Singing Along(Transcript)

The choir kids are practicing their song for the performance in the afternoon. They are currently in the choir room practicing before the event.

Reece: Alright guys, you ready?

Everyone: Ready.

Reece: Then 1 2 3 go!

Song: Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes

Shawn: #I won't lie to you #I know he's just not right for you#

Zoe: #And you can tell me if I'm off #But I see it on your face #When you say that he's the one that you want#

George: #And you're spending all your time #In this wrong situation #And anytime you want it to stop#

All: #I know I can treat you better than he can #And any girl like you deserves a gentleman#

Zoe: #Tell me why are we wasting time #On all your wasted crying #When you should be with me instead#

All: #I know I can treat you better #Better than he can#

Brad: #I'll stop time for you #The second you say you'd like me too#

Troy: #I just wanna give you the loving that you're missing #Baby, just to wake up with you#

Blake: #Would be everything I need and this could be so different #Tell me what you want to do#

All: #'Cause I know I can treat you better than he can #And any girl like you deserves a gentleman#

George: #Tell me why are we wasting time #On all your wasted crying #When you should be with me instead#

All: #I know I can treat you better #Better than he can #Better than he can#

Shawn: #Give me a sign #Take my hand, we'll be fine #Promise I won't let you down #Just know that you don't #Have to do this alone #Promise I'll never let you down#

Blake: #'Cause I know I can treat you better than he can #And any girl like you deserves a gentleman#

Brad: #Tell me why are we wasting time #On all your wasted crying #When you should be with me instead #I know I can treat you better #Better than he can#

Shawn: #Better than he can #Better than he can#

Reece: Awesome guys, well done.

Shawn: Thank you.

Reece: So let's meet up at lunch time for practice.

That's when Kandace and Raphael came in running to the choir room.

Kandace: Guys, come quick, Jenny is getting the sing-alongs.

Choir: What?

Raphael: Yeah, she's singing at the wrong time of the day, follow us to the auditorium.

The choir followed Raphael and Kandace to the auditorium where the actors are surrounding their Vietnamese-French director and friend.

Zoe: Woah woah woah, what is going on there?

Emily: Jenny has been singing at the wrong times.

Molly: Yeah.

Reece: Can you tell me what happened?

Jenny: Well while I was letting the actors practice for Matilda the Musical alongside my co-director, I noticed something was off and then I started singing.

Spencer: We were at the middle of singing this song, feel free to join us if you don't mind.

Song: When I Grow Up from Matilda the Musical

Spencer: #When I grow up #I will be tall enough to reach the branches #That I need to reach to climb the trees #You get to climb when you're grown up#

Spencer and Aidan: #And when I grow up #I will be smart enough to answer all #The questions that you need to know #The answers to, before you're grown up#

Thaiyo and Alicia: #And when I grow up #I will eat sweets everyday on the way to work #And I will go to bed late every night#

Spencer, Aidan, Thaiyo and Alicia: #And I will wake up #When the sun comes up #And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square#

All: #And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up #When I grow up #When I grow up #When I grow up #When I grow up #I will be strong enough to carry all #The heavy things you have to haul around with you #When you're a grown up #And when I grow up #When I grow up #When I grow up #I will be brave enough to fight the creatures #That you have to fight beneath the bed #Each night to be a grown up #And when I grow up, #When I grow up #I will have treats everyday #And I'll play with things that mum pretends #That mums don't think are fun #And I will wake up #I will wake up #When the sun comes up #And I will spend all day just lying in the sun #And I won't burn 'cause I'll be all grown up #When I grow up#

Sheryl: #When I grow up #I will be brave enough to fight the creatures #That you have to fight beneath the bed #Each night to be a grown up #When I grow up#

Zoe: #Just because you find that life's not fair #It doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it #If you always take it on the chin and wear it #Nothing will change#

Sheryl: #When I grow up#

Zoe: #Just because I find myself in this story #It doesn't mean that everything is written for me #If I think the ending is fixed already #I might as well be saying #I think that it's ok #And that's not right #And if it's not right #You have to put it right #In the slip of a bolt, there's a tiny revolt #The seed of a war in the creak of a floorboard #A storm can begin with the flap of a wing #The tiniest mite packs the mightiest sting #Every day starts with the tick of a clock #All escapes start with the click of a lock #If you're stuck in your story and want to get out #You don't have to cry, you don't have to shout #Cause if you're little you can do a lot, you #Mustn't let a little thing like "little" stop you #If you sit around and let them get on top, you #Won't change a thing #Just because you find that life's not fair, it #Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it #If you always take it on the chin and wear it #You might as well be saying #You think that it's okay #And that's not right #And if it's not right #You have to put it right #But nobody else is gonna put it right for me #Nobody but me is going to change my story #Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty#

Spencer: See? Like that.

