My band played this in our last concert before my conductor left, and the part where the grandpa in the song dies made me cry, because the girl lost her grandpa, and we lost our conductor so he could go teach in South Korea....
Duskstar 39/ Luna The Wolf , awesome. Just a little bit of extra information if you care to tell your band director or bandmates, in this piece the piccolo represents the grandfather and the flute represents the main character of the book the Chinese Cinderella. At the beginning of the peace, it is like a conversation between the two characters. Later, when the same theme comes back, you will notice that it is only flute. At that point in the story, the grandpa has passed away. Just a little behind the scenes information
I loved to play this piece as a clarinetist, it was one of the first pieces I played and made me love the instrument, it's still my favorite even 7 years later
WE PLAYED THIS SONG MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND I CAN STILL PLAY IT ON MY SAX AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS CALLED AND THE SHEET MUSIC HAD DISSAPEARED ITS BEEN 3 YEARS AND I FINALLY FOUND IT OH MY GOD
My band played this song before my conductor left. So we decided to play this for our band trip and we got 2nd place in state. Its was my favorite ever
I played this in honor band in 7th grade last year and I love this piece sm it’s probably one of my favorite pieces I’ve played, and on top of that it was actually made for my schools band.
When my band first got this piece I was so happy. I love Asian themed music. Its so pretty. When we first got it, i was the only Flute that played it perfectly which even surprised me XD so my band director might just give me the solo because of that. One question though. Should I get a wooden flute for this piece? I think it would sound amazing. Just an idea
Lol I play the flute and piccolo (but is the only flute that can play the piccolo well, so I'm the piccolo solo), but sometimes I wish I was the flute part because most of our flutes suck XD hopefully they get better before our band competition
I know it’s been 2 years but a wooden flute would sound amazing. I play Euphonium, and I loved my part! Flute/piccolo stole the show though to be honest. It fits so perfectly
I love these music pieces they just really great and fun to try , but it a little hard but everyone needs a challenge I like all of your music like this one and armory, I play the tenor saxophone and trumpet, Thank you for giving us a joy of music , every time it makes me want to play my instrument, thank you it's really fun and the joy of it is fun , thank you
Playing this on the clarinet for our district’s band competition :D Edit: it’s because of this piece we are now going to Indianapolis for Music for All!!! We have all come so far 🥲
Hi Randall! I remember playing this piece as the flute soloist for our 2023 UIL last year and I can say that the feeling of you just playing and miced up is pretty nerve wracking but awesome! I really loved this piece especially my solo part. Now here I am, almost a year later, making 1st chair in the all-region band!
This is helping me lol, I got volunteered to start learning the piccolo this week so I can play at our highschool graduation this Monday. We played as a full band today and I missed all my cues because I never got the chance to fully listen to this song and know when I come in. So I’m currently sitting in an empty band room fingering along
My band played this piece for UIL and we got straight ones, sight-reading and concert. Great piece mr. Standridge. BTW our tubas are obsessed with the euphonium part in measure 44
I love this song so much. I played this song last year during my spring concert. I got the flute solo with two other people and it was an awesome concert too.
My band splayed this for TAPPs it was so much fun ti play and we still love the song and are begging our director to let us play it again for a concert
coming from a small group of percussionists (there are 9 of us) i have been blessed to be able to play both woodblocks and high tom in this outstanding piece
My band is performing this piece for my last 8th Grade concert this year. It’s a great song to play so I can end my middle school experience with a bang. Thanks, Mr. Standridge. :) ( The tuba part’s so fun. I love playing it! )
My bandmate told me about this song and she said she really liked it. (Maybe because there is a lot of flute parts in it and she is a flutist) I will be sure to tell my band director. (I play clarinet)
Thank you for the compliment! My personal favorite of my works is a tie between "The Witching Hour" and "Imaginarium" but that's what makes are interesting...everyone reacts differently.
