I Love to Conduct/Transcript

June: Art by… Edward Hicks.

Quincy: And…

["Morning Mood" plays]

Leo: Music by… Edvard Grieg. The scene starts at the garden with the heroes and the early morning begins with a red sky.

Leo: Good Morning. I'm Leo. We got up really early today.

Annie: Before the sun.

June: Did you ever see the sun come up? The sunrise is so beautiful.

Quincy: We're going to play music to wake up the sun.

[Trumpet playing]

Annie: I'm going to sing.

♪La, la, la♪

♪La, la, la♪

♪La, la, la, la, la♪

June: I'm going to dance.

[Ballet theme playing]

Leo: And I'm going to do my favorite thing in the whole world. I'm going to conduct.

Annie: Leo, do you have your baton?

Leo: I'd never go anywhere without it.

[Tapping]

Annie: ♪La, la, la, la, la♪

All: ♪La, la, la, la, la, la♪

♪La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la♪

[Sun playing "Morning Mood"]

Leo: Is the sun coming up? Yay, here it comes!

Quincy: The sun's up!

Annie: That was great.

June: Way to go, Leo! You're a really good conducting.

Leo: What can I tell you? I've got a great baton. [Laughing]

Quincy: Wow. Listen to that, Leo. Sounds like you woke up a whole lot of animals.

Annie: The squirrel is waking up.

June: The little bird is saying good morning.

Quincy: Whoa. We woke up a deer.

[Flute playing "Morning Mood"]

June: Ooh, listen. What a pretty bird song. Do you see a bird? Where? Oh, yeah. It's a bald eagle.

Quincy: Bald?

June: Well, it's not really bald. It just looks bald, because it has white feathers on its head.

Leo: It's picking up sticks.

June: She must be building a nest. Bald eagles build enormous nests. They need lots and lots of sticks. Here, Leo, take a look.

Quincy: Uh-oh. Leo, look out. That bald eagle is…

Leo: No, wait! That's not a stick! That's my baton!

Quincy: I cannot believe it! The bald eagle took Leo's baton!

June: Oh-no! Guys, what are we going to do? Leo loves his baton.

Leo: I need my baton to conduct! That's my favorite thing in the world!

Quincy: Don't worry, Leo. We'll help you get your baton back.

Leo: We've got a mission!

Annie: We've got to get Leo's baton.

All: To Rocket!

We've got a mission

We've got a mission

Leo: Ready?

Do, re

Quincy: Me, fa

June: Sol, la

Annie: Ti, do

All: Little Einsteins!

Annie: We're on our way, the mission of the day

Quincy: Starts when we say Rocket.

All: Rocket!

June: Leo will guide us

Annie: With you right beside us

Leo: Blast off into the sky!

We're going on a mission, start the countdown

All: Five, four, three, two, one!

Leo: Everyone to Rocket

All: ''Rev it up, now. Vroom!''

[Rocket jingles]

Leo: Rocket! A bald eagle took my baton.

[Rocket jingles]

Leo: Come on! Welcome aboard. Buckle your seatbelts.

All except Leo: Seatbelts buckled!

Leo: Prepare for blastoff! We're going to need a lot of power to blast off. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

[Rocket revving]

Leo: June is patting. Quincy's patting. Annie's patting.

[Annie giggling]

Leo: But we need more power! Put your hands on your lap and pat with us. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Faster! Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

[Rocket revving]

Leo: Now raise your arms as high as you can and say blast off!

All: Blast off!

Annie: Hold on tight, 'cause here we go!

All: Whoa!

Leo: Up and away!

June: Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

Annie: Yeah!

June: This is fun!

Annie: We've got to find Leo's baton.

Quincy: Bald eagle, where'd you go?

Annie: We lost our baton,

Yes, we lost our baton,

Have you seen the bald eagle

Who took our baton?

June: I see lots of birds. Ducks. Geese. Swans. But where's that bald eagle?

[Flute playing "Morning Mood"]

Quincy: Does that sound like the bald eagle? Yeah, I hear her.

Annie: Where's the bald eagle?

[Flute playing "Morning Mood"]

June: There she is!

Leo: Rocket, follow that bald eagle.

[Rocket jingling]

Annie: She's flying over that huge mountain.

