‘Auld Lang Syne’
‘Auld Lang Syne’
‘Auld Lang Syne’
• Sung by more people, in more places and in more languages than any other song, with the possible exception of ‘Happy
Birthday to You’
• The world's song of parting and re-cementing of friendships.
‘Auld Lang Syne’
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Parting of friendships
1. Think of reasons why friends might have to leave each other. Discuss.
2. In pairs, improvise the scene when one friend has to explain to the other that they are leaving and why. How might the friend react?
3. Flash-forward to 10 years in the future. The friends have lost touch but meet at a reunion. Create the scene when they meet again.
Re-cementing of friendships
• Friends reunited
• MSN
• Bebo
• All of these websites are great for finding old friends and for keeping in touch.
1. Improvise a scene where friends are talking to each other through the internet because they live in different countries.
2. Scene 2 is a flashback to when they were friends. Show five tableaux of memories of events or activities that they shared together.
Scenario
Scene 1 Time: 7pm Place: In her bedroom
Action: Toni is getting ready for her school prom. She is going away to college. She is excited but worried that she won’t see her friends again. Her parent tries to reassure her.
Scene 2 Time: 9pm Place: At the hotel
Action: The head teacher makes a toast. The music starts – everyone gets up to dance
(tableaux). Toni and her friends all say a monologue about what their plans are for the future.
Scene 3 Time: 10.30pm Place: Outside the hotel
Action: Toni is chatting to a few friends. They all promise that they will remain friends. ‘Auld
Lang Syne’ starts and they hold hands in a circle.
Scene 4 Time: 9am Place: College residency
Action: Toni arrives and meets the receptionist at the halls of residence. He tells her a few rules and shows her where it is. She enters and wonders what her room-mate will be like
(monologue).
FINISH AFTER DISCUSSION IN YOUR GROUPS
