Nina Saunders

Drama Vocal Warm-ups

Trinidad!
And the Big Mississippi and the town Honolulu
And the Lake Titicaca
The Popocatepetl Is Not in Canada
Rather in Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi
Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi
Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi….Yes!
Tibet, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet
Nagasaki, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Yokohama
Tibet, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet
Trinidad!

To sit in solemn silence on a cold dark dock

In a pestilential prison with a life long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block

Diction is done with the tip of the tongue and the teeth. Huh!

She was sitting on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him in

You Know New York, You Need New York, You Know You Need Unique New York

Be I by, Be I bo, Be I bicka by, Be I bo bicka by bo bee boo bay.

Buduhguduh, Buduhguduh

Red Leather, Yellow Leather, Red Leather, Yellow Leather

Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran.

Whether the weather be cold

Or whether the weather be hot
Whatever the weather we'll weather the weather
Whether we like it or not.

What a to-do to die today, at a minute or two to two;

A thing distinctly hard to say, but harder still to do.
For they'll beat a tattoo, at twenty to two
A rat-tat-tat- tat-tat-tat- tat-tat-tattoo
And a dragon will come when he hears the drum,
At a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two.

Lion Face, Ahhh!!!! Lemon Face, Mmmm!!!!

The Big Black Bug Bit the Big Black Bear

Made the Big Black Bear Bleed Blue Black Blood

Bananas, Bananas Unite, Banana Split,

Peel to the Left, Peel to the Right,
Peel Your Bananas and “Uhh” take a bite,
Peel, Peel, Peel Banana Peel,
Peel, Peel, Peel Banana “Uhh”
 Nina Saunders

Bohemian Rhapsopy
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
GIRLS:(Galileo) BOYS:Galileo.
GIRLS:(Galileo) BOYS:Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.

BOYS: I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me.

GIRLS: He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
BOTH: Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

GIRLS: Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

BOYS: Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. GIRLS: (Let him go!)
BOYS: Bismillah! We will not let you go. GIRLS: (Let him go!)
BOYS: Bismillah! We will not let you go. GIRLS: (Let me go!)
BOYS: Will not let you go. GIRLS: (Let me go!)
BOYS: Never let you go GIRLS: let me go
Never let me go - ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -

BOYS: Oh, mama mia, mama mia GIRLS: (Mama mia, let me go.)
BOTH: Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.