June: That's not just a mountain. We're in Washington. That must be Mount Saint Helens.

Annie: It's a volcano.

All: Ooh!

Leo: Come on, Rocket. We'd better get over the volcano fast before it starts to rumble!

Quincy: Uh-oh! Listen to that music.

Leo: It's coming from the volcano.

June: I think the volcano is shaking.

Annie: That's not good.

[Rocket jingles]

Quincy: What's that mean?

Leo: It says, "Crescendo." It means the music's getting louder and louder…

All: And louder!

June: Oh no! The volcano!

All: It's going to blow!

Annie: Whoa!

Leo: Rocket can't see where he's going. It's too cloudy!

[Crashing]

Annie: What happened?

Quincy: We're stuck in the volcano hole.

Annie: Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

Quincy: Uh, Leo, I don't like the sound of that.

June: We need to make a plan. We need to get the volcano to be quiet.

Leo: Good thinking. But how?

Quincy: I've got it! My flute! I can play softer and softer to quiet down the volcano.

Leo: That's a great idea, Quincy. Are you sure you can do this?

Quincy: Of course I can. Playing instruments is my favorite thing to do in the whole world.

[Playing "Morning Mood" on flute"]

Leo: Come on. Let's help Quincy play softer and softer. We need to tell him, diminuendo. Can you say, diminuendo? Good! Say, diminuendo.

All: Diminuendo.

[Playing "Morning Mood" on flute"]

Leo: Softer, diminuendo. Even softer, diminuendo.

[Playing "Morning Mood" on flute]

Leo: Listen. Does the volcano sound softer or louder? Quincy's playing got the volcano to be quiet!

All except Quincy: Whew.

Leo: Come on, Rocket. Let's get out of here.

[Rocket jingles]

Leo: Awesome, Quincy!

Annie: You did it!

Quincy: Oh, it was nothing. Thanks for helping me play diminuendo. Hey, guys, I think we got off that volcano just in time.

Leo: Fast, Rocket, it's going to blow!

[Rocket jingles]

All: Wow!

Annie: Look at that.

June: It's kind of beautiful.

Quincy: It's so loud.

Leo: What a crescendo!

Annie: What's that red stuff?

June: Hot melted rock. It's called, lava.

Quincy: We made it past the volcano. But where's the bald eagle?

Leo: Rocket, put out your look and listen scope.

[Scope beeps]

Annie: Where did she go?

[Flute playing "Morning Mood"]

Quincy: I hear her.

Leo: Where's the bald eagle? Yeah, there she is! Quick, Rocket, zoom in!

Quincy: Whoa. She's way ahead of us.

Leo: Rocket can catch up. Use your backup booster!

[Rocket jingles]

Annie: There she is!

Quincy: Straight ahead!

Leo: Booster, retract.

Quincy: Let's get that baton!

June: Whoa, where is she going now?

Annie: She's flying down into the forest.

June: Oh, that's California's Redwood Forest. It has the tallest trees in the world.

Leo: Rocket, down there. Follow that bald eagle!

[Rocket jingling]

Quincy: Come on! That bald eagle is getting away!

Leo: With my baton.

June: Where did she go? Do you hear her?

[Flute playing "Morning Mood"]

Annie: Yeah, up there! Up there!

Leo: Come on, guys. This way!

Annie: I can't hear her anymore.

Quincy: Um, Annie.

[Orchestra playing]

Leo: Wow! Look at all those animals!

Annie: Looks like they're having a meeting.

Quincy: Yeah, a big animal meeting.

June: There sure are a lot of animals. What animals do you see? Ooh, that animal looks like he's in charge of the meeting. What animal is that? A lion, right!

Quincy: If he's in charge of this forest, I'll bet he knows where the bald eagle went.

Leo: Annie, wait!

Annie: No, Leo, I can do this. Singing is my favorite thing to do in the world.

We lost our baton.

Yes, we lost our baton.

Have you seen the bald eagle

Who took our baton?

Quincy: I don't think they heard her.

June: Leo, she needs to sing louder.

Leo: Let's help Annie! Sing with us!

Quincy: Go on, sing loud!

All: We lost our baton.

Yes, we lost our baton.

