Movements for “I'm Lucky”
created by Cindy Doback
adapted by Red Note Records
In 1998, the hula hoop, one of the biggest fads in history, turned forty years old. To join in the celebration your students can turn a hula hoop into a friendship ring. You will need 1 hula hoop for every 2 students and the song “I'm Lucky" from the recording, “Can You Sound Just Like Me?"
You will need one hula hoop for each group of 2 children and the song, I'm Lucky" from Red Grammer's recording, Can You Sound Just Like Me?
To begin, the students are holding the hoop like a steering wheel (diagram 1).
Verse 1
“The great big wheel goes round and round” - children slowly turn the wheel like you would a steering wheel.
“The sun goes up” - children bend their knees slightly and then stretch up like they are lifting the sun up to the sky. Think of the hoop like a Ferris wheel when it goes half way up.
“The sun goes down” - children come back down around bending their knees. Again, like a Ferris wheel the hoop is on the downward ride.
“We keep living day to day” - The hoop is now to be held horizontally (diagram 2) with both hands and the children spin around slowly in a clockwise direction.
“I look around and I have to say” - Turn slowly in the counter clockwise direction and stop.
Chorus
1. “I'm Lucky” - on the word “I'm” swing the hoop back to the holding position (diagram 3) and on “Lucky” swing the hoop down and then up in a big circle going all the way around and letting your body turn around with it. You will need to pivot to turn.
2. “Spending my life with you” - swing the hoop with both hands back and forth to the beat of the music. Knees are slightly bent and feet are stationary.
3. “You know I'm Lucky” - repeat 1 of chorus.
4. “And I know we're gonna make it through” - repeat 2 of chorus.
Verse 2
“There's no one else in the world like you” -one child holds the hoop like it's a frame for the other child. The child not holding the hoop acts out being the picture for the frame. The child can be creative to act out his/her own "picture”.
“And nobody does things the way you do” - repeat same movement with children swapping parts.
“I wouldn't trade you for anything” - the hoop returns to a horizontal position by the children's waist only instead of holding the hoop with their hands they hook the hoop with an elbow so that each child is facing the same direction and the hand away from the hoop is free. At the same time they are swaying back and forth slowly to the beat of the music.
“You bring a smile to my heart and you make me sing” - still swaying and hooking the hoop with one elbow, each of the children use their free hand to bring it to their face to show a smile, then touch their heart, then swing their free arm out and around and grab the hoop with both hands so as to be ready to start the “Chorus” motions.
Chorus
The chorus repeats 2x. On the last time through when you get to the words “gonna make it through” the children go inside the hoop together by lifting the hoop over their heads.
The Scoop on the Hoop!
The inspiration for the hoop was a large bamboo ring whirled by Australian kids in gym class.
The plastic American version was named the hula hoop after the hip-swiveling Hawaiian dance.
The first hula hoop sold for $1.98 in 1958.
In 1958, the first year on the market, 100 million hula hoops were sold world wide.
The plastic tubing for all the hoops ever made would stretch around the earth 5 times.
When spinning a hula hoop around your hips, speed up to make it travel up your body and slow down to send it toward your feet.
