{"id":487,"date":"2023-08-30T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/?page_id=487"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:14:34","slug":"songshop-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/songshop-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SongShop 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Recipe for an afternoon of magic<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One skilled and charismatic singing teacher<\/li>\n<li>140 primary school children<\/li>\n<li>Five fun songs<\/li>\n<li>One warm and welcoming hall<\/li>\n<li>A liberal seasoning of teachers, helpers and facilitators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Select your Steven Roberts.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nThe leader of this day will need to be enthusiastic, charismatic and energetic.\u00a0 He or she will be used to motivating and training choirs and will create a day for all of the participants to remember.<\/p>\n<p><em>Collect the raw materials for a choir.<\/em><br \/>\nGathered from five primary schools, they will arrive in the morning as strangers and leave at the end of the day as a single united choir that has just given its first ever public concert.<\/p>\n<p><em>Choose your material.<\/em><br \/>\nIf it is a choir, it needs songs to sing.\u00a0 Last year, few will forget the menacing Jag-u-ag-u-ar &#8211; and the irrepressible snapping Sid the Crocodile was so popular that he&#8217;s making a return visit this year.\u00a0 No simple ditties, these five songs will not only engage the young choir but also stretch and expand their vocal skills.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Light your oven, grease your tin, wash your hands and then begin&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThus ran the old Domestic Science jingle.\u00a0 We&#8217;re not going to cook them &#8211; but Christ Church makes a warm and welcoming space to gather.\u00a0 Weather permitting, there is a safe area outside to expend a bit of energy at lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stir vigorously with all the tools available.<\/em><br \/>\nThanks to the schools, the children will arrive, with their songs rehearsed.\u00a0 The &#8220;roadies&#8221; will have prepared the words and screens to show them and Susan will be sitting, ready at the piano.\u00a0 The children will gather and all is prepared&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1>Ready, Steady &#8230; BAKE!<\/h1>\n<p>(This proves to be a good recipe!\u00a0 We&#8217;ve repeated this in 2024 and 2025 &#8211; with great success!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/music-festival-events\/\">Return to the Festival Events page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe for an afternoon of magic Ingredients: One skilled and charismatic singing teacher 140 primary school children Five fun songs One warm and welcoming hall A liberal seasoning of teachers, helpers and facilitators Method: Select your Steven Roberts.\u00a0 The leader &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/songshop-2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}