Imagine a musical review inspired by the original Mouseketeers and wrapped in the imagination of Walt Disney. It will both entertain and educate.
This is the third in a series of magical music recital ideas from my sister Vicky Dresser. I’ve included costume, program, décor and treat suggestions, plus a chronological list of some Disney movies and songs. And…Donald Duck might make a surprise appearance!
Tweak this Musical Review for Your Situation
- Content: You get to choose which Disney movies and songs to include. Will you go back to Disney’s first movie, Snow White, or only as far as the year your oldest student was born?
- Program: On the cover, a student’s rendering of the 1930s Mickey Mouse. Or perhaps the Mickey silhouette. Inside, create small mouse ears in front of each song. Three lower case letter o’s, the two outer ones superscript—like footnotes.
ooo Someday My Prince Will Come…………………………Student Name
- Costumes: Optional. They can be as simple as a T-shirt with students’ names or perhaps the Mickey silhouette, or as elaborate as costumes from the various movies represented.
The Mickey Mouse Club Musical Review—Sample Program
Your smiling Mouseketeers have greeted their guests, handed out programs and helped folks get seated. It’s time to begin. Gather your students up front for a group photo-op.
When students hear the “Mickey Mouse March” by Jimmy Dodd, have them split and march around the side aisles and back up the center. The music could be a recording or one or more students playing/singing. You might have an authentic Mouseketeer Roll Call with all students’ introductions—this can be their one bow of the day, after which they take their seats in the front rows.
Here is a chronological list of some Disney movies with quite a few song possibilities:
1937 Snow White
With a Smile and a Song/Someday My Prince Will Come
The Silly Song (by the dwarves)
1940 Fantasia
A Night on Bald Mountain
Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)
Trepak (Russian Dance from The Nutcracker)
Toccata in D Minor
1940 Pinocchio
When You Wish Upon a Star
1941 Dumbo
When I See an Elephant Fly
1942 Bambi
Little April Showers
1948 So Dear to My Heart
Stick-to-it-Tivity
It’s What You Do With Whatcha Got
So Dear to My Heart/Lavender Blue/Billy Boy
1950 Cinderella
The Work Song
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes/So This is Love
1953 Peter Pan
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
Never Smile at a Crocodile
1955 Lady and the Tramp
The Siamese Cat Song
1955—the official Mickey Mouse Club begins
The Merry Mouseketeers
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da (from 1946 Song of the South)
It’s a Small World (from Disney Land)
Winnie the Pooh
1959 Sleeping Beauty
I Wonder/Once Upon a Dream
1961 101 Dalmations
Cruella DeVille
1961 The Parent Trap
Let’s Get Together
1964 Mary Poppins
A Spoonful of Sugar
Chim Chim Cher-ee
Jolly Holiday
I Love to Laugh
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious/Let’s Go Fly a Kite/Step in Time
1967 The Jungle Book
I Wanna Be Like You
The Bare Necessities
That’s What Friends are For
1970 The Aristocats
Scales and Arpeggios
Everybody Wants to be a Cat
1977 Pete’s Dragon
Candle on the Water
1980 Popeye
I’m Popeye the Sailor Man
I Yam What I Yam
1981 The Fox and the Hound
Best of Friends
1982 The Man From Snowy River
Jessica’s Theme
1988 Oliver and Company
Why Should I Worry
1989 The Little Mermaid
Under the Sea
Kiss the Girl
Part of Your World
1991 Beauty and the Beast
Home (from the Broadway production)
Beauty and the Beast
Be Our Guest
1992 Aladdin
Arabian Nights
A Friend Like Me
A Whole New World
1992 The Mighty Ducks
We Will Rock You
We are the Champions
1994 The Lion King
The Circle of Life/I Just Can’t Wait to Be King
Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
Hakuna Matata
1996 Muppet Treasure Island
Shiver My Timbers
Love Led Us Here
Boom Shakalaka!
1995 Pocohontas
Colors of the Wind
Just Around the Riverbend
1995 Toy Story
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Heaven’s Light/Topsy Turvy Day
God Help the Outcasts
1997 Hercules
I Won’t Say I’m in Love
1999 Toy Story II
When Somebody Loved Me
2001 Monsters Inc.
Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, or So Help Me
If I Didn’t Have You
2002 Lilo and Stitch
Hawaiian Coaster Ride
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean
Theme song—He’s a Pirate
2003 Finding Nemo
Beyond the Sea
2010 Tangled
I See the Light
Something That I Want
2013 Frozen
Let it Go
Do You Want to Build a Snowman
2014 Into the Woods
Into the Woods
I Know Things Now
There Are Giants in the Sky
2016 Finding Dory
Unforgettable
Finger Family Song
2016 Moana
We Know the Way
The performances are completed. “Now it’s time to say goodbye to all (y)our company.”
Gather the entire ensemble up front again. Thank your audience for coming and remind them about the refreshments to follow. The group sings “The Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater.” Play the “Mickey Mouse March” again as the students file out to the reception/snack area for congratulations and treats. They’ve earned it!
Mickey Mouse Décor and Treats
- Mickey Mouse garland
- Mickey Mouse plastic cups
- More Mickey décor and snack ideas
Donald Duck
I dunno. Can you really have a Mickey Mouse Musical Review without Donald Duck??? Do you know anyone who does Duck-speak? I hope so! (S)he could stand by near a mic throughout the musical review to make comments after performances:
- Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy
- Bravo!
- I love it
- Play it again!
- Well, I’ll be
- My, my
- Phooey, that was awesome
- Whadya think about that?
What Disney movies/songs would you include in your Mickey Mouse Club Musical Review?
Here’s where to find my first two posts of magical music recitals:
- Make it More than a Recital: Holidays and Seasons. http://ow.ly/hVcA30aQy2z
- Family Folksong Celebration. http://ow.ly/dvjX30aQxRA
Join me next month for another magical music recital!
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