Drums and African Penguins

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

Today is Hug A Drummer Day,  International African Penguin Awareness Day, National Cake Decorating Day, World Porridge Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, and National Angel Food Cake Day.

ON THIS DATE

• 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills up to 30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 1935 - George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway.
• 1966 - The Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" is released.
• 1973 - Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with tax evasion.
• 1979 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.
• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first female chancellor.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1684 - French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau
• 1731 - English scientist Henry Cavendish
• 1738 - Painter Benjamin West
• 1813 - Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
• 1917 - Musician Thelonious Monk
• 1924 - Producer and director Ed Wood
• 1930 - English playwright Harold Pinter
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter John Prine
• 1946 - Actor Ben Vereen
• 1954 - Singer David Lee Roth
• 1958 - Singer Tanya Tucker
• 1963 - Journalist Daniel Pearl
• 1967 - Governor of California Gavin Newsom

SONGS OF THE DAY 
Guiseppe Verdi - La Traviata: 'Brindisi' - LISTEN
Thelonious Monk - Don't Blame Me - LISTEN
John Prine - Hello In There  - LISTEN
Van Halen - Jump - LISTEN
Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn - LISTEN

THEME:  Drums

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie Play Drums - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Musician with Questlove
  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - South American Drums! - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Evelyn Glennie Plays the Drums
  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming School: Murray Had a Little Lamb - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming for Exercise - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Steel Drum Rhythm - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Who Are the Insects in Your Neighborhood? - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids -Make a Chinese Rattle Drum - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums And Bells Of China Sing-a-long - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - A Chinese Drum Performance - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Drums of China - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Grandpa's Drum (Full Episode) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMeida - Zoom -Pitch: Super Sounding Drums (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Hana's Japanese Drums
  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Shoshone Drum - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Arapaho Drum - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ancestors Talk Through Drums
  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Antiques Roadshow -Civil War Drum - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 -  NHPBS Video - Sound Field - How To Make a Living As a Drummer with LA Buckner -  VIEW

THEME: African Penguins

• Grades K-5 - San Diego Zoo - Kids - African Penguins -READ and VIEW LIVE CAM
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - African Penguins - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - Georgia Aquarium - African Penguins - READ and VIEW LIVE CAM
• Grades 4-12 - San Diego Zoo - African Penguin - READ and VIEW LIVE CAM
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Behind the Scenes: Lincoln Park Zoo’s New Penguin Encounter - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Endangered African Penguins Can Be Found at Jenkinson’s - VIEW

Watch 

• 7-8 pm NHPBS - Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP
• 8-10 pm NH WORLD - American Experience - Freedom Riders
  

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