Shawn: That was some epic performance.

Zoe: Thanks, now when did you first notice that?

Jenny: When I was preparing my scripts for the musical and then I was singing in the hallways at 8:30 in the morning. Also because I was late to class. Then on 9:30 in Chemistry class and then right now, 10:30.

Reece: 10;30? Am I seeing a pattern here?

Zoe: Probably, Jenny Violet Tran, you have the case of the sing-alongs. But don't worry, there is a cure to this illness, but we need to find the cause.

Blake: Who could be the cause.

Zoe: Annika, she is seeking revenge against us after the Thomson-Cheng Bots. I need to find an invention that could cure Jenny. Choir kids, too the thinking room.

Shawn: Thinking room?

Calum: Shawn, let's go.

The choir kids went to the library and into their thinking room. Zoe got her Kindle to investigate what has been going on with Jenny.

Zoe: So Jenny has been singing every 30 minutes after an hour. We need an invention that could cure her from the sing-alongs so that she could sing in the right time. But how?

George: Haven't you heard of amplifiers?

Zoe: I do, I need a special amplifier that could be connected to a microphone in order to cure Jenny from the sing-alongs, I just need something from the chemistry lab and then put it in the amplifiers in the auditorium.

Blake: Can I go with you? You can't go there alone and the chemistry lab is meant for seniors, not for freshmen and juniors.

Zoe: But I have a mind like you guys, or like a university student.

Blake: But your age and height aren't, so I have to go with you.

Zoe: Fine, let's go. Also guys, meet us at the auditorium.

Blake and Zoe went to the chemistry lab to find what they needed.

Zoe: So do you have a personal desk where you make your experiments?

Blake: Actually, Reece and I have one. It is at the back of the class, right here.

The siblings went to Blake's desk to find what they're looking for.

Blake: What do you need?

Zoe: Something to cure the sing-alongs.

Blake: It's right here, it comes in powder form which is perfect for the amplifiers. If it is liquid form, it wouldn't be good because you need electricity to power up the amplifiers. Reece and I made it in case these things happen.

Zoe: That's perfect.

Blake: Great, to the auditorium.

They both met the others in the auditorium where Zoe started putting the powder in the amplifiers under Blake and Reece's supervision.

Zoe: This should do, now no one should inhale these things as it might cause infection in the heart and lungs and you need to be rushed to the hospital. Also don't put this on your skin because it might cause rashes, now without further ado...

Reece: 1 2 3 4!

Song: Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

Zoe: #Just a small town girl #Living in a lonely world #She took the midnight train #Going anywhere#

George: #Just a city boy #Born and raised in South Detroit #He took the midnight train #Going anywhere#

Brad: #A singer in a smoky room #A smell of wine and cheap perfume#

Blake: #For a smile they can share the night #It goes on and on and on and on#

Protagonists: #Strangers, waiting #Up and down the boulevard #Their shadows #Searching in the night #Streetlight, people #Living just to find emotion #Hiding #Somewhere in the night#

Shawn: #Working hard to get my fill #Everybody wants a thrill#

Troy: #Paying anything to roll the dice #Just one more time#

Calum: #Some will win#

Luke: #Some will lose #Some were born to sing the blues #And now the movie never ends#

Michael #It goes on and on and on and on#

Protagonists: #Strangers, waiting #Up and down the boulevard #Their shadows #Searching in the night #Streetlight, people #Living just to find emotion #Hiding #Somewhere In the night#

All: #Don't stop believin' #Hold on to that feeling #Streetlight people, oh, oh, woah #Don't stop #Believin' #Hold on to that feelin' #Streetlight #People, oh, oh, whoa #Don't stop#

Raphael: You made them do 'Don't Stop Believin' for this afternoon.

