DDS Show Ideas / Arrangement Database

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1	Show Title	Basic Outline	Possible Music Selections

2	Empty Nest	A show about a childs journey through school to leaving home for college. This can be done using characters or just props flats and images as well as approriate music selections. With a "front porch" prop you can use through out the show to show some of lifes most important moments. At the beginning you could use a little kid character to take their first picture before going off to elementary school, and revisit the stage later in the show as a high school graudate moving off to college etc.	Childrens March - Grainger Band of Brothers Theme Over the Hills - Zeppelin The Escape - La Petite Prince - Hans Zimmer All can be found in the musical arrangement database
3	Play Ball !!!	This show will dazzle the Friday and Saturday night crowd. Setting up the field like a baseball diamond with bases and an outfield prop wall and scoreboard, you can pick any amount of selections to help tell the story of a baseball game and use quotes from Field of Dreams.	Field of Dreams Chorale (voice over from the film) Star Spangled Banner - Ending Play Ball! (voice over) Tequila Charge Centerfield Sweet Caroline Take Me Out To The Ballgame We Are The Champions - Queen All can be found in the musical arrangement database
4	Kaleidoscopic Visions	This is a wonderful production about color, patterns and shapes of light.	Rainbow Connection Kaleidoscope Eyes - Copley Little Blue - Collier Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - Beatles Kaleidoscope Eyes (reprise) - Copley All can be found in the musical arrangement database
5	To The Summit	This fast paced program uses the music of Robert W Smith to tell the story of climbing through an ice storm to the top of a summit.	To the Summit - R W Smith Into The Storm - R W Smith All can be found in the musical arrangement database
6	Downtown	This production will be about what it means to be DOWNTOWN in any major city. Play some Motown, Jazz, Hip Hop, RandB. But wrap it all up artistically using sounds, traffic noises, and the symphonic music parts from Parkour by Samual Hazo. I like how Hazo moves from different feels and grooves in the tunes back and forth with this very aggressive symphonic accented motif. Like someone jumping in and out of all these different pockets of a city.	Pre-Show - Downtown sounds, beeping, traffic crossing, people moving about. Intro - Start with the loud hits and epic bit of the first 20 seconds of PARKOUR - Hazo. Movement 1 - Diversity: Various From Below (feel free to add yours) Try and feature a variety of styles mixed with different guard equipment / section features Movement 2 - Desperation: Skid Row from Little Shop of Horrors (this is the tune that gave me the idea, could be its own show, but then you have to get a puppet flower prop and have it eat people) Would be cool to have a chain link fence prop or panel that maybe a soloist plays in front of and then have a solo dancer etc who ends by climbing the fence and reaching for the sky etc. Movement 3 - Opportunity: Some sort of feature tune with a small group and drums, and then the ending material from Parkour (4:22 - END, not as drawn out at the end tho)
7	La Espana	The visual color scheme fits our school colors, lots of reds and blacks. The front screen could all be Gaudi mosaics see below. With various panels along the back showing the locations of the other bits we are trying to portray musically. We could of course use latin jazz tunes to fuel the faster bits of the show, but also touch on flamenco, salsa, reggaeton. This could be an upbeat, intense show that will thrill the audiences.	La Capitana - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTbb-ra5cPY Jose Before John 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6E8wXuISw My Spanish Heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC2MsbqEPBY ballad possibility Flamenco Playlist - Josè Mercè "Aire"
8	When One Door Closes	The phrase "when one door closes, another one opens" is often used to convey the idea that when something in life doesn't work out or comes to an end, there are always new opportunities and possibilities waiting to be discovered. This show would begin very aggressively leading to a door prop slamming in the face of a guard soloist. Ballad would be a kind of dark to light feel, almost as in “pick yourself up and get back out there” type feel ending very hopeful. Closer feel would be very montage feeling like “making a change for the better” with a triumphant ending of the guard soloist on the other end of the field going through a different door.	Intro / Opener - Liquid - Bocook could be another aggressive / intricate tune Ballad / Closer - Immortal - Paul Lovett Cooper
9	CALDER	This show could be a show about the works of Alexander Calder. Visually bringing to life his paintings through flag design and uniform in the CG. But also with sculpture on flats, and maybe even a recreation of one on a prop during the ballad for a soloist to solo near etc. Hanging and spinning. You can learn a bit more about him here. Of course there is the Grand Rapids connection with La Grande Vitesse the sculpture made for the city in 1969. Here are some examples we could use on flats etc.
