Modern Major General - Pirates of Penzance, Jr.

I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General from The Pirates of Penzance Jr. We are a very small K-12 school. This musical was performed by 29 students in grades 6 through 12.

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Education

Tags:

• Modern
• Major
• General
• Pirates
• Penzance
• Junior

[tomjones90210]

I am going to do the jr. version too but I cant find the orphan scene? How bad is it in the jr. version? Because that is like the best part of the play. Is it like complete;y butchered?

[MrsShredder]

@tomjones90210 The orphan/often scene is gone from the Junior version. There's a little nod to it, but that's about all.

[mjsax2390]

Oh the junior version just destroys the Act I Finale as well as the Orphan - frequently scene before it that is the funniest scene in the show!

[MrsShredder]

Yes, the junior versions leave out some great stuff, but in a small school when you can't have a pit band/orch., you do what you can!

[vampireratt]

I watched the video again...its a shame your school has no pit band or accompanist....But your school has talent!!!

[MrsShredder]

Well, thanks! We're doing The Music Man, Jr. this year. I don't like it half as much as Pirates or the Into the Woods, Jr. we did a few years ago. Where do you sing opera? We go to the Madison, WI, opera every year or so for the dress rehearsals which are performed for HS kids. We've seen The Marriage of Figaro and Madame Butterfly as well as others. The kids really enjoy seeing a real production.

[AlyssaR99]

i am doing this show in school. i am a police. it is very fun.

[TheRWOCompany]

I found out that we're doing this next year for our school play, and because I'll be in Grade 8 'm qualified for a lead role. I'll be auditioning for the role of the general which I'm really excited about! The best part is, I didn't know that they had a Jr. version for this play and practiced the song with the original version! Now I can sing the song at a lightning speed for a 13 year old girl while my teacher can't XD

[Overpowertheworld]

I'm doing this play right now, I'm the Major General too (: But I'm a girl. On the CD I rehearse with the guy sings off pitch and too low...So I just pull this up on youtube to practice haha (:

[EeveeIced]

nice job! i just did this musical

[Generalbob117]

This kid's got some skill!

[mjsax2390]

@jojosh40 Glad to hear it. I just finished a production of Pirates of Penzance (full version) a few weeks ago in which I was the Sergeant of Police. Gilbert and Sullivan is a lot of fun to perform! Good luck with your role as the Major General. If you haven't seen it yet, check out George Rose's version, which is one of the related videos on the right.

[jojosh40]

@mjsax2390 I'm the major geeral in my play at school and we added that part in because it wouldn't be complete w/out it!

[mjsax2390]

Oh there's nothing wrong with not having a pit orchestra. In fact, you could probably do the full version with the piano accompaniment in the vocal score. It's really a shame that they left out that scene, though.