HAPPY PURIM (Adat Shalom Purim Shpiel 2015) OUR SITE https://purimshpiel.wordpress.com/1: Happy" Opening Pharrell Williams PhyllisYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtMMusic Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQroNmIyNmU1WHJlcnc/view

It is the time for us all to sayThe Sphiel is here, you can take a breakThe seats are cheap, just for you, in caseWith some care, we also dare, to be in your face.

[Chorus:]Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

There’s some bad news talking this and that, We’ll give you all we got, and we won't hold it back, We should probably warn you it will all be fine, With offense to some, happy in due time!Here's why

Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

[Bridge:] (Happy)Bring us down

Start with a kingBring us down

With a wife thingBring us down

Morty’s offspringBring us down

Esther’s big stingBring us down

Haman’s downswingBring us down

And the whole thingBring us down

Can't nothing

Bring us down!!!! We say…Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

(Happy) [repeats]Bring us down... can't nothing...Bring us down... can't nothing...Bring us down... can't nothing...Bring us down, we said (let me tell you now)

[Chorus x2]Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

Because we’re happyClap along if you know that the tent is quite a roofBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that happiness is for youBecause we’re happyClap along if you know what laughter can do for JewsBecause we’re happyClap along if you know that Purim’s what we’re gonna do!

2: Happy Shushan People (REM: Happy Shiny People) Aaron Strauss

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s

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Happy Shushan people dancing...Welcome to our town, happy peopleTake a look around, some Jews, some not [Mordechai, Esther, Haman cameos]Up there's the castle, King's lush, Queen's drunkIf there's a hassle, we turn it aroundHappy is Shushaaaaan

Happy Shushan people holding (hands)Happy Shushan people holding (hands)Happy Shushan people dancingIf bigots come our way, boo them, boo themSo we tell our teens, it gets betterIf there is a plague, ice buck't challengeIf they body shame, it's all ‘bout the bassShushan's a happy plaaaaceHappy Shushan people holding (hands)Happy Shushan people holding (hands)Happy Shushan people dancing[Act out the three YouTube happy memes above -- ice bucket could be hilarious]

There aren't many lyrics in this song. Could be a dance number. Could involve lots of people as townfolk

Could include cameos by main characters when mentioned. Could include many kids as townfolk. Easy song to memorize, and second stanzas has

jokes geared toward their generation. REM's original lyrics comprises one rhyming stanza and one non-rhyming..(Jackie says

that's ¨so REM¨)

3: Happy Days (TV Show) Aaron Straus

You Tubehttps://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=i6NW5QRyBWY

Music Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQrod0owdHZxaHBqSnM/view

[King and 3 advisors:]Sunday, Monday Vodka daysTuesday, Wednesday Bourbon daysThursday, Friday Brandy daysThe weekend comes, break out the rumReady to drink with you

[King, to Queen, with advisors on backup:]You are a staarrrParty with me (party with us)We can go farrrrJust dance with me (just dance with us)

[King:] Good-bye ball gown hello laceThese gents love your pretty face[advisor 1] feels so right and a little wrong[advisor 2] Groovin' for the staff all week long[instrumental...the queen dances with the king, but soon the others want in, grabbing the queen and passing her around]

Sunday, Monday: [advisor 3] Stanley's daysTuesday, Wednesdays: [advisor 2] Connor's daysThursday, Friday: [advisor 1] Harold's DaysSaturday, [King] that's *my* day[King or maybe everyone:] Waiting all week for you...

[All] The Queen is ours...[advisors] Share her with me[All] The Queen is ours...[Queen, escaping their grasp] let me go free!These drunken days are ours [Queen:] not mine! [Queen exits][King and advisors not noticing Queen's exit:] These drunken days are yours and mine...Oh drunken days! [At end of song they notice she's missing and look confused]

4: If You Wanna Be Happy by Michael & Phil, with apologies to KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9NF5XU k2Vk

Music Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQrodWZIa01YcXpaZ2s/view

[Staging: chorus should be wearing coconut “bras.” 4-5 people in chorus, including Michael and Phil.

CHORUSIf you want to be happy for the rest of your lifeNever let a king take you for a wifeSo from our personal point of viewGet a common man to marry you (repeat)

VASHTILiving in the palace people envy meBut you don’t see what I seeIt’s not nice to sit and kvetchBut that king was such a lech

His drunken parties were out of controlHe tried to get me to dance on a pole.How do you think that made me feel?I think the king is such a schle-miel.

CHORUSIf you want to be happy for the rest of your lifeNever let a king take you for a wifeSo from our personal point of view, Get a common man to marry you (repeat)

DANCE (music only verse)

VASHTI and BAMBIB: Say Vashti.V: What gives, Bambi?B: Saw your hubby the other day…V: Yeah?B: Yeah, he’s such a schle-miel.V: Oy, you don’t know the half of it.B: Oy vey?V: Oy vey iz mir.

