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Create an original 3-minute upbeat musical-theatre song called “The Space Race” for a Year 5 class assembly. Create TWO matching versions: 1. Full vocal track. 2. Exact same track as an instrumental backing track. This is an exciting musical competition between TEAM USA and TEAM USSR. IMPORTANT: TEAM USA must sing together as a group of children and TEAM USSR must sing together as a group of children. NO sung solos. A few short spoken narrator lines can appear between sections, but all singing must be ensemble singing. The music must be FAST, UPBEAT, PUNCHY, PLAYFUL and HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. It should feel like two rival teams constantly trying to outdo each other in a big stage musical. Use driving piano, energetic drums, punchy brass, lively strings, rhythmic clapping/stomping and strong ensemble harmonies. Give USA and USSR their own catchy musical identities. USSR starts confidently with their early Space Race achievements: Sputnik, Laika briefly and respectfully, and Yuri Gagarin. USA fires back as a full ensemble. Use lots of exciting group call-and-response, challenges, interruptions and competitive exchanges between the teams. Keep the pace moving and make the rivalry fun, clever and confident — never aggressive or silly. Then create a dramatic TOTAL MUSIC STOP as USA reveals its next ambition: THE MOON. Pause. The orchestra EXPLODES back in even bigger and more energetic. USA takes the lead as the story races towards Apollo 11. Build the excitement into a huge countdown, LIFT-OFF and Moon-landing climax. Then bring back the competition: USA ENSEMBLE vs USSR ENSEMBLE, each proudly defending their achievements. Allow both groups to overlap briefly in exciting musical-theatre counterpoint. For the finale, both teams join as ONE FULL-CLASS ENSEMBLE for a huge, joyful showstopping finish. End with all 26 children singing together, massive orchestral finish, sudden silence… BEEP. Write original, catchy, historically accurate lyrics with short punchy phrases, clever rhymes and memorable hooks. It should sound like musical theatre, NOT a history lesson. Suitable for confident 9–10-year-olds singing in groups. NO solo singing, slow ballad sections, generic pop, rap, EDM, cinematic space music, childish rhymes or cheesy inspirational lyrics. The overall feeling should be FUN, FAST, COMPETITIVE and THEATRICAL — like two rival teams battling through song in a major stage musical.
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Narrator (spoken): The year is 1957... let the race begin!
USSR: Sputnik beeps across the sky
Laika rides so brave and high
Yuri orbits, first in space
We lead the way, we set the pace
USA: Not so fast, we’re in the game
Our rockets roar, we stake our claim
We’ll match your speed, we’ll match your might
Watch us soar into the night
USA: Moon! Moon! That’s our goal
USA: Apollo rising, heart and soul
USSR: We were first, we won’t forget
USSR: But you aim higher, place your bet
USA: Countdown starts, ten to one
Engines fire, the race is won
Eagle lands, the flag is high
One giant leap across the sky
USA & USSR (overlapping): We reached the stars, we touched the moon
Both teams proud, we made it soon
History made in the heat of the race
Together now in this final space
All children: The Space Race ends in joy and cheer
All 26 voices loud and clear
BEEP
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