It was Son of Pedro's turn to organise an activity for the group of Explorer Scouts he's a part of and the pre-allocated topic was "hand bells".
In the past, this has involved working with a bell ringing group who bring in some handbells and help run the session but, while mulling it over he & I hit upon a slightly different/modern twist.
Last Christmas (cue for song) Mrs Pedro, who quite often surprises me with a little "unusual" musical gift, gave me a set of "Rainbow Musical Bells" - 8 brightly coloured, numbered handbells.
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Coupling these with the "Hero" concept, a seasonal tune or two and a bit of Flash movie creation....and 'Bell Hero' was born.
The unsuspecting scouts were divided into teams of four with two bells each and, well....have a look (and a listen) to this video (//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUpOw8edBoY). :)
The "in-game" scrolling in the video is way more jerky than it was on the night - thanks to a rather ropey conversion from the Flash movie but you get the idea.
With hindsight (and a little less last-minute panic) I would have made sure the notes were Frost*erisks but the song title was subtle enough!
Enjoy! :D
Excellent!
Better get working on Black Light Machine for next year...
That's brilliant :D
Yeah..scouts rule!!!
awesome as usual, Pedro!!! Facebooked!
Quote from: "catherine"Excellent!
Better get working on Black Light Machine for next year...
Aw, c'mon, Catherine: the whole of Milliontown , surely ... Would probably need about 300 bells and scouts able to play at hyperlightspeed ... :D
LOL
Black Light Machine....with one octave of only white notes...hmmm....tricky....
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Black Light Machine....with one octave of only white notes...hmmm....tricky....
Only white notes? Nonsense! You must be colour blind. Look at the picture again.
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You've got a red note, an orange note, a yellow note, two green notes, two blue notes and a pink note...
LOL
Alas, not shown, the clappers are all white.
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Alas, not shown, the clappers are all white.
and I thought we never had rhythm...
LOL
...the dings are smaller...but beautifully formed...