Celebrate Music In Our Schools Month with music dress up
days! Plan an eventful month that ends
with a spirit week using some of the ideas below.
When planning dress up days plan themes that most students
will be able to do. Although Michael
Jackson look alike day may be fun, it is not likely that all of your students
would be able to do it. Choose themes that are easy to interpret in a variety
of ways.
Create a letter to send home to explain MIOSM and give
some guidelines for participating. I
always make sure parents know that students have to work all day so their
spirit outfits should be comfortable and not inhibit their vision, ability to
walk safely or participate in all school activities. It never ceases to surprise me when it comes
to dress up days! I also mention the
words “school appropriate” a few times for those Madonna wannabes.
Here are a few ideas for musical dress up days:
Genre Days
Rock Star Hair Day-Tease it! Spray it! Color it! Spike
it! Go all rock and roll on your hair
today to celebrate Music In Our Schools Month!
Blues Day – Wear blue today to celebrate the soulful coolness of the blues
music.
Country Music Day –Let’s go back to the early days of
country music. Blue jeans, flannel
shirts, overalls, boots and cowboy hats will make you a country superstar
today!
A Day at the Opera – Dress up in your finest clothes as
we celebrate the music of the opera.
Classical Music Day – Classical music is everywhere and
today let’s celebrate it by wearing a classic white t-shirt!
Decade Days
50s Sock Hop Day – Don your poodle skirts, leather
jackets and bobby socks as we celebrate the decade that brought us Bill Haley
and the Comets, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.
60s Tie Dye Day – Groovy man! Wear tie dye today to celebrate the decade
that introduced us to the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and the Rolling
Stones.
70s Disco Day – Pull out your bellbottoms, leisure suits
and hippie fashions as we celebrate the sensational seventies!
80s Hair Band Day – Hairspray anyone? Rock out your hair today and tall and as
crazy as you can as we celebrate the decade that introduced us to hair
bands like Poison, Twisted Sister,
Motley Crue, Firehouse and Whitesnake.
90s Grunge Day –A big movement in the early nineties was
comfortable and inexpensive-grunge!
Holey jeans, big t-shirts and flannel shirts were all the rage! Grunge it up today as we celebrate the decade
that brought us the music of Hootie and the Blowfish, Pearl Jam, Alanis
Morissette and The Backstreet Boys.
More Ideas:
Music TIES us Together – Wear a tie to celebrate how music brings together
people of all cultures and ages.
Inside Out Day – Wear your clothes inside out today to
celebrate the way touches us inside (our feelings) and displays itself on the
outside (smiling, dancing, etc…)
Band T-shirt Day –Celebrate your favorite band or
musician by wearing their t-shirt today!
Disney Musical Day –Take inspiration from your favorite Disney
musical today by dressing as a hero, a princess, a villain or another favorite
character.
Music of the Night – Wear your favorite pajamas today to
celebrate music in our schools!
Life Would be CRAZY Without Music –Crazy hair day!
Celebrity Crush –Come dressed as your favorite musician
today!
Color Wars – Each class comes wearing an assigned
color. Assign colors inspired by bands:
RED Hot Chili Peppers, The BLUES Brothers, BLACK Sabbath, PINK Floyd, GREEN
Day, Moody BLUES, BLACK Keys, BLACK Eyed Peas, WHITE Lion, Deep PURPLE, etc… Award the class with the most participants with treats at the end of the day.
End your spirit week with an assembly that celebrates your band and choir members. Invite local performers or your high school band to come and play. Haul everyone to the gym for a sing along. Make music!
Have fun celebrating music in your school! If you do some music spirit days, I’d love to
see pictures! Email me or connect with
me on Facebook.
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This is so fun! Saving this idea! :)
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