CHORUSIf you want to be happy for the rest of your lifeNever let a king take you for a wife

So from our personal point of viewGet a common man to marry you (repeat)

5: Happy and You Know it No canned music Ralphhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYlPAf8Cecg Scene opens with affluent townspeople milling mid stage. King and Queen parade in from upstage left with Haman trailing and the three parade around front edge of stage. Approx mid-front, the King and Queen bid Haman good-by and they continue in their circuit along the edge and exit upstage right. Haman, full of himself, starts to mix with the townspeople – which leads into the first two choruses below. During the second chorus, the Townspeople reluctantly give Haman tribute [paper money]. Shortly after the first chorus starts, a small clump of religious Jews appear stage right rear and huddle there in prayer; think “Alenyu” with occasional bowing in unison. Haman does not appear to notice them until midway into the second chorus] HAMAN (singing to Affluent Townspeople and high-fiving them on “…hands”):If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.If you’re happy and you know it, let’s get out and really show it.If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’ve made it and you know it, grease my palm.If you’ve made it and you know it, grease my palm.If you’ve made it and you know it, now’s the time to really show it.If you’ve made it and you know it, grease my palm. [At this point, Haman goes over to confront the small group of Jews. The affluent townspeople slowly move off stage left and the Jews slowly expand to fill out the stage and continue in prayer – but very much aware of menacing Haman. Haman confronts them with the next chorus – sung more slowly. During this chorus, Mordechai appears stage left and realizes what is unfolding. However, every time that Haman looks in the direction of stage left, Mordechai ducks backstage but later reappears] You are Jewish and you show it, Bow to me!You are Jewish and you show it, Bow to me!You are Jewish and you show it, I’ve got plans and you’ll soon know it.If you’re Jewish and you show it, Bow to me!Bwah-ha-ha-ha………. [Haman continues menacing the Jews, taking imaginary measurements of their neck sizes. Mordechai silently resolves to act – and Haman finally goes after him chasing Mordechai and both exit backstage left. Mordechai quickly reemerges stage right – and quickly whisks his fellow Jews off stage right. A split second later Haman reappears stage left – sees all the Jews gone and says: Curses foiled again! [And he too exits].

6: Get Happy Phil and Michael with apologies to Frank Sinatra (Michael Zoosman and Noa Baum)

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ce2cUENDQtg

Music Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQroOGZVSHU3Mm9JMVU/view

Singing parts: Mordechai and Esther

Mordechai [to Esther]:Go show your beautyAnd make him happy.There’s a crucial role for you to play.It’s a mitzvah,Come on, get happy,Help us avert the judgment day.

Esther [to Mordechai]:But I don’t wantTo make him happy.Uncle Mordy, please go away.I’m not a heroLet’s not get sappy,Save it for another day.

Together:We love the Jewish peopleBut we see things differently.What can we do to save our family?

Mordechai: [to Esther]Think of the futureFor your mishpucha.You are the person to wed the kingIt’s a mitzvah.You’re such a lookah,Gives us cause for all to sing.

[Musical Interlude, with dialogue, below]

Esther: On the one hand, you know how I love to sing with you, Uncle Mordy. But on the other hand, marrying the king... it's a new style.

Mordechai: On the other hand, our old ways were once new, weren't they?

Esther: On the other hand, you're asking me to decide without....without the matchmaker. Mordechai: On the other hand, did Adam and Eve have a matchmaker?

Esther [to audience, thinking aloud]:I’m so verklempt[Looking up] Help me to do this.Maybe this is my role to play.[To Mordechai] I get your thinking.OK, I’ll do this.Get me ready for the wedding day.

Together [to each other]:We love the Jewish peopleNow I can see what you seeWe have a way to save our family.

7: Don’t Worry Be Happy Queen Wannabe’s Parade Jody Shapiro (Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin)

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yvFk1PwVeU

Music Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQroYm5XejBQNmswWmc/view

Whistle 2 verses of the CHORUS melody

[KING]Here is a little song I wroteYou might wanna sing it note-for-noteDon´t worry, be happyIn every life we got some troubleBut when you marry, you make it doubleDon´t worry, be happy Don´t worry, be happy now

(CHORUS)[WOMEN]Ooo-oo-hoo-hoo-oo hoo-hoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooo Don´t worryWoo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-ooo Be happyWoo-oo-oo-oo-ooo Don´t worry, be happy

[WOMEN AND AUDIENCE]Ooo-oo-hoo-hoo-oo hoo-hoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooo Don´t worryWoo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-ooo Be happyWoo-oo-oo-oo-ooo Don´t worry, be happy

[KING]You’ve got panache, you’ve got some styleI need a Queen to make me smileBut don´t worry, be happy

[WOMEN]

‘Cause when I am married, I’ll wear the crownAnd that will bring a new Queen in townSo don´t worry, be happy Don´t worry, be happy now

(CHORUS) 2X

[KING]Now there, is this song I wroteIf you’ve learned it, you’ll get my vote, (like good little consorts)Don´t worry, be happy

[WOMEN AND KING](A-listen to a-what we say)

In your life, expect some trouble When you marry, you make it doubleDon´t worry, be happy, be happy now

(CHORUS) 6X

NOTES:CHORUS: King chimes in on all the “Don’t worry, be happy” lines

8: Happy King (from Chicago’s “Happy Man”) Eileen BrandyYouTubehttp://www.use.com/71fca357fbc02794da5dMusic Link

King:Look at these girls(sarcastic) So lovely and charming (serious, mooning) One’s caught my heartShe’s disarming meAnd I’ve fallen in love with her

These others, theyDidn’t have what I needNot hot enoughTo be my queen(to Esther) And I’ve fallen in love with youEsther, you-oo-ooI’ve fallen in love with you.

