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Music, Randy Baez

Randy Baez, Music

Randy Baez

My name is Randy Baez, and I’ve been the music teacher at DeSoto Trail since 1999. I look forward to having your child in my class! I earned a Music Education degree from the University of Puerto Rico and moved to Tallahassee from Puerto Rico in 1987. I’m a certified K-12 Music Teacher and achieved National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2005.

My goal is to educate, develop, and inspire students to reach their full musical potential and enjoy music for life. I believe music education should foster independent, creative musicians. Our program is unique: beginning in first grade, each grade level performs a musical production every year, giving students an exciting “big stage” experience.

When not preparing for a show, students explore music through the Orff-Schulwerk approach, which blends music, movement, drama, and speech into playful, creative lessons.

In my free time, I enjoy teaching Zumba Fitness and spending time with my family.

Show Practice Tracks

  • 01 Sounds a Little Fishy to Me

    Fish are jumping in the ocean
    They are causing such commotion
    Grab a paddle and grab a pail
    We’ll set our sights on the biggest whale
    Jump aboard but don’t rock the boat
    Let’s sail the deep blue sea
    It sounds a little fishy to me

    All the baby fishes are grooving
    And the octopus is moving
    Grab your flippers and goggles too
    The sea is waiting for me and you
    Jump aboard but don’t rock the boat
    We’ll sail the deep blue sea
    It sounds a little fishy to me

    Grab a paddle and grab a pail
    We’ll set our sights on the biggest whale!
    Jump aboard but don’t rock the boat
    Let’s sail the deep blue sea
    It sounds a little fishy to me
     

    02 And Now for a Star

    Star light and star bright
    We make such a pretty sight
    Sparkle and shimmer shake and shine
    Don’t you think that we are divine
    Singing and dancing
    Showing off and prancing
    Talent and personality
    Charming and fancy free

    We are aware, we’re debonair
    There just is no debate,
    that we’re first rate
    in style and grace and flair

    Star light and star bright
    We make such a pretty sight
    Sparkle and shimmer shake and shine
    Don’t you think that we are divine

    Singing and dancing
    Showing off and prancing
    Talent and personality
    charming and suave yet fancy free
    everyone else will want to be
    A starfish like you and me
     

    03 Round up Under the Sea

    Hi dee hi!
    There’s a round up in the ocean.
    Hi dee ho! 
    Everybody come and see!
    Giddy up little horsies
    Come along now with me
    To the rooting, tooting, high faluting, round up
    Round up under the sea!

    Yippee yi! There’s a round up in the ocean.
    Yippee yo! Everybody come and see. 
    Hurry up, let’s get going.
    Everything there is free.
    It’s the rooting, tooting, high faluting,
    round up, round up under the sea!

    Get along little dogfish,
    ride the open reef.
    It’s the only round up where there’s
    not one bit of beef.

    Choose your partner, don’t be slow.
    Watch out for the undertow!
    Bow to your partner as you wish,
    chances are, it’s another fish!

    Swing your partner once or twice.
    Having a round up’s mighty nice.
    Other way back from where you brought her,
    doing a square dance underwater!

    Hi dee hi! There’s a round up in the ocean.
    Hi dee ho! Everybody come and see!
    Giddy up little horsies,
    come along now with me
    to the rooting, tooting, high faluting, round up,
    round up under the sea!

    It’s the rooting, tooting, high faluting, round up,
    round up under the sea! Yahoo!
     

    04 Shark Practice

    He’s scary as can be.
    I’m glad he’s in the sea,
    and not here next to me. 
    Oh me, oh may,
    please swim right by! 

    Fish leave when he’s around.
    They all swim underground
    trying not to make a sound. 
    Oh me, oh my please swim by!

    Oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my, I’m scared.
    Oh me! Oh my! Oh me, oh my, please swim right by!

    His mouth is such a sight.
    All those teeth give us a fright.
    We’re afraid he’ll take a bite.
    Oh me, oh my, please swim right by!
    Oh, me! Oh my! Oh me, oh my, please swim right by!
     

    05 We Are Sharks

    Mako: (rap solo)
    A shark may have three thousand teeth;
    Some on top, some underneath.
    When we chew, we just might leave a mark.
    That's what it is ... to be a shark!