10	For Every Hero ...	This could be a show about the villains we love to hate. The bad guy that is so charismatic that he / she is unmistable. Examples could be the joker, the godfather, wicked witch, sweeney todd etc...	The Godfather Theme The Joker Waltz Wicked Witch Theme Music from Wicked
11	Because I Knew You	This could be an inspiring production about those that have had a huge impact on us. This could be something that is deeply personal like a community figure or teacher from your local area or could be a larger national figure someone who has had a nationwide impact.	Because I Knew You from Wicked
12	The Time Is NOW!	This should could be about time in all its different facets. Looking to the past, fast forwarding to the future. Focusing on the NOW.
13	Wings of Valor	This production could be all about the thrill of flying, becoming a pilot, the beauty of floating through the clouds. The excitement of a dogfight between fighter pilots.
14	Twisted	This program could be about everything twisted. Twisting classical music with rock music. Twisting fabric or costumes. Twisted drill forms. The many different meanings of the word TWISTED etc...
15	Whats UP!	This show is all about whats UP. Showing as many versions of UP as you can. Jumping up, growing up, throwing rifles up, floating up (balloons, frisbees etc) Also making use of the phrase WHATS UP in a section of the program, maybe after section features "Thats Whats Up".
16	NY	This production is about The Big Apple. Each movement is about a uniquely different part of New York the majesty of its landmarks, the traffic and hustle and bustle, the struggle of living in a big city and the beauty of Americas "melting pot". Pick one of the ballads.	Third Wind - Pat Methany NY State of Mind - Billy Joel Tenor Sax Solo New World - Bjork Asphalt Cocktail - John Mackey
17	Worth 1000 Words	This show could be done very simply and elegantly. About how a picture can be worth 1000 words. You could choose multiple images or just one amazing image that invoke a mood. Or tell the story of the image in 4 different ways. This could also be more about photography and capturing a beautiful photograph. You could use a camera, and film motif around the field to set the stage. You could use shutter clicking sounds, find a way to “filter” the image. Maybe even have a movement about being “Self Absorbed” with selfies, etc. Either way this setting could be cool.
18	12 Seconds to the Moon	A chronicle of the idea of flight, through creating the first airplane, prop planes, jets, and jumbo jets, to rockets and the dream of space and ending in a big rocket taking off (pullover flag)	12 Seconds to the Moon - Robert W. Smith Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine - Whitacre Apollo 13 - Horner Galactic Empires - Gillingham Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd Rocketman - Elton John
19	A Piece of Me	This production could be literally or figuratively about the performers giving the audience a piece of them. Could use a “Puzzle Piece” motif around the field, or even glass shards as if “looking in the mirror” that come together at some point. Could have a percussion feature using the phrase “you want a piece of me?” All the way up to the end where the students could take off a piece of their uniform and hold out as if to offer the crowd a piece of them.
20	Green	This show could be about everything green. Starting simple, plants trees, leaves. Moving into Animals lizards, gheckos, frogs. Moving into slime, and bubbling boiling cauldron and finally the wicked witch. We could create a aesthetic that looks very otherwordly where they all work together. Think enchanted.
21	American Portraits	This production is dedicated to American Composers of the 20th century. With a wide variety of styles and contrast their are so many teaching opportunities.	Chorale from Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland Fascinating Rhythm - George Gershwin Letter from Home - Aaron Copland Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
22	Cuban Fire	A hot latin jazz show for any band that wants to light up the crowd.	Powerhouse - Graham Koehne Malaga - Bill Holman Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquin Rodrigo Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona
23	ELEMENTAL	This production is in three movements and outlines the three elemental forms of water. Solid, Liquid, Gas	Winter - Antonio Vivaldi The Abyss Theme - Alan Silvestri Equus - Eric Whitacre
24	Four Corners of the Universe	This show could be about 4 planets represented in each corner of the field by a different piece, and maybe even a prop. For example: Mars (red) Mercury (yellow) Jupiter (green) Neptune (blue) Maybe even have Earth in the center, or the SUN at the center.
25	Joy	This show could literally just be about being happy, from the moment they come on the field until they leave. Almost a gospel like feel to the show with a lot of familiar themes set to more upbeat music.	Three Dog Night - Joy to the World Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven
26	NOIR	A show about gangsters, keeping with the 1940’s look and style but using third stream symphonic music to help tell the story. Could also be more modern, similar to a story like Thomas crown affair. This could also be turned into a “Humphrey Bogart” show, and include a bit of casablanca.