We played this my freshman year in high school, i played flute and it was so much fun to play, and although I didn't play the solos I must say that this song holds a special place in my heart, not because it's fun to play (although that is part of it) but rather because once you look at the backstory of this song and tie it in with the actual song itself, you realize just how beautiful this song is and the significance of it
I love this piece so much, i adore measure 44 because I'm a 2nd chair trombone and i have 1st part so i play the melody at that part and i just adore it
My middle school band is playing this for our commotion March 3rd and this is my first competition last year i was a beginner and I have the flute solo
Sometimes I truly regret listening to band music so much because I can't decide what song we choose so I can only be jealous of those who get to play this song :(
Dang. I wished our band could have played this song. It’s honestly killer and I think we would had a chance but we only have two percussionists (me and somebody else) and by mine guessing, there is many percussionists parts in it. I hope we can play in high school but if not, I still love this piece.
@@randallstandridge thank you!! I love your music so much. And you are my favorite composer! I played your song last year imaginarium and got all 1s on that too
We are playing this piece in band and mostly everyone gets hyped for this piece and I play the timpani part and my band director calls me timpani girl because I can rock it
Were doing it for our band contest, which, we’ve gotten all 1+’s(which is as high as you can get) for the past like seven years. We have a mix of 8th and 7th graders
Potato Tomato Productions Yeh-Shen Yeh-Shen: The Chinese Cinderella Posted on August 2, 2007 by Carrie Kellenberger Yeh-ShenEveryone has heard the rags-to-riches story of Cinderella. The most popular version of this classic fairy tale was written by Charles Perrault in 1697. But, did you know the first written Cinderella story, called Yeh-Shen, was written in 850 A.D. in China? It’s over a thousand years older than the earliest known European version! And that’s not even the oldest version of Cinderella. The story of Cinderella dates back to ancient Greco-Egyptian times. It is thought that the story emerged sometime in the first century. There are thousands of variations of this children’s tale around the world. Here’s the Chinese version of Cinderella. Yeh-Shen: A Chinese Cinderella Story During the time of the Ch’in and Han dynasties, a cave chief named Wu married two wives and each gave birth to baby girls. Before long Chief Wu and one wife died leaving one baby, Yeh-Shen, to be reared by her stepmother. The stepmother didn’t like Yeh-Shen for she was more beautiful and kinder than her own daughter so she treated her poorly. Yeh-Shen was given the worst jobs and the only friend she had was a beautiful fish with big golden eyes . Each day the fish came out of the water onto the bank to be fed by Yeh-Shen. Now Yen-Shen had little food for herself but she was willing to share with the fish. Her stepmother hearing about the fish disguised herself as Yen-Shen and enticed the fish from the water. She stabbed it with a dagger, and cooked the fish for dinner. Yeh-Shen was distraught when she learned of the fish’s death. As she sat crying she heard a voice and looked up to see a wise old man wearing the coarsest of clothes and with hair hanging down over his shoulders. He told her that the bones of the fish were filled with a powerful spirit, and that when she was in serious need she was to kneel before the bones and tell them of her heart’s desires. She was warned not to waste their gifts. Yeh-Shen retrieved the bones from the trash heap and hid them in a safe place. Time passed and the spring festival was nearing. This was a time when the young people gathered in the village to meet one another and to find husbands and wives. Yen-Shen longed to go to the festival but her stepmother wouldn’t allow it because she feared that someone would pick Yeh-Shen rather than her own daughter. The stepmother and the daughter left for the festival leaving Yeh-Shen behind. Yeh-Shen wanting desperately to go asked the bones for clothes to wear to the festival. Suddenly she was wearing a beautiful gown of azure blue with a cloak of kingfisher feathers draped around her shoulders. On her feet were beautiful slippers. They were woven of golden threads in a pattern of a scaled fish and the soles were made of solid gold. When she walked she felt lighter than air. She was warned not to lose the slippers. Yeh-Shen arrived at the festival and soon all were looking her way. The daughter