And for the first time in a week,I know what it’s like to be, a Happy KingHmmm, Happy King

Esther (to audience):And now I’m gonna be his wifeThings are goin’ according to planI’ll keep him, a Happy King

Reject #1:I’ll rub your back!

Reject #2:I’ll cook you dinner!

Reject #3:I’ll dance for you!

All rejects:Don’t make us say “Adieu!”We’ve fallen in love with you!

King:Show the rest out; they are not neededWhere were we, dear?Esther, you’re my new queen, it’s true!I’ve fallen in love with youEsther, you-ooFallen in love with you

Esther, you-oo9: Happy and You Know it No canned music Ralphhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYlPAf8Cecg Jews begin the scene mid-stage – huddled around Esther and Mordechai, then the Jews fan out to the outer apron of the stage and sing:

He is evil and we know it, help us now.He is evil and we know it, help us now.He is evil and we know it, and the gallows help to show it.He is evil and we know it, help us now. Mordechai to Esther:

He is evil and we know it, but you’re Queen!He is evil and we know it, but you’re Queen!He is evil and we know it, only you can overthrow him.He is evil and we know it, plan a meal! [Esther starts to think. The scene ends with her picking up a phone and saying: Hello, Costco?]

10: So Happy Together (The Turtles) Stephanie and Wayne (Mostly a solo by Esther) with King (not really a singing role) and Haman

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Music Linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx6sXis3XQroc3BsYkQxVzluOFk/view

E: Imagine me a JewK: Who you?E: I do confess to make things right It's my birthrightI'll always be the girl you loveBut yiddishkeitStill happy together?

E: I need to tell you now(I don't know how?)It’s surely time for you to knowHaman must go!His plan is to kill all the JewsIncluding MESo we’re NOT together

E: Please stop HamanFrom killing all of the JewsI am your wife!If you save usBaby the skies'll be blueFor all your life

E: Me a Jew and you my kingBut Haman’s rope is a high price It won't be niceThe only one who can save usIs truly youThen we'll stay together

E: Please stop HamanFrom killing all of the JewsI am your wifeIf you save usBaby the skies'll be blueFor all your life

Haman: She’s a Jew and he’s the kingI know he must take my adviceI think it’s nice!The only way to save Shushan Is use my planThis marriage- is NEVER!

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-baBa-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba

E: Me a Jew and you my kingBut Haman’s rope is a high price It won't be nice The only one who can save usIs truly youThen we'll stay together

E: So happy togetherK: How is the weather?E: You care about weather?K: Is Schmita forever?E: Is marriage forever?Both: Happy together (Mixed points of view?)E: Too late for never?So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

Happy Trails with banter11: Oh Happy Days Finale Phil and Michael, with apologies to Edwin Hawkins and Pierce NyeYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGDvDGE7zkAll Karaoke music linkshttps://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxinMIBuJEwJYnlTbFJXUnRGV1E&usp=sharing

Music parts: Choir, young gospel singer, 2 adult gospel singers

Staging: Directed by Raine: Please watch and sing to the Edwin Hawkins version with our words to learn how to do this. It’s going to be fun!!Please note: Words in parentheses are the choir. Words not in parentheses are the leads.

Intro is 8 counts repeated FIVE times. The * is so you see that the note for “day” on that line is lower than the other lines.

ADAM AND KID CHOIR:Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day) *When Esther saved us (When we were saved)When Esther saved us(When we were saved)When Esther saved us (When we were saved)We celebrate today.(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)

HAZZAN RACHEL:Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day) *When Esther saved us(When we were saved)When Esther saved us(When we were saved)When Esther saved us(When we were saved)We celebrate today.

(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)

CHOIR SINGS AS RACHEL RIFFS (See video)(She taught us howto beproud as a Jew.Then she got rid, got rid, of you-know-who.)

LISA: Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day) *When Esther saved us(When we were saved)When Esther saved us(When we were saved)When Esther saved us(When we were saved)We celebrate today.

(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)

CHOIR SINGS AS LISA RIFFS (See video)(She taught us how, to be proud as a Jew.Then she got rid, got rid, of you-know-who.)

AUDIENCE JOINS CHOIR WHILE LISA ROCKS OUT (See Video) Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day) Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day (Oh, happy day) (Harmony/rock out!)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day(Oh, happy day)