Have you seen the bald eagle

Who took our baton?

Annie: They saw the bald eagle! Thanks for singing with me. Do you know where the bald eagle went?

[Bassoon notes playing]

Annie: Listen! The wolf is sending a message.

[Violin strings playing]

Quincy: The whales are answering. They've seen the bald eagle!

Leo: Come on! Let's go get my baton.

Annie: Thanks, animals.

June: Good thing they were peaceable.

Leo: Buckle your seatbelts.

All except Leo: Seatbelts buckled!

Leo: We're going to need a lot of power to blast off. Put your hands on your lap and pat with us to the beat. Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat. Now raise both arms and say blast off!

All: Blast off!

["Morning Mood" playing]

All: Whales!

June: Orca whales!

Annie: They're singing. They saw the bald eagle.

Quincy: Yes! They saw her!

Leo: But where?

[Scope beeping]

June: Do you see the bald eagle? Where is she?

Annie: Yes, yes. You found her.

Quincy: All right!

Leo: My baton! My baton!

June: But where is she going?

Quincy: She's flying all the way across the water and way up onto that huge rock! I cannot believe it! That bald eagle took your baton all the way to the top!

Leo: Rocket, wait! It's not safe for you to land here. Land down there.

[Rocket jingles]

June: Look! The eagle's leaving her nest. Now we can go and get Leo's baton.

Annie: But how are we going to get across the water?

Quincy: Hey, guys. I think the whales want to help us.

June: I know what to do, and it's my favorite thing to do in the world. Follow me! We can dance across the water.

Quincy: Dance across the water?

Quincy: How do we do that?

June: We can do my super ballet leap from whale to whale. But I need you to clap the beat with me. Come on, I'll show you.

[All clapping]

June: I love to dance

Yes, I love to dance

Yes, I love, I love, I love to dance

All: Whoa!

Quincy: She's dancing across the whales.

Annie: Go, June!

June: Come on. You can do it, too.

Leo: June is right. We can do this. But we need your help. Clap to the beat. Clap, clap, clap!

All: We love to dance

Yes, we love to dance

Yes, we love, we love, we love to dance

All: Yay!

Leo: Thanks for clapping.

Quincy: Thanks, whales. Nice dancing with you.

Annie: Come on!

[Plucking playing]

Leo: You guys wait here. I'm going to get my baton.

Annie: I'm going with you.

Leo: No. You guys have been great, but now it's up to me. I have to get my baton.

Quincy: Go, Leo! Whoo-hoo!

June: Yeah!

Annie: Go, Leo!

Quincy: He's almost to the nest.

June: You're doing it.

Annie: Yay, Leo!

June: Almost there.

Annie: Almost there.

June: Keep climbing Leo.

Annie: Keep climbing Leo.

Leo: Whoa! That's a big nest. But where's my baton? Do you see my baton? Yeah, there it is! You found it!

June: It's too high! Oh, no! He can't reach it!

Quincy: Let me see. He's getting ready. He's running. And he got his baton!

Leo: Hooray! My baton! I got it back!

[Baton jingling]

Quincy: Oh, look! The eagle is coming back. And there are her chicks.

Leo: Bald eagle, by mistake, you took my baton. It's not a stick, see? Okay, baton. Let's do some conducting. Conduct with me. Put your hands in the air. Now move your arms to the beat of the music. Like this.

I love my baton

Yes, I love my baton

I love, I love, I love my baton

All: except Leo: Yay!

Leo: Mission completion!

[Baton jingles] Leo: It's time for… the curtain call!

[Applause]

Leo: Let's clap for our team! Clap with us! Let's clap for Annie! Quincy! June!

Others: Leo!

All: Rocket!

[Rocket jingling]

Leo: And my baton! Clap for my baton!

[baton jingling]

June: Let's clap for the art! "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks!

Leo: And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: Let's clap really, really hard for the special music we've heard today!

["Morning Mood" playing]

Leo: "Peer Gynt Suite Number 1: Morning Mood" by Edvard Grieg!

All: Yay, Grieg!

June: You've helped a lot today.

Quincy: Give yourself a hand. Go on, clap for yourself.

June: Bravo! Bravo!

Annie: Yay for you!

Leo: See you on the next mission!