and step-mother moved closer to her for they seemed to recognize this beautiful person. Seeing that she would be found out, Yeh-Shen dashed out of the village leaving behind one of the golden slippers. When she arrived home she was dressed again in her rags. She spoke again to the bones, but they were now silent. Saddened she put the one golden slipper in her bedstraw. After a time a merchant found the lost slipper, and seeing the value in the golden slipper sold it to a merchant who gave it to the king of the island kingdom of T’o Han. Now the king wanted to find the owner of this tiny beautiful slipper. He sent his people to search the kingdom but no ones foot would fit in the tiny golden slipper. He had the slipper placed on display in a pavilion on the side of the road where the slipper had been found with an announcement that the shoe was to be returned to the owner. The king’s men waited out of sight. All the women came to try on the shoe. One dark night Yeh-Shen slipped quietly across the pavilion, took the tiny golden slipper and turned to leave, but the king’s men rushed out and arrested her. She was taken to the king who was furious for he couldn’t believe that any one in rags could possibly own a golden slipper. As he looked closer at her face he was struck by her beauty and he noticed she had the tiniest feet. The king and his men returned home with her where she produced the other slipper. As she slipped on the two slippers her rags turned into the beautiful gown and cloak she had worn to the festival. The king realized that she was the one for him. They married and lived happily ever after. However, the stepmother and daughter were never allowed to visit Yeh-Shen and were forced to continue to live in their cave until the day they were crushed to death in a shower of flying stones. By: Aai Ling Louie
My band played this in our last concert before my conductor left, and the part where the grandpa in the song dies made me cry, because the girl lost her grandpa, and we lost our conductor so he could go teach in South Korea....
annalise wren aww
Wait...the grandpa dies...? Is this from a movie or something??
@@sarahcummins6080 no there's a backstory, apparently
@@sarahcummins6080 It's based off a book
@@sarahcummins6080 No like in chinese cinderella
My band is playing this for our last 8th grade concert. I'm playing the piccolo in it :)
Duskstar 39/ Luna The Wolf , awesome. Just a little bit of extra information if you care to tell your band director or bandmates, in this piece the piccolo represents the grandfather and the flute represents the main character of the book the Chinese Cinderella. At the beginning of the peace, it is like a conversation between the two characters. Later, when the same theme comes back, you will notice that it is only flute. At that point in the story, the grandpa has passed away. Just a little behind the scenes information
Thanks! I'll be sure to tell them
That's really cool!
Randall Standridge yeah I just read this book in class. My teacher’s face when I told her we were playing it in band was awesome.
I'm the same! We are playing this for our May concert (last concert for 8th grade) and I get to play the piccolo for it
I loved to play this piece as a clarinetist, it was one of the first pieces I played and made me love the instrument, it's still my favorite even 7 years later
I love the musical style of this music. Bless Randall D. Standridge, dude has skill in making this.
Fr, always hooking up all the instruments with fun and interesting music
Me too
WE PLAYED THIS SONG MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND I CAN STILL PLAY IT ON MY SAX AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS CALLED AND THE SHEET MUSIC HAD DISSAPEARED ITS BEEN 3 YEARS AND I FINALLY FOUND IT OH MY GOD
My god.
I am glad you found it, always a nice surprise and a relief to finally figure it out.
We playing this for my freshman year too we are practicing for the concert, we sound good :)
Freshman? I’m playing this in 7th grade
Concert season is next week 😭, 4 months of practicing hopefully we win. Then after That we have a buc days parade. CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT 😈
My band played this song before my conductor left. So we decided to play this for our band trip and we got 2nd place in state. Its was my favorite ever
THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER
I agree
I agree
I played this in honor band in 7th grade last year and I love this piece sm it’s probably one of my favorite pieces I’ve played, and on top of that it was actually made for my schools band.
Love this song..my band is playing this
same
what's your name?
is it Carson?
