MCMT Spring 2023 show Go For Gold
Materials for the Casting on February 16th.
Choose one of the two excerpts below. The text needs to be memorized and performed on the casting day.
Excerpt 1:
HADES:
That’s it; I’m going to have to get the Games cancelled.
I couldn’t bear to see Zeus’s smug face
after Milo wins yet another title,
but how to do it? (Thinking out loud)
If only I could get the contestants to fight among themselves,
then they’ll have broken the rules and the Games will have to be cancelled.
(Looking pleased with himself) Ha ha! Hades, you’re a genius! And Milo will never be champion again; ha ha! (Exits, laughing)
Excerpt 2:
Herald: Yes, there’s one in every family.
Now, here comes the H mob: it’s Hermes, Hestia and Hephaestus followed closely by Hera,
that’s the big guy’s lady, so don’t upset her, folks.
Hey, turn up the music and get the party started.
It’s Dionysus, the party god.
He doesn’t actually live on Olympus but he always gatecrashes the party and things are livening up.
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Use the vocal track until learning the melody. The lyric is below the tracks.
After that use the backing truck to sing it with accompaniment.
To listen to the vocal track of Go For Gold, click on the link below.
01-Go-For-Gold-1.mp3 (536 downloads)
To practice singing with the backing track of Go For Gold, click on the link below.
01-Go-For-Gold-2.mp3 (515 downloads)
1. Go For Gold:
All the world is waiting, for someone just like you
To step out from the shadows, and join the chosen few.
So if your hopes are set that high,
don’t let them go, reach for the sky.
Don’t give in, one chance to win,
just Go – Go for Gold.
Go for Gold, be number one.
Make your dreams come true.
Go for Gold, your time has come.
Go – Go for Gold.
Think of all your heroes, and what they’ve meant to you.
You can climb that mountain, and be a hero too.
Just one more race left to be run.
One final prize that must be won.
Don’t give in, one chance to win.
Just Go – Go for Gold.
Go for Gold, be number one.
Make your dreams come true.
Go for Gold, your time has come.
Go – Go for Gold.
Go for Gold, be number one.
Make your dreams come true.
Go for Gold, your time has come.
Go – Go for Gold.
Go for Gold!
2. The Truce
04-The-Truce.mp3 (432 downloads)
The Truce
All: In the name of Zeus, (in the name of Zeus,)
they’ve declared a truce, (they’ve declared a truce,)
throughout every state in the land.
‘Til the games begin, (‘til the games begin,)
it’s a mortal sin (it’s a mortal sin,)
to ignore what the Gods now command.
There are no exceptions,
it’s what the Gods declare.
There’ll be a full inspection,
so Spartans best beware!
Spartans: Who us?
All: In the name of Zeus, (in the name of Zeus,)
they’ve declared a truce, (they’ve declared a truce,)
throughout every state in the land.
(Dance BREAK)
There’s a time and place, (there’s a time and place,)
for each and every race, (each and every race.)
At last all the training is done.
Though it’s kind of rude, (though it’s kind of rude,)
they’ll be in the nude, (they’ll be in the nude.)
Let’s hope there’ll be shade from the sun!
The Athletes are all ready,
it’s what they’ve trained to do.
So keep that Javelin steady,
let’s hope it won’t hit you!
In the name of Zeus, (in the name of Zeus,)
they’ve declared a truce, (they’ve declared a truce,)
throughout every state in the land.
Throughout every state in the land.
Throughout every state,
throughout every state,
throughout every state in the land.
3. ZEUS
Zeus was the King of Olympia,
A powerful God was he.
When people came to Olympia,
his temple they would see.
Zeus was the father of many Gods,
and heroes like Hercules.
Sometimes he fired his lightning rods,
when anger made him sneeze.
He’s the one;
big Zeus is the one we follow.
Number one.
He’s King of Olympia.
All his sons,
and others just leave us hollow.
He’s the one;
He’s number one.
Hide your eyes and pray,
‘cAUSE Zeus is coming!
Zeus had a daughter called Aphrodite,
a beautiful God was she.
Apollo, Athena and Artemis,
to mention only three.
Hera, his wife, had a lonely life,
when Zeus went out to play.
He gave Hera a life of strife,
when often he would stray.
He’s the one;
big Zeus is the one we follow.
Number one.
He’s King of Olympia.
All his sons,
and others just leave us hollow.
He’s the one;
He’s number one.
He’s the one;
big Zeus is the one we follow.
Number one.
He’s King of Olympia.
Hide your eyes and pray,
‘cAUSE Zeus is coming!
4. Milo
Milo was a man who didn’t do things by half.
