Yesterday it occurred to me that I'd never shared "The Emperor's New Clothes" tale with CJ and Annabelle. I asked them today if they were familiar with it, thinking perhaps they might have read it on their own at some point, but as it turned out, they knew nothing of it. So, we rectified that by watching one of the many versions on YouTube. The one our browser landed on was narrated by Harry Shearer for a series of stories by an outfit called Speakaboos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRpN5Y23UE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRpN5Y23UE
The kids found the storyboard images a bit creepy, but they enjoyed the story, and definitely got the moral of it. In fact, we talked about how it was kind of in the same vein as something Neil deGrasse Tyson was touching upon in last week's "Cosmos," when he talked about how wrong it is when people (especially scientists) pretend they have answers or know the truth.
We all LOVED the production tonight. Everyone played their part well - you could tell that hours and hours and hours of preparation had gone into it. The costumes and props were cute, and the stage lighting was good and the mics mostly worked well. :) It was great fun!
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Opt in and your name will launch in 2016, travel to Bennu, where you'll spend 500 lovely days before returning to Earth in the Sample Return Capsule in 2023.
And when you sign up, you get a really nifty certificate, like this!
Opt in and your name will launch in 2016, travel to Bennu, where you'll spend 500 lovely days before returning to Earth in the Sample Return Capsule in 2023.
And when you sign up, you get a really nifty certificate, like this!
You can follow the mission on Facebook or Twitter, too, or you can go to NASA's mission page for it: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/#.U5qF__ldV_8
MORE MUSIC: We listened to a couple of "History of Rock" lectures today, all about British bands. Of course The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks were covered, but there was also talk of many more, including Herman and the Hermits, the Yard Birds, Dave Clark Five and even Freddie and the Dreamers. Based on our professor's description of their song "Do the Freddie," we just had to hunt down some video. Fortunately, YouTube didn't disappoint. Yowza, that Freddie was one wild dude!
MORE MUSIC: We listened to a couple of "History of Rock" lectures today, all about British bands. Of course The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks were covered, but there was also talk of many more, including Herman and the Hermits, the Yard Birds, Dave Clark Five and even Freddie and the Dreamers. Based on our professor's description of their song "Do the Freddie," we just had to hunt down some video. Fortunately, YouTube didn't disappoint. Yowza, that Freddie was one wild dude!
will get on the NASA trip for sure. But I won't be doing "the Freddie".
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