My band is playing this now
Kayla Ramos mine 2
I was cleaning my backpack i used in 8th grade and found the sheet music for the timpani and it brought back so many memories
When my band first got this piece I was so happy. I love Asian themed music. Its so pretty. When we first got it, i was the only Flute that played it perfectly which even surprised me XD so my band director might just give me the solo because of that.
One question though. Should I get a wooden flute for this piece? I think it would sound amazing. Just an idea
Emilie I also play tuba
Lol I play the flute and piccolo (but is the only flute that can play the piccolo well, so I'm the piccolo solo), but sometimes I wish I was the flute part because most of our flutes suck XD hopefully they get better before our band competition
Bro, I play trombone and I get to play the same note with the same rhythm for a long time only to go and play a new rhythm for also a while.
I know it’s been 2 years but a wooden flute would sound amazing. I play Euphonium, and I loved my part! Flute/piccolo stole the show though to be honest. It fits so perfectly
My band was going to play this with two others when covid struck, so everyone recorded their parts at home. Almost made me cry to hear it again.
I LOVE this piece, my band played it, and we got a great score! I play the alto saxophone, anyone else?
Right here fam
We played this for our 8th grade UIL. Such good memories.
Same
We’re going to do the exact same thing!!😊
I love these music pieces they just really great and fun to try , but it a little hard but everyone needs a challenge I like all of your music like this one and armory, I play the tenor saxophone and trumpet, Thank you for giving us a joy of music , every time it makes me want to play my instrument, thank you it's really fun and the joy of it is fun , thank you
thank you for being the one person in this comment section to refer to this as a piece and not a song
张欧眯Omibeans really is a piece.
i really loved this piece, but after playing arabesque by samuel hazo during my 2nd year in high school this is a cakewalk 😂
I play the trumpet too. I am doing it for UYL
Playing this on the clarinet for our district’s band competition :D
Edit: it’s because of this piece we are now going to Indianapolis for Music for All!!! We have all come so far 🥲
that's so cool my band is doing that this year. Wind Ensemble!
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This is our performance!! Creekside Park JH starting around 2:29:00
Hi Randall! I remember playing this piece as the flute soloist for our 2023 UIL last year and I can say that the feeling of you just playing and miced up is pretty nerve wracking but awesome! I really loved this piece especially my solo part. Now here I am, almost a year later, making 1st chair in the all-region band!
i was the flute soloist for my UIL last year as well!!
I love this song sooo much! Go Flutes in this one!! Hopefully I get the solo🤞
Did you get the solo yet?
My friend and her band played this. It's so beautiful, I love it! I hope one day the band I'm in plays it!
This is helping me lol, I got volunteered to start learning the piccolo this week so I can play at our highschool graduation this Monday. We played as a full band today and I missed all my cues because I never got the chance to fully listen to this song and know when I come in. So I’m currently sitting in an empty band room fingering along
My band played this piece for UIL and we got straight ones, sight-reading and concert. Great piece mr. Standridge. BTW our tubas are obsessed with the euphonium part in measure 44
I love this song so much. I played this song last year during my spring concert. I got the flute solo with two other people and it was an awesome concert too.
Anime Luver I GOT THE SOLO AS WELL 😂
Good for you :)
Ayeee I get to play the solo and my best friend is on piccolo
I got the flute solo also!! 😂
Flute solo too❤🎉
My band splayed this for TAPPs it was so much fun ti play and we still love the song and are begging our director to let us play it again for a concert
Hey dude I am in TAPPs too!!!!
coming from a small group of percussionists (there are 9 of us) i have been blessed to be able to play both woodblocks and high tom in this outstanding piece
i love this band piece so much it’s so good!!! 🥁🎺🎷
My band is playing this song for a competition, i have never been more excited!
