Submitted by Christopher Saraga, Rancho Palos Verde, California
Idea posted February 17, 2004
In honor of Cheryl Lavender's month chants, found in Music Express, I have written a little something like she does, for the Month of March. It goes like this:
M - A - / R C H -win-ter's al-most o - ver / is-n't that great? -
Spring will soon be with us / then we'll celebrate!
M - A - / R C H -
(ta [rest] ta [rest] / ta ta ta [rest]
ti ti ti ti ta ta / ti ti ta ta [rest]
ti ti ti ti ta ta / ti ti ti ti ta [rest]
ta [rest] ta [rest] / ta ta ta [rest])
you could sing it to Sol-Mi-La
(S [rest] M / L L S [rest]
SS SL S M/ SS L S [rest]
SS SL S M/ LL LL S [rest]
S [rest] M / L L S [rest])
You can create flashcards with the following:
Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday (March 2)
(ti ti ti ti ti ti ta/ ta ta [rest] [rest])
World Day of Prayer (March 5) (celebrated the first Friday of March)
(ta ti ti ta [rest])
Purim is a Jewish Holiday (March 7)
(ti ti ti ti ta ta / ta ta ta [rest])
Saint Patrick's Day (March 17)
(ta [rest] ti ti ta)
On Saint Patrick's Day, ev'ryone is Irish!
(ta ta ti ti ta / ti ti ti ti ta ta)
The twentieth is the first day of Spring! (March 20)
(ta / ti ti ta ta ta / ta ti ti ta [rest] )
Vernal Equinox
(ta ta ti ti ta)
Women's History Month
(ta ta ti ti ta)
Our friends in the UK celebrate Mothering Day!
(ti ti ti ti ti ti [rest] / ti ti ta tiki ti ta