Christmas song for young singers | It's a Busy, Busy Time of Year | Donna Rhodenizer

Students in upper elementary grades, ages 10 and up enjoy this song written in a showtune style. The lyrics are repetitious, perfectly capturing the feeling of this busy, busy time of year! Students love to sing this song and it is a hit with audiences. The music is available at donnaandandy.com/ where teachers can download vocal scores, piano scores, lyrics, accompaniment tracks, teaching tips and performance suggestions. Licensing options include the rights to print music for students, perform the song for excited family and friends in live performances or in online forums.
An optional instrumental section is included in the song creating the opportunity for dramatic choreography, adding visual interest to the performance. Include costumes and a few gift-wrapped packages as props and get ready to present a crowd-pleasing concert piece.
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1:24 Demo of song
2:34 Gift passing option, dramatic choreography
4:10 Movement and action suggestions
4:34 Why did Donna write this song?
5:10 Website information
5:17 Items included in the download
5:56 Story from an actual performance
6:40 Signing off
6:53 Links to other Donna Rhodenizer music resources
Donna has spent over 35 years in the elementary music classroom as a music education specialist. This personal contact with young singers has enabled her to hone her song-writing craft for this age group. Her songs are musical and pedagogically appropriate for young singers. Her melodies are catchy and often stick in one’s head! She loves to include vocabulary that young musicians will understand, while offering them new words to stretch their experiences with descriptive language.
Donna has written over 500 songs for singers and instrumentalists. Her songs are sung by singers of all ages including elementary school singers, vocal studio soloists, and choirs. Her music can be found in music programs and vocal studios around the world.
Donna’s music is published by her own music publishing company, Red Castle Publishing. You will find her music at
www.donnaandandy.com
www.fullvoicemusic.com
Listen to more of Donna’s music on her various RUclips channels:
Elementary Music with Donna
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Donna & Andy
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Donna Rhodenizer
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Donna's Elementary Music with Donna Facebook page has over 400 tutorial videos for teachers, providing teaching tips and strategies, discussing topics such as classroom management, lesson planning, choosing repertoire, concert planning, singing games, teaching students how to sing in tune and much more!
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Donna's songs are also included in the following publications:
Songs and Studies for Kids! and O Christmas Tree (Full Voice Music)
The Royal Conservatory of Music Voice series
MusicplayOnline
Hal Leonard Singing Kids’ Songbook, Level 1 by Dana Lentini