Excited to play this. I've been listening to this a lot recently because I just enjoy this in the background.
my band is playing the for the 7th/8th grade spring concert! Can't wait its my favorite one :)
My band is performing this piece for my last 8th Grade concert this year. It’s a great song to play so I can end my middle school experience with a bang. Thanks, Mr. Standridge. :)
( The tuba part’s so fun. I love playing it! )
My bandmate told me about this song and she said she really liked it. (Maybe because there is a lot of flute parts in it and she is a flutist) I will be sure to tell my band director. (I play clarinet)
A Thicc Doggo wooo clarinet buddy
Clarinet for life!
I play Clarient too #clarinetsforlife
I play it also
Clarinet!
My band is playing this for PMEA district 9 band! I’m excited!
Playing that long low part on the clarinet was so fun! I still have that part memorized!
Geez. Middle school band 7th grade. Ill always remember this song. I miss those times
This and steel are the best songs ever
Thank you for the compliment! My personal favorite of my works is a tie between "The Witching Hour" and "Imaginarium" but that's what makes are interesting...everyone reacts differently.
Me and my band are playing this for our Musical Performance Adjudication. I’m playing the piccolo part!
Stunning work Mr. Standridge! :)
I love this song and it was such an honor doing the flute solos 😭🙏. I miss my 8th grade year.
We played this my freshman year in high school, i played flute and it was so much fun to play, and although I didn't play the solos I must say that this song holds a special place in my heart, not because it's fun to play (although that is part of it) but rather because once you look at the backstory of this song and tie it in with the actual song itself, you realize just how beautiful this song is and the significance of it
my band is playing this!! It is awesome!!
This piece is so beautiful
I love this piece so much, i adore measure 44 because I'm a 2nd chair trombone and i have 1st part so i play the melody at that part and i just adore it
I am a 1st chair baritone and love measure 44 also!
I love this song!!!! My Band is playing it for contest!!!!!!
Randall D. Standridge is in my favourites !
We sight read this yesterday. Wish we could play this in our next concert
My middle school band is playing this for our commotion March 3rd and this is my first competition last year i was a beginner and I have the flute solo
Sometimes I truly regret listening to band music so much because I can't decide what song we choose so I can only be jealous of those who get to play this song :(
We played this for my 8th grade year and we got sweepstakes. 😭✨ I was so nervous playing the solo.
This sounds AMAZING i want to play this
My band is playing this right now for are uyl concert and it's my absolute favorite out of March Diablolique and mosswood lubbay
From Wylie?
Marche Diablolique (sorry it butchered) is annoying at times, but fun
The trumpet solo is so fun lol
Les go I’m so lucky to choose flute
Trumpet part sounds sick in it as well
@@ga1ianoplays772right but I think the flute part sounds better‼️
Me (a part 2 clt) and my middle school band are playing this with highschool for a concert AND IM PUMPED FOR IT. ITS SO AMAZING!!!
I love this song so much. I play oboe. Our band is really good.
literally, no one plays oboe we oboes need to stick together
I want 2 play oboe
We only have 2 tubas in my band including me :/
And the other tuba used to be a baritone so yea I am the only good tuba
I'm in 7th grade playing this with 8th graders as a F Horn. This song is very good.
We're going to be playing this in our spring concert this year!
Playing this song with clarinet for our UIL competition. It's awesome
Thank you!
@@randallstandridge no thank you! This piece is amazing and beautiful
@@randallstandridge Hey, I'm playing Clarinet on it for UIL too in a couple of months. Thanks for the great song Mr. Standridge
I played drums for this piece in 8th grade. Cool and nice song!
Hi thanks for this song my band is playing this for our 8th grade concert!
Oh, the clarinet part! *chef kiss*
Dang. I wished our band could have played this song. It’s honestly killer and I think we would had a chance but we only have two percussionists (me and somebody else) and by mine guessing, there is many percussionists parts in it. I hope we can play in high school but if not, I still love this piece.
I played the gong/tam tam and china cymbal on this one. Best song I've preformed in concert band for sure.