Reece: Yeah, we practiced it back at home, anyways, it is now 1:30 so Jenny must be singing right now.

Everyone became silent thinking that Jenny would sing again. It has been a few minutes when Jenny broke the silence by talking.

Jenny: Hey, I think I'm cured.

Everyone: Hooray!

Raphael: Great job guys.

George: Thanks, I knew we did a great job.

Blake: Also there still may be some powder in the amplifiers so if you touch it with your bare hands, you'll definitely get a rash for sure.

Danna: So how can we get it off?

Blake: Simple, just use hand sanitizer to clean it off. Don't use water, this substance goes well with water and it won't wash off your hands. There's another warning, don't inhale it like I said and don't put it in your eyes because it can cause irritation.

Jenny: Now I get it.

Yuto: So where did you get these substances?

Reece: Blake and I made it, along with other substances needed for Zoe's inventions. She is an inventor and a scientists.

Zoe: And my favorite inventor is Alexander Graham Bell and my favorite scientist is Marie Curie.

Blake: I call for Issac Newton.

Reece: And I call for Albert Einstein. He's my favorite scientist.

Emily: You're an inventor, Zoe? I thought you were an ordinary kid.

Zoe: Well because I am a prodigy after all, I use all my smarts to build the most unusual inventions and even for studying.

Molly: No wonder why you have a separate space in the classroom for your stuff.

Zoe: This is for my inventions and my science experiments.

Blake: She only does science experiments under my supervision because mum said that we shouldn't explode the house and because Zoe is still young, she is most likely to explode the house.

Zoe: Blake, that is so embarrassing.

Blake: It's fine.

Reece: Guys, we have to perform right now, let's go.

The choir did their performance in front of the entire school that afternoon. Ms. Jackson is doing a speech before the performance.

Ms. Jackson: Ladies and gentlemen, students and teachers, please enjoy New Hope Choir's greatest cover of Don't Stop Believin' by Journey.

Song: Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

Zoe: #Just a small town girl #Living in a lonely world #She took the midnight train #Going anywhere#

George: #Just a city boy #Born and raised in South Detroit #He took the midnight train #Going anywhere#

Brad: #A singer in a smoky room #A smell of wine and cheap perfume#

Blake: #For a smile they can share the night #It goes on and on and on and on#

Protagonists: #Strangers, waiting #Up and down the boulevard #Their shadows #Searching in the night #Streetlight, people #Living just to find emotion #Hiding #Somewhere in the night#

Shawn: #Working hard to get my fill #Everybody wants a thrill#

Troy: #Paying anything to roll the dice #Just one more time#

Calum: #Some will win#

Luke: #Some will lose #Some were born to sing the blues #And now the movie never ends#

Michael #It goes on and on and on and on#

Protagonists: #Strangers, waiting #Up and down the boulevard #Their shadows #Searching in the night #Streetlight, people #Living just to find emotion #Hiding #Somewhere In the night#

All: #Don't stop believin' #Hold on to that feeling #Streetlight people, oh, oh, woah #Don't stop #Believin' #Hold on to that feelin' #Streetlight #People, oh, oh, whoa #Don't stop#

Everyone: (applause)

New Hope Choir: Thank you!

After the performance, the choir met up with the theatre kids.

Jenny: You guys did great there.

Reece: Thanks Jenny.

Kandace: What you guys did is awesome.

Zoe and George: Thanks.

Raphael: I kinda like the big finish.

George: I know, it was actually pretty tiring.

Zoe: Just like doing the 'Naughty' part in 'When I Grow Up' from Matilda, that was very tiring.

Kandace: Relax Zoe, you probably will be the best Matilda.

Zoe: I can't, first of all I'm already too old for that role, second of all I'm 5 ft 1, not 4 ft 3.

Kandace: I know, but we made some changes, Matilda will be an early teen rather than a 5 or 6-year-old like the movie or musical.

Zoe: You're right Kandace.

Reece: Guys, since it is home time, shall we hang out in the park?

Kandace, Raphael, Zoe and George: Yeah.

Everyone: (laughs)