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Let's have a party (La cucaracha)

Traditional with words by Sue Nicholls.

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A new twist on an old tune – and ‘twisting’ is one of the dances you might be doing at this party! It’s a celebration song set to a traditional Mexican melody that’s full of catchy rhythms, energy and drive.

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Age
7 to 9 , 9 to 11
Subject
Music , Physical education
Scoring
Additional instrumental parts , Guitar chords , Piano accompaniment , Unison (optional parts)

Audio information
The audio tracks were recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by New Hall School, Chelmsford, mixed and mastered by Ron Knights at mediagrove.com. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Tom Fleming.

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