We are gonna play this for a festival an a couple months. Im hyped for that french horn solo im gonna play 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Im the only horn in our school)
Im playing this for UIL!
My honor band is playing this song for UIL this year.
I played this in my high school band- I had the picccolo solos:)
Just played this at UIL and got all ones! I was the trumpet solo
Amanda Hoffman congratulations!
@@randallstandridge thank you!! I love your music so much. And you are my favorite composer! I played your song last year imaginarium and got all 1s on that too
As a euphonium player, I can confirm that my whole brass group loved playing this
I’m playing the orchestra arrangement to this song, I got the cello solo in it=)
We got first place in our UIL Competition with this song CastleWood March And As Twilight Falls
My band is playing this for end of year 7th grade concert
mine too
memories you got now
Spring concert also have the solo part for trumpet
Band is playing this a week after we read the book it was inspired by
Isn’t it from eternal atake by lil uzi vert?
JUST AMAZING I LOVE THIS
I played this for KMEA and my spring concert in 7th grade
We are playing this piece in band and mostly everyone gets hyped for this piece and I play the timpani part and my band director calls me timpani girl because I can rock it
I love this song so much❤️
this is my bands UIL song and the band is all 7th graders
Mackie C. Same here
Scary thing is U.I.L is the day before my birthday
wtf is UIL?
Torque Pup its a competition for bands
Were doing it for our band contest, which, we’ve gotten all 1+’s(which is as high as you can get) for the past like seven years. We have a mix of 8th and 7th graders
The band I’m with just played it like 5 hours ago
Playing first trombone for this song for my final concert gunna miss my middle school days😿
YALL THIS SONG SLAPS HARD
ON GOD THO
We played this in 7th grade one of my favorite pieces
I love this song
❤❤
I heard one of the bands play this at UIL
I’m playing this tomorrow night
my band is playing this and i’m the piccolo solo 😁
we're playing this for UIL and its so cool
Yoooo same!
What school?
@@hbombthetrumpetguy2025 HPMS where u at
@@Hplowbrass I'm at Haltom High School
@@hbombthetrumpetguy2025 darn im in middle school
@@Hplowbrass That's cool that you get to play this in middle school
What instrument?
I play trumpet.
My band is playing this,this year
ay my band is playing This
👌
Sans so is mine 😌😌
Sans same
Sans sammeee
I also love this song I'm playing it in band
aliehandra same
Your music is amazing. Keep it up! Also what instrument did you start on. From a trumpet player.
I am a percussionist
I am playing part of this on my trumpet for my mid semester chair test
My band is playing this, and I’ve got the piccolo part! Anyone have any recommendations for me or my band??
Randall standridge a man who cares about low brass
We’re playing this and I have to play both tom parts together
I play this song with my orchestra but we only play it as an orchestra. But it's still really cool!
I’m playing this for uil as the Bell/marimba/Chimes And I’m super exited cause I’m not bad at it #8thGradesMyYear 😂☺️
We playing this when we go to Spain on Wednesday for HS
lol I bet u can guess my comment my band is playing this I have xylophone part
i personally think the flute should be the grandfather and the piccolo should be the granddaughter
it would make more sense
We’re playing this for UIL tomorrow hope it goes well XD
Good luck!
Randall Standridge We got sweepstakes!!
Art Mashups Awesome! *fistbump*
Wait, what's the story of the song?
Potato Tomato Productions Yeh-Shen
Yeh-Shen: The Chinese Cinderella
Posted on August 2, 2007 by Carrie Kellenberger
Yeh-ShenEveryone has heard the rags-to-riches story of Cinderella. The most popular version of this classic fairy tale was written by Charles Perrault in 1697. But, did you know the first written Cinderella story, called Yeh-Shen, was written in 850 A.D. in China? It’s over a thousand years older than the earliest known European version! And that’s not even the oldest version of Cinderella.
