La Bamba! - VCC ELSA Art Show

Art Show
Eddie is playing the maracas and the other Cuban musician is playing the guitar. Both students are singing. The audience loved the show. After the musicians finished, everyone wanted to hear one more song! Listen to the song in Spanish. Can you guess what the words mean in English? Choose words from the box below.
La Bamba   •  and higher go   •  For you   •  You need a little bit of grace   •  To dance La Bamba   •  higher go   •  little thing   •  For you I will   •  and another little thing   •  I will   •  Oh! Higher and higher   •  to heaven   •  I have girls   •  the innocent   •  In my home I say   •  I say   •  To go to heaven   •  You need a big ladder   •  Fifteen to twenty   •  Higher and higher   •  Because I have girls   •  higher  
Para bailar La Bamba –
Para bailar La Bamba - To dance
Se necesita una poca de gracia -
Una poca de gracia y otra cosita - A little bit of grace
¡Ay! Arriba y arriba -
Y arriba y arriba y arriba iré - And higher and higher
Por ti seré, por ti sere – , for you I will
Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba
En mi casa me dicen, -
En mi casa me dicen, - In my home
El inocente –
Porque tengo muchachas, -
Porque tengo muchachas, - Because
De quince a veinte, -
Ay arriba y arriba, - Oh!
Ay arriba y arriba y arriba yeh, - And higher and higher and
Por ti sere, por ti sere. – For you I will , for you
Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba bamba
Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah…
Shake it up baby. Shake it up, shake it up baby.
Shake it up baby. Shake it, shake it up baby.
Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah…
Para subir al cielo –
Para subir al cielo - To go
Se necesita una escalera grande –
Una escalera grande y otra cosita – A big ladder and another
Ay arriba y arriba y arriba yeh, - Ay and higher and higher yeh,
Por ti sere, por ti sere. – I will, for you I will.
Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba bamba
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Dance Exchange - Cuban Salsa and African Oromo!

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Watch the slide show. Complete the exercise below.
gracefully   •  music   •  how to dance   •  forward   •  back   •  your   •  different   •  a lot of   •  right foot   •  instructions   •  all cultures   •  while   •  hands   •  a necklace   •  next door   •  your left   •  her country  
Click and Drop: click on a word in the box above and then in the correct space. Check your answers. What is your score?
Our class joined the class for a dancing exchange. Eddie and Maya taught us the Cuban Salsa. It was fun. Here are the .
1. Listen to the and move to the beat.
2. Step with your right foot.
3. Step forward with foot.
4. Clap hands.
5. Step with your left foot.
6. Step back with your .
7. Clap your .
8. Take your partner’s hands and do the same actions.
Next Shamsi showed us an Oromo dance from , Ethiopia. She wore a beautiful beaded costume with , bracelet, and headband. Shamsi looked very happy she was dancing. She danced very . Next, everyone danced the Oromo dance. It was fun. We learned about dance in two different cultures. It seems like love to dance even though the music and movement may be a little .
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