RAINBOW PUPPET PRODUCTIONS: Rainbow's Creatures Great and Small (audio cassette)

Rainbow Puppet Productions

Rainbow's Creatures Great and Small (audio cassette)

© 2001 David Messick and Rainbow Productions, Inc.

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Original songs about all kinds of critters that make you wanna jump, clap, and get up and dance.

tracks

1 Get Up, Good Morning
2 Open Your Eyes
3 Come on Down to My Place
4 Anywhere We Wanna Go
5 I'm So Blue
6 Fiddler Crab Song
7 Two Moons Out Tonight
8 I'm Seemore the Seagull
9 Drip, Drop
10 Noah's Got a Floating Zoo
11 The Animal Parade
12 I'm A Rock
13 Toot My Own Horn
14 The Dinosaur Hop
15 So Long Friend

notes

Fifteen of Rainbow Puppet's favorite animal songs have been brought together for this compilation... "Rainbow's Creatures Great and Small."

During the course of the program, you'll hear all types of singing styles including "The Fish," a group of neon colored fish singing in the style of the Beach Boys; an Elvis-inspired Blue Crab singing "I'm So Blue;" and a full-sized blue heron singing and dancing to a big-band style tune.

The show features original animal songs written by David Messick, an award winning author who has created many touring children's musicals including the long running "Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" and "Noah's Floating Zoo."

The voices were created by many Rainbow veterans. Tim Tharrington sings some of the show's most memorable songs including "I'm So Blue," performed by Crabis the Blue Crab. He sings the tongue-twisting "Animal Parade Song" and concludes the show singing "The Dinosaur Hop." He was Hansel in Rainbow's 1980 tour of "Hansel and Gretel" as well as a principal countless other Rainbow shows.

Wife and husband team Chris and Don Bartlett provide voices for a singing owl and a vain dinosaur. Lisa Ryan is the musical director. Steve Scheffler provides the voice to Farley the Fiddler Crab.


CHARACTERS AND SONGS ON THIS RECORDING:

1. GET UP, GOOD MORNING from "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Mother Goose Traveling Rock and Roll Show" Chorus

2. OPEN YOUR EYES from "Wide Eyed Wanda's Wondrous Wetland Review" Chris Bartett as Wanda the Barred Owl

3. COME ON DOWN TO MY PLACE from "Wide Eyed Wanda's Wondrous Wetland Review" Tim Tharrington as Bert the Great Blue Heron

4. ANYWHERE WE WANNA GO from "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" David Messick, Steve Scheffler, and Tim Tharrington as the Fish

5. I'M SO BLUE from "The Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" Tim Tharrington as Crabis the Blue Crab

6. THE FIDDLER CRAB SONG from "Wide Eyed Wanda's Wondrous Wetland Review" Steve Scheffler as Farley the Fiddler Crab

7. THERE ARE TWO MOONS OUT TONIGHT from "The Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" Tim Tharrington as Crabis the Blue Crab

8. I'M SEEMORE, THE SEAGULL from "The Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" David Messick as Seemore the Seagull

9. DRIP, DROP from "Noah's Floating Zoo" Kenny D'Auria as the Raindrops, Tab Warwick as the Drip Drops

10. NOAH'S GOT A FLOATING ZOO from "Noah's Floating Zoo" David Messick as Bub and Frank Mailander as Bud

11. THE ANIMAL PARADE from "Noah's Floating Zoo" Tim Tharrington as Dad the Dalmatian

12. I'M A ROCK from "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" Tim Tharrington as The Mountain

13. TOOT MY OWN HORN from "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" Don Bartlett as Pierre the Parasaurolophus.

14. THE DINOSAUR HOP from "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" Tim Tharrington as The Mountain

15. SO LONG FRIEND from "The Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" Kenny D'Auria as Chessie the Manatee, David Messick as Seemore the Seagull

Dedicated to the memory of our good friend and puppet-maker Helen Spaetzel ("The Puppet Lady from Hampton")

All music arranged, engineered, and performed by David Messick, Steve Scheffler and Tab Warwick

Music Director - Lisa Ryan. Additional voices include Kathie Davis, Stephanie Messick; Richard Ryan, Tyler Ryan; and Jason Wiedel

Cover designed by Jason Wiedel

A special thanks to all of the artists who have contributed their time and skills to our programs.

Puppets by
Fiona Andrews, Chris Frank, Jill Harrington, Laura Huff, Frank Lakus, and Helen Spaetzel

Rainbow Puppeteers include Mel T. Brooks, Kathie Davis, Laura Huff, David and Marcy Messick, David Messick, Sr., Regina Smith, Judy Silvis, and Jason Wiedel

Member Puppeteers of America and the Puppet Arts Center of Virginia


About the writer / composer:

David is the founder of Rainbow Productions, Inc. He created the company's very first production, "Jack and the Beanstalk," in 1977. The show was part of the Charles Taylor Library summer reading program. Since that time, he has created or directed many other programs for the company including "The Really Big Dinosaur Show," and "Babes in Toyland" featuring a cast of over 100, making it one of the largest touring shows created in the state.

His original musical, "The Amazing Adventures of Chessie the Manatee" was the first collaboration between Rainbow, the Virginia Marine Science Museum, and Young Audiences of Virginia. The show has been the company's most requested program to date. It was featured at the state's annual PTA convention the year it premiered.

David was chosen to work at the International Festival of Theater for Young Audiences at the New Orleans World's Fair. There he assisted in Jim Henson's presentation of rare Italian puppets.

David has created character voices for Chuck E. Cheese television commercials. He has worked on development projects for the Disney Channel, Paramount Pictures, and other television producers.

For over 15 years, he has taught advanced tap dancing technique. Yearly, his students win top awards at national conventions.

A sought after teacher of performing skills, he was chosen to present at the 2001 Puppeteers of America festival in Tampa. His workshop, "Entertain First" explains his successful marriage of arts and science in the creation of touring puppetry program. His original musical, "Noah's Floating Zoo" has been selected as a principal performance at the 2001 FCP National Puppetry Convention near Chicago.

His most recent productions are "Jonah" which takes the entire audience into the belly of the whale and the Wright Brothers which covers the two from childhood to the first powered flight in 1903.


Your purchase of this recording supports the non-profit activities of Rainbow Productions, Inc.

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  • We listen to this one daily!
    author: Debbie MacMasters

    This is our third copy of this tape, so we now have the tape in all vehicles and one for home, so that should tell you the way we feel about this tape! It is the highlights of some of Rainbow Puppets shows, and they are all entertaining and fun, and I end up singing them all day long. Thank you!

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