The story of Cinderella dates back to ancient Greco-Egyptian times. It is thought that the story emerged sometime in the first century. There are thousands of variations of this children’s tale around the world.
Here’s the Chinese version of Cinderella.
Yeh-Shen: A Chinese Cinderella Story
During the time of the Ch’in and Han dynasties, a cave chief named Wu married two wives and each gave birth to baby girls. Before long Chief Wu and one wife died leaving one baby, Yeh-Shen, to be reared by her stepmother. The stepmother didn’t like Yeh-Shen for she was more beautiful and kinder than her own daughter so she treated her poorly.
Yeh-Shen was given the worst jobs and the only friend she had was a beautiful fish with big golden eyes . Each day the fish came out of the water onto the bank to be fed by Yeh-Shen. Now Yen-Shen had little food for herself but she was willing to share with the fish. Her stepmother hearing about the fish disguised herself as Yen-Shen and enticed the fish from the water. She stabbed it with a dagger, and cooked the fish for dinner.
Yeh-Shen was distraught when she learned of the fish’s death. As she sat crying she heard a voice and looked up to see a wise old man wearing the coarsest of clothes and with hair hanging down over his shoulders. He told her that the bones of the fish were filled with a powerful spirit, and that when she was in serious need she was to kneel before the bones and tell them of her heart’s desires. She was warned not to waste their gifts.
Yeh-Shen retrieved the bones from the trash heap and hid them in a safe place. Time passed and the spring festival was nearing. This was a time when the young people gathered in the village to meet one another and to find husbands and wives. Yen-Shen longed to go to the festival but her stepmother wouldn’t allow it because she feared that someone would pick Yeh-Shen rather than her own daughter.
The stepmother and the daughter left for the festival leaving Yeh-Shen behind. Yeh-Shen wanting desperately to go asked the bones for clothes to wear to the festival. Suddenly she was wearing a beautiful gown of azure blue with a cloak of kingfisher feathers draped around her shoulders. On her feet were beautiful slippers. They were woven of golden threads in a pattern of a scaled fish and the soles were made of solid gold. When she walked she felt lighter than air. She was warned not to lose the slippers.
Yeh-Shen arrived at the festival and soon all were looking her way. The daughter and step-mother moved closer to her for they seemed to recognize this beautiful person. Seeing that she would be found out, Yeh-Shen dashed out of the village leaving behind one of the golden slippers.
When she arrived home she was dressed again in her rags. She spoke again to the bones, but they were now silent. Saddened she put the one golden slipper in her bedstraw. After a time a merchant found the lost slipper, and seeing the value in the golden slipper sold it to a merchant who gave it to the king of the island kingdom of T’o Han.
Now the king wanted to find the owner of this tiny beautiful slipper. He sent his people to search the kingdom but no ones foot would fit in the tiny golden slipper. He had the slipper placed on display in a pavilion on the side of the road where the slipper had been found with an announcement that the shoe was to be returned to the owner.
The king’s men waited out of sight. All the women came to try on the shoe. One dark night Yeh-Shen slipped quietly across the pavilion, took the tiny golden slipper and turned to leave, but the king’s men rushed out and arrested her. She was taken to the king who was furious for he couldn’t believe that any one in rags could possibly own a golden slipper. As he looked closer at her face he was struck by her beauty and he noticed she had the tiniest feet.
The king and his men returned home with her where she produced the other slipper. As she slipped on the two slippers her rags turned into the beautiful gown and cloak she had worn to the festival. The king realized that she was the one for him. They married and lived happily ever after. However, the stepmother and daughter were never allowed to visit Yeh-Shen and were forced to continue to live in their cave until the day they were crushed to death in a shower of flying stones.
By: Aai Ling Louie
That's the story the song was composed for
we're playing this for our uil thing for band.
I played is in 8th grade, and I still Listen to it and I am a in 11th grade
we’re playing this song for uil and our spring concert and i get to play the mandolin