Home Jammin'

The conductor of Baratanga awaits you for an electrifying percussion session. Using accessories found at home, you’re invited to take part in choreography and experience a percussion jam that’s out of the ordinary.

[Two maple leaves are on a red fence background. The leaves have a brown wood grain. White text reads, “La fête du Canada — Canada Day.” Light flashes across the screen and the image is replaced with a man standing in front of a sunny forest backdrop. He wears a maple leaf hat and a Canada sweater. A grey text box with a red maple leaf beside it identifies him as “Louis-Daniel Joly, Productions Baratanga.” Louis-Daniel smiles.]

Louis-Daniel: [Translated from French] Hello. My name is Louis-Daniel, from Baratanga. And as part of the Canada Day celebrations, I would like to invite you to participate in a percussion jam. I would now invite you to go around your house and find objects or items which can be used as percussion instruments. Good jam!

[Louis-Daniel waves. Percussive music plays.]

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[In a house, he looks in a closet. He takes out an empty white cardboard box and taps on its sealed end. He picks up an empty tin can with no label and runs a finger along its ridges. He picks up a green hard-plastic bin and bangs his fist on the bottom of it a few times, then gives a thumbs up.]

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[In the kitchen, Louis-Daniel opens a utensil drawer. He taps a small whisk against his hands and sets it on the counter. He holds up two chopsticks, rubs them together, and puts them with the whisk. He takes out a wooden spoon, smacks it in his palm, and gives a thumbs up.]

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[Louis-Daniel opens a kitchen cabinet. He taps the bottom of a red plastic bowl and puts it aside. He does the same with a bigger metal bowl, then he takes out a large rectangular plastic container. He taps on it, then gives a thumbs up.]

[An animation moves across the screen like a turning page until the screen is black. A logo pops up: the multicoloured word “Baratanga” is split up into four lines (BA/RA/TAN/GA) on a white circle. An orange line falls down the screen and stops below the logo. On the left side of it are the words “Interactive Percussion— Percussion Interactive.” On the other side of the orange line are the words “Fête du Canada – Canada Day.”]
[The numbers one through eight pop up, each in its own box. Numbers one through three are aligned vertically on the left, numbers six through eight are aligned vertically on the right, and the numbers four and five are aligned horizontally at the bottom. In the middle of the boxes is a bigger one with the words "choisissez un chiffre/choose a number." The words fade out. Louis-Daniel stands in the box, waving. He holds the wooden spoon and the plastic bowl. The other boxes' numbers fade out. Each box has Louis-Daniel wearing a different Canada-themed outfit and holding a household object:

Louis-Daniel wears a black t-shirt with an image of a frayed Canadian flag. He wears a visor with white hair on it and he taps the wooden spoon on the bottom of the metal bowl.
Louis-Daniel wears a Canadian flag as a shirt, and a red and white Canada hat. He shakes a plastic jar of spices.
He wears a red sweater and a black curly wig. He taps the bottom of a large red bucket.
Louis-Daniel wears his black Canada hoodie, a black hard hat and sunglasses. He rubs a chopstick against the ridged side of the tin can.
He wears a red sweater, a white t-shirt, and a black hat with frayed edges. He pats the bottom of the large plastic container.
Louis-Daniel wears a checkered black and red apron over a white t-shirt, and a Canada baseball cap. He taps the whisk on the bottom of a saucepan.
Louis-Daniel wears a red jacket and a red wig. The green hard-plastic bin is strapped to his chest, and he bangs on the bottom of it.
He wears a red sweater, red Canada shirt, and red hat with a maple leaf on it. He shakes a jar of dried red lentils and taps on its lid.]

[In the main box, Louis-Daniel bangs the wooden spoon on the red plastic bowl. Boxes one through eight follow with their objects. He gestures for the audience to follow along. He and the smaller boxes play percussive music.]

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[Louis-Daniel holds up one finger, then two, then three. Boxes one through eight play their makeshift instruments while Louis-Daniel dances along, smiling, in the main box.]

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[In the main box, Louis-Daniel raises his hands, then lowers them slowly. The other boxes play more quietly. Louis-Daniel puts a finger to his lips.]

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[Louis-Daniel slowly raises his hands. Boxes one to eight play loudly again as he bops along to the music.]

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[Louis-Daniel gives a thumbs up. He gestures to boxes one, two, three, and four, and motions for five, six, seven, and eight to wait. One through four play while five through eight bop along.
Louis-Daniel motions for one through four to wait. They bop along while five through eight play.
They swap back so one, two, three, and four play their makeshift instruments.]

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[They switch again so five, six, seven, and eight play.]

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[One through four play.]

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[Five through eight play.]

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[One through four play.]

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[Five through eight play.]

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[One through four play. The two groups quickly swap back and forth.]
[Louis-Daniel motions to stop. Everyone stops playing. He motions to keep going, and all the numbers play their household instruments.]

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[The numbers one and six pop up in the main box. Louis-Daniel points at them. The others stop, and only numbers one and six play. In box one, Louis-Daniel hits the wooden spoon on the metal bowl and in box six, taps the whisk on the saucepan.]

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[The numbers five and seven pop up. One and six stop playing, and only five and seven play. In box five, Louis-Daniel beats his hands on the bottom of the large plastic container and in box seven, taps on the bottom of the green hard-plastic bin.]

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[Boxes three and eight are next. Only those numbers play. In box three, Louis-Daniel bangs three times on the bottom of the red bucket. In box eight, he taps on his jar of dried lentils, then shakes it.]

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[Boxes two and four play. In box two, Louis-Daniel shakes the plastic container of spices while in box four, he runs the chopsticks along the ridged edge of the tin can.]

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[Boxes three and seven play.]

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[One and eight play.]

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[Numbers two and five play.]

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[Four and six play.]

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[Louis-Daniel motions to stop. Everyone pauses. He motions to start again, and they all resume playing their household instruments. Louis-Daniel dances along in the main box.]

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[Louis-Daniel points between himself and us. In the main box, he plays on his own. He motions for us to play. The other eight boxes play. Louis-Daniel motions for the audience to take turns with him. He and the numbered boxes take turns playing their instruments.]
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[In all of the boxes, Louis-Daniel waves goodbye and smiles. A light flashes across the screen, and the fence background from the beginning appears with the words, “La fête du Canada — Canada Day.” On a black background, the Canada wordmark appears with a small Canadian flag waving over the final "a." The screen fades to black.]

Video — Home Jammin'

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[The words “La fête du Canada — Canada Day” appear on the screen.]

Louis-Daniel: Hello. My name is Louis-Daniel, from Baratanga. And as part of the Canada Day celebrations, I would like to invite you to participate in a percussion jam. I would now invite you to go around your house and find objects or items which can be used as percussion instruments.
Good jam!

[Percussion music]

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[Silence]

[The words “Baratanga Interactive Percussion — Percussion Interactive” and “Fête du Canada — Canada Day” appear on the screen.]

[The words “Choisissez un chiffre — Choose a number” appear on the screen.]

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[Silence]

[The words “La fête du Canada — Canada Day” appear on the screen.]

The Canada wordmark appears with a small Canadian flag waving over the final "a."]