    Sharks:
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks?
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    Not outlaws, just usin' our jaws.
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks?

    Blue: Tell it, Hammerhead!
    Hammerhead: (rap solo)
    Got no bones, only cartilage.
    But some'll have bodies as big as a fridge!
    We only swim forward, we never back up,
    And when there's plankton,
    We're there to snack up!

    Sharks:
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    Not outlaws, just usin' our jaws.
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!

    Blue: My turn!
    Mako: Ok, Blue!
    Blue: (rap solo)
    You might see me comin' with my dorsal fin.
    If you get in my way, I usually win.
    Even a whale is afraid o' me.
    We're sharks, not chickens of the sea?

    Sharks:
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    Not outlaws, just usin' our jaws,
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks!
    We're sharks, leavin' our marks! YO?
     

    06 Comotion in the Ocean

    There's a commotion in the ocean, and it's lots of fun.
    The commotion in the ocean is for ev'ryone.
    So come on in and sit right down,
    But you might get splashed by a nautical clown!
    Oh, the commotion in the ocean is beneath the sea.
    The commotion in the ocean is for you and me.
    It's such a crazy notion; it's perpetual motion.
    It's underwater comedy!

    (spoken)
    Zo: Hey, Bo!
    Bo: Yeah, Zo?
    Zo: Have you heard what sits at the bottom of the sea and shakes?
    Bo: No, what sits at the bottom of the sea and shakes?
    Zo: A nervous wreck!

    All: (sung)
    Oh, yes it's such a crazy notion; it's perpetual motion.
    It's underwater comedy!

    (spoken)
    Zo: Hey, Bo!
    Bo: Yeah, Zo?
    Zo: So where do you think fish keep their money?
    Bo: I don't know. Where DO fish keep their money?
    Zo: In the river bank!

    All: (sung)
    Oh, yes it's such a crazy notion; it's perpetual motion.
    It's underwater comedy!

    There's a commotion in the ocean, and it's lots of fun.
    The commotion in the ocean is for ev'ryone.
    So come on in and sit right down,
    But you might get splashed by a nautical clown!
    Oh, the commotion in the ocean is beneath the sea.
    The commotion in the ocean is for you and me.
    It's such a crazy notion; it's perpetual motion.
    It's underwater comedy! Yeah!
     

    07 Colors of the Sea

    Take a look around you, purple, red and white,
    Ev'rything so perfect, ev'rything so right.
    In each passing tide beams a radiant hue,
    Sparkling rays of sunlight, yellow, green and blue.

    The colors of the sea run together so nat'rally.
    The colors of the sea show the beauty in you,
    And the beauty in me.

    Look into the ocean, near the sandy shore.
    Like a magic rainbow, diff'rences give us more.
    Painted by the sun, see the water glow.
    Never hide from sunlight, let your colors show.

    The colors of the sea run together so naf rally.
    The colors of the sea show the beauty in you,
    And the beauty in me.

    No two friends are ever the same.
    Each is special, it's true.
    You have something that makes you shine
    There inside of you that comes through.

    The colors of the sea run together so nat'rally.
    The colors of the sea show the beauty in you,
    And the beauty in me.
    Show the beauty in you, and the beauty in me.
     

    08 Here Come the Lobsters

    Here come the lobsters!
    Here they come, here they come, here they come!
    Here come the lobsters! (repeat)

    Watch them crawling along, they are moving to our song.
    Lobsters are invertebrates that live in the sea.
    They don’t have back bones like you or me.
    They have 10 legs and two are claws, crushing and picking is what there for.

    Watch them crawling along, they are moving to our song.
    Lobsters have a great sense of taste and smell,
    and that’s a really good thing cuz they don’t see too well.
    If they lose a leg it’s a well-known fact, that lobsters simply grow one back!

    Here come the lobsters!
    Here they come, here they come, here they come!
    Here come the lobsters! (repeat)

    Watch them crawling along,
    they’re moving to our song.
    When lobster molt they lose their shell it’s true,
    they grow a new one good as new!
    They come in different colors it’s great to see,
    but when you cook them in a pot,
    they turn red as can be.