Morning, noon and night he trained by lifting a calf.
People came to watch him,
they couldn’t quite believe what they saw.
As the cow got bigger,
Milo’s muscles grew even more.
As the games drew nearer Milo’s calf was a cow.
People watched in wonder as they shouted ‘OH WOW!’
Nobody could beat him,
he was undefeated for years.
He became a legend.
All his rivals went home in tears.
Milo, Milo,
there’s a guy with style!
Oh, training with a cow makes him
a winner again!
Milo, Milo,
known as far as Cairo.
Everybody cheers at his name.
Milo was a wrestler with the strength of a God.
Even those who knew him found his training quite odd.
Six Olympic titles,
nobody could rival his skill.
Despite their best endeavours,
they thought he’d live forever, until….
Milo back in Croton took a walk in the woods.
He found a wedge inside a tree and shouted ‘OH GOOD!’
As he pulled the metal,
his arm became ensnared in the tree.
Poor old Milo waited,
‘til all the wild beasts ate him for tea.
Milo, Milo,
there’s a guy with style!
Oh, training with a cow makes him
a winner again!
Milo, Milo,
known as far as Cairo.
Everybody cheers at his name.
Milo, Milo,
there’s a guy with style!
Oh, training with a cow makes him
a winner again!
Milo, Milo,
known as far as Cairo.
Everybody cheers at his name.
Milo!
There’s a guy with style!
Oh he’s a winner again!
Milo!
Everybody cheers at…
Everybody cheers at…
Everybody cheers at his name.
Milo was a legend and he trained with a cow.
5. Champion
12-Champion.mp3 (419 downloads)
If you wanted to be a hero.
If you wanna be top.
If you’re tired of scoring zero.
Be the cream of the crop.
If you wanted to be the best,
then hear the latest.
If you wanted to beat the rest,
To be the greatest. Yeah!
So be bigger and stronger,
jump higher and longer.
Put your strength to the test,
and be faster than the rest.
When it seems like you’ll fall,
you gotta stand up and be tall,
If you wanna be a champion.
If you wanna be a champion.
Look inside for the inspiration.
Give it all that you’ve got!
There’s a hero in every nation,
someone who’s got the lot.
If you think that you have a chance,
then don’t deny it.
Don’t be shy and miss every dance,
stand up and try it now!
So be bigger and stronger,
jump higher and longer.
Put your strength to the test,
and be faster than the rest.
When it seems like you’ll fall,
you gotta stand up and be tall,
If you wanna be a champion.
If you wanna be a champion.
Be bigger, be stronger,
train harder and longer.
Be braver and quicker,
be faster and slicker.
Be bigger, be stronger,
train harder and longer.
Be braver and quicker,
be faster and slicker.
(Rap): Run, jump, pass the test.
You can be the very best.
There’s more to you than meets the eye.
You can do it if you try.
Throw, jump, reach the top.
Don’t give up until you drop.
Find the strength within your soul,
to do your best and reach your goal!
(SING): Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
So be bigger and stronger,
jump higher and longer.
Put your strength to the test,
and be faster than the rest.
When it seems like you’ll fall,
you gotta stand up and be tall,
If you wanna be a champion.
If you wanna be a champion.
6. Celebrate
18-Celebrate.mp3 (415 downloads)
All: Good old Dionysus,
the party God is here.
Forget about the crisis,
and wipe away your tear.
Look at Aphrodite,
smiling on us all.
Zeus is high and mighty.
Listen to him call.
Celebrate!
Solo 1: It’s time to start a party.
All: Celebrate!
Solo 2: We’ll win the race.
All: Celebrate!
Solo 3: We’re all in this together.
All: Celebrate!
It’s time to celebrate!
Climb up over the mountain,
swim right over the sea.
Reach inside for the hero within.
Test yourself to the limit.
Find out what you could be.
Now it’s time for your life to begin.
When the race is over,
no matter how you’ve done,
It’s time to let your hair down,
relax, and have some fun.
Look to Dionysus,
he knew just what to do.
Celebrate the winner,
and hope that it was you.
Celebrate!
Solo 1: It’s time to start a party.
All: Celebrate!
Solo 2: We’ll win the race.
All: Celebrate!
Solo 3: We’re all in this together.
All: Celebrate!
It’s time to celebrate!
Climb up over the mountain,
swim right over the sea.
Reach inside for the hero within.
Test yourself to the limit.
Find out what you could be.
Now it’s time for your life to begin.
Climb up over the mountain,
swim right over the sea.
Reach inside for the hero within.
Test yourself to the limit.
Find out what you could be.
Now it’s time for your life to begin.
Now it’s time for your life to begin.
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