27	Out of the BLUE	Have a few different tarps on the field with different shades of Blue, as if it were a color pallet. Pick various different bluesy sounding music to match the different shades. Flags could be version of the blue when mixed with other colors.	Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin Blue Shades - Ticheli Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
28	Poseidon	This is a production about Poseidon the Greek God of the Sea.	Raise of the Son - Rossano S. Gallante Winds of Poseidon - R.W. Smith Mvmt 3 Adagio - Samual Barber Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi St. Michael The Archangel - Respighi
29	Postcards	Simple idea of picking a few places throughout the world and pick music from that area. Ballad could be about how nice it is to receive a postcard sort of thing, adds another emotional element.
30	RIDE	This production is about NASCAR and portrays a race from beginning to the checkered flag. Lots of familiar themes throughout makes this one a crowd favorite.	Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins Fix You - Coldplay RIDE - Samual Hazo
31	Rise Up	Showing the motif in many different ways throughout and picking music that fits the theme of each movement this program could be really cool. Visually you can play off of a lot of things, going from low to high, add anything that can fly into the air for props. Mvmt 1: Rise Up from below (Could be an introduction) Band could begin sitting, rising up as the music builds. Mvmt 2: Rise Up to the sky (Could be a medly of exciting / light hearted tunes) Could use balloons, planes, clouds etc to show this. Mvmt 3: Rise Up for what you believe in (Imagine by the Beatles) Could use inspirational quotes layered over top of the introduction of this movement about a time when people rose up to accomplish something. Mvmt 4: Rise Up in celebration Again celebratory music, could be a medly, could be a costume change to show that all are risen up together.	Godspeed - Mellilo Imagine by the Beatles
32	Roman Images	This production includes all of the heavy hitting classical pieces associated with Roman imagery.	The Might of Rome (Gladiator Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer The Battle (Gladiator Soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer Adagio from Spartacus - Aram Khachaturian The Pines of Rome - Respighi
33	The Duke	A tribute to the great “John Wayne” with American West themed music, maybe use some quotes and ideals from his life. Too much good music.	Tulsa a Portrait in Oil - Don Gillis The Promise of Living - Copland Hodown from Rodeo - Copland Billy the Kid - Copland The Red Pony - Copland
34	The Greatest Generation	More of a patriotic idea about the heroes of WW2. A lot of great music to pick from.
35	The Mouse Thief	This production is about a sneaky mouse on a journey to get the piece of delicious cheese from the trap.	Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg Hungarian Rhapsody - Franz Liszt Sym No. 2, Movement 3 - Rachmaninov Food, Glorious Food - Lionel Bart
36	The Tie That Binds	This production is about the bonds shared by musicians through the performance of music and motion.	An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli Kingfishers Catch Fire - John Mackey Portugese Love Theme - Craig Armstrong Fragile - Sting St Michael The Archangel - Respighi
37	The Upside Down	Using the theme from Stranger Things that the “Upside Down” is the scary alternate version of the same reality we could try and depict this by setting a scene, could be HS gym, house and street, and it slowly becomes the upside down by the end. This could be done through costuming, props becoming more dingey and haunted by the end etc...Music would have to clash a bit as well, more refined morphing to more grungey and alternative.
38	TRIBAL	This could go a few different ways, and doesn't necessarily need to be a story show Way #1: Two rival tribes, seperated by color scheme and splitting of the CG (might need a big group) African themed music fighting until they realize they need to come together. Introduce both tribes, tribal fight, realize they need to come together to conquer something else (lyrical part) work as a team in the end. Or one tribe could just flat out beat the other. Have a set in the back in the center and one person from each tribe climbs to the top to win in the end. Way #2: Pack of characters or character on a trip to get rich (treasure map etc..) wander into the wrong tribe. This could be cool, more adventure based, have some stunts, a ritual and dance and escape etc….Could use lots of prop sets and colorful african or even egyptian art work.	Sensemaya – Silvestre Revueltas Talking Drums – Herrman Incantation – Cirque du Soleil Out of Africa - Barry Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin
39	Visions of RED	This latin show uses modern and classic jazz tunes to portray different shades of the color RED and the moods associated with them.	El Toro Caliente - MARQUINA/BERNARDINO/ANTONIO Red Cape Tango - Michael Daugherty A Mis Abuelos - Arturo Sandoval
40	In the Darkness	A show about why we fear the darkness and the things that live in it. This could explore the mosters / creatures, or be more of a narrative about your thoughts and how we get scared in the dark.	Anything related to vampires, werewolves, horrow movies etc. As well as classical examples from Bach etc.
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