    There they go, there they go,
    there they go, there go the lobsters (repeat) 

    Watch them crawling away.
    Bye, bye lobsters,
    come back another day.
    Bye, bye lobsters.
    Lobsters, bye bye.
     

    09 Oceans of Fun

    Oceans of fun! We're playin' in the sun.
    Oceans of fun! We're swimmin' 'til the day is done.
    Oceans of fun! It's one for all and all for one,
    'Cause out in the beautiful big blue sea,
    It's oceans of fun!

    Ev'ry little fish has a main ambish.
    One simple little wish, it's just to splash and splish!
    Ev'rybody grins, dancing on their fins.
    So come on in and give it a spin, and let the fun begin!

    Oceans of fun! We're playin' in the sun.
    Oceans of fun! We're swimmin' 'til the day is done.
    Oceans of fun! It's one for all and all for one,
    'Cause out in the beautiful big blue sea,
    It's oceans of fun!

    Out here in the sea everything is free.
    There's no admission fee in our ocean family.
    Swimming when it's light, swimming when it's night,
    In our ocean park, it's never too dark,
    Unless we see a SHARK! (Gasp!) (All scream!)

    Oceans of fun! We're playin' in the sun.
    Oceans of fun! We're swimmin' 'til the day is done.
    Oceans of fun! It's one for all and all for one,
    'Cause out in the beautiful big blue sea,
    It's oceans of fun!

    Yes, out in the beautiful big blue sea,
    It's oceans of fun! Oceans and oceans of fun!

  • EYE OF THE TIGER (0:00)

    Risin' up, back on the streets
    Did my time, took my chances
    Went the distance now I'm back on my feet. Just a man and his will to survive.

    So many times it happens too fast
    You change your passion for glory
    Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
    You must fight just to keep them alive

    It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight.
    Risin' up to the challenge of our rival.
    And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
    and he's watchin' us all with the eye of the tiger…..

    Face to face, out in the heat
    Hanging tough, staying hungry
    They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
    For the kill with the skill to survive… (Chorus)

     

    WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO (2:16)

    Jitterbug, Jitterbug, Jitterbug….
    You put the boom-boom into my heart
    You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts.
    Jitterbug, into my brain
    Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
    But something's bugging you something ain't right
    My best friend told me what you did last night
    Left me sleepin' in my bed,
    I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead.

    Wake me up before you go-go
    Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
    Wake me up before you go-go
    I don't want to miss it when you hit that high.
    Wake me up before you go-go

    'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
    Wake me up before you go-go
    Take me dancing tonight
    I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)

    You take the grey skies out of my way
    You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day.
    Turned a bright spark into a flame
    My beats per minute never been the same.
    'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool
    It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
    Come on, baby, let's not fight
    We'll go dancing, everything will be all right

     

    WE BUILT THIS CITY (4:33)

    Say you don't know me or recognize my face
    Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place.
    Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight,
    Too many runaways eating up the night,
    Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio.
    Don't you remember?

    We built this city
    We built this city on rock and roll
    We built this city
    We built this city on rock and roll
    Built this city
    We built this city on rock and roll…

     

    FAME (5:55)

    Baby, look at me and tell me what you see
    You ain't seen the best of me yet
    Give me time, I'll make you forget the rest
    I've got more in me, and you can set it free
    I can catch the moon in my hand
    Don't you know who I am?
    Remember my name

    (Fame) I'm gonna live forever
    I'm gonna learn how to fly (High)
    I feel it coming together
    People will see me and cry
    (Fame) I'm gonna make it to heaven
    Light up the sky like a flame
    (Fame) I'm gonna live forever
    Baby, remember my name
    (Remember, remember, remember, remember)
    (Remember, remember, remember, remember)

     

    CELEBRATION (7:46)

    Yahoo! Yahoo!
    Celebrate good times come on (Let’s celebrate)
    Celebrate good times, come on! (Let’s celebrate)
    There is a party going on right here,
    A celebration that last throughout the years.
    So bring your good times, and your laughter too,
    We’re going to celebrate and party with you!

    Celebration, let’s all celebrate and have a good time.
    Celebration, we’re going to celebrate and have a good time.
    It’s time to come together, it’s up to you
    What’s your pleasure, Everyone around the world come on! Yahoo!

