
Impuku Nekati - African scene
The Crow's Button - Music Hall scene
The Bombay Button - Indian scene
The Chocolate Button
Belly Button Boogie - Boogie scene
The Pyjama Button - reprise

Cast List
 Director's Overview
Photos & Testimonials
Background information about the songs

14 songs + An Irish Dance

Age Guide 7 to13

Running time - 45 to 75 mins

 

'Songs from 'The Button Box' launched our Multicultural Arts Week. We adored 'Belly Button Boogie' and the 'Bombay Button'. The rap number, 'Button Your Lip', linked to our emotional literacy, is already a firm assembly favourite.'
Val Weston - Teacher, Wiltshire

Director's Book (Songbook) includes - piano score (+ guitar chords), lyrics and script.
CD (double) - Full vocal demonstrations by children for easy teaching and instrumental backing tracks with clear melody cues for performance.
Photocopy Masters - A4 sheets, pupil's script and lyrics for easy licensed photocopying


 

The 'Button Box' is an outstanding collection of songs with a ‘round the world’ flavour, ideal for classroom singing, choirs and concerts.  It also doubles as a concept musical.  14 appealing songs and an Irish dance are cleverly interwoven within a play that has plenty of other dance opportunities. Presentations, in whatever form, can use all or any combination of the songs. 

Two children staying with their grandparents are bored on a wet day. They knock over Grandma’s button box, spilling an array of buttons onto the floor. They ask Grandma to tell them where all the buttons came from, and the story behind each button is revealed in a song.  Interlinking dialogue reveals some interesting family history, well travelled relatives and Grandad’s failed diet attempts!  

Song styles and ‘flavours’ include:- Australian Aborigine, Chinese, Jamaican, African, American, Indian and Irish, as well as music hall, pop and sea shanty.

Creating A Heart In Kabubbu - Bringing new life to a Ugandan Orphan Community
 


'The Button Box' CD-Rom (with the vocal demonstrations) continues the multi-cultural theme with information, pictures and a video clip about a unique life saving project in a Ugandan village. The CD-Rom can be used by children and teachers to learn about the children of Kabbubu and their particular needs. Hopefully this may inspire schools to raise funds to sponsor a child and/or provide some basic necessities for their school and village.

More information is available on www.quickentrust.com  (Quicken Trust - Charity no.1102474)

 


Sing for Shoes (and books, beds, footballs, pots & pans....) with songs from The Button Box
 

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