     

    GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN (11:05)

    I come home in the morning light
    My mother says when you gonna live your life right.
    Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
    And girls they want to have fun,
    Oh girls just want to have fun

    The phone rings in the middle of the night
    My father yells what you gonna do with your life,
    Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one,
    but girls they want to have fun

    Oh girls just want to have
    That's all they really want some fun
    When the working day is done
    Girls - they want to have fun
    Oh girls just want to have fun

    Some boys take a beautiful girl
    And hide her away from the rest of the world
    I want to be the one to walk in the sun

    Oh girls they want to have fun
    Oh girls just want to have
    That's all they really want some fun
    When the working day is done
    Girls - they want to have fun
    Oh girls just want to have fun….

     

    FOOTLOOSE (13:47)

    Been working so hard, I'm punching my card
    Eight hours for what, Oh, tell me what I got
    I've got this feeling, that times are holding me down
    I'll hit the ceiling, or else I'll tear up this town.

    Now I gotta cut loose, footloose
    Kick off the Sunday shoes
    Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees
    Jack, get Mack, come on before we crack
    Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose

    You're playing so cool, obeying every rule
    Deep way down in your heart
    You're burning yearning for, somebody to tell you
    That life ain't passing you by.
    I'm trying to tell you, it will if you don't even try,
    You'll get by if you'd only

    Cut loose, footloose
    Kick off the Sunday shoes
    Oo-wee Marie, shake it, shake it for me
    Woah, Milo, come on, come on let's go
    Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose
    Oh oh, cut footloose (4x) 

    You got to turn me around
    And put your feet on the ground
    Gotta take the hold of all

     

    WE ARE THE WORLD (16:26)

    There comes a time when we heed a certain call
    When the world must come together as one.
    There are people dying and it's time to lend a hand
    To life the greatest gift of all

    We can't go on pretending day by day
    That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
    We all are a part of God's great big family
    And the truth, you know, love is all we need.

    We are the world, we are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving,
    There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives
    It's true we'll make a better day just you and me.

     Well send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
    And their lives will be stronger and free as God has shown us by
    Turning stone to bread and so we all must lend a helping hand..

    Chorus 

    When you're down and out and there seems no hope at all
    But if you just believe there's no way we can fall. Well...well...well
    Let's realize that a change can only come
    When we stand together as one

    Chorus

     

    MANIAC (19:58)

    Just a still town girl on a Saturday night, lookin' for the fight of her life
    In the real-time world no one sees her at all, they all say she's crazy
    Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart, changing woman into life.
    She has danced into the danger zone,
    When a dancer becomes a dance, it can cut you like a knife,
    If the gift becomes the fire on a wire between will and what will be.

    She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
    And she's dancing like she's never danced before.
    She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
    And she's dancing like she's never danced before.

    On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see.
    It's a hard warm place of mystery, touch it, but can't hold it.
    You work all your life for that moment in time, it could come or pass you by.
    It's a push of the world, but there's always a chance if the hunger stays the night.
    There's a cold connective heat, struggling, stretching for defeat
    Never stopping with her head against the wind

    Chorus

     

    THRILLER (23:20)

    It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurkin’ in the dark.
    Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart.
    You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it.
    You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the eyes.
    You’re paralyzed!

    ‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
    And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.
    You know it's thriller, thriller night.
    You’re fighting for your life inside a killer. Thriller!
    Thriller, thriller night,
    Ain’t no second chance against the beast with forty eyes.

    You know it's thriller, thriller night.
    You’re fighting for your life inside a killer.
    Thriller night! Thriller, thriller night whoo!

     

  • Gonna Rise Up Singin'

    Song for a Pirate Child

    Sahayta

    Mary Had a Little Blues

    Al Shlosha D'Varim

    The Defining Moment

DTES Concert Chorus

DTES Concert Chorus

Since 1999, the DTES Concert Chorus has been an inspiring part of our community. Directed by Mrs. Baez, the chorus meets before school and gives students the chance to develop advanced musicianship in a supportive, creative environment.

Members learn to sing in harmony, follow a conductor, work as an ensemble, and build confidence as performers. Throughout the year, the Concert Chorus represents our school at community events, sharing music with local audiences. Students in grades 4 and 5 may apply by completing the chorus application and committing to twice-weekly before-school rehearsals.