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Introduction
The one-act school musical, "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove", is for students in middle school (ca. ages 9-12). The script is written in a humorous way which children of this age group often find entertaining (especially the somewhat "harsh" but not "bad" language used by the rather "rude" pirates!). There is a great deal of liberty which the students can take concerning costumes. The premiere performance took place on 28 May 2002 in the Theatre of Danube International School, Vienna.

Synopsis
(Track 1 Overture) The Longworth family - Linda, William, Sandy and Bixby - are whale watching in the North Sea.  They have been out for several hours and have not seen a single whale.  Quite unexpectedly they see a young whale swimming towards their boat.  It looks as though this whale, which they named "Ray", wants them to follow him.  As an adventure they decide to do just that (Track 2 "The Ocean Waves are high").  Young Ray leads them through a hidden cave to the “Lost Cove” which turns out to be the home of some rather mischievous pirates.  They find Ray's parents chained to the dock of the harbour...barely alive. As they attempt to let them free, a group of young pirates capture the Longworths, claiming they tried to steal their whales (Track 3 "Life as a wandering Pirate").  They are sentenced by the rude and loud Pirate Governor to be shot at midnight (Track 4 "The Question is: How must they pay?").  Just as they are lined up to be executed (Track 5 "Twelve O'clock's approaching"), the Queen Pirate (the Governor’s dominant mother) appears and stops the whole thing.  William Longworth and the Queen Pirate come to an agreement for setting free the whales.  All ends well with the pirates and the Longworth Family becoming friends (Track 6 "Ray of Hope").

Educational Purpose
The most important educational element of intention in "Ray and the Pirates of the Lost Cove" is that the Earth's whale population is at risk of becoming extinct.

Characters
The Longworth Family
Pirate Governor
Pirate Queen
Pirates

Musical Numbers
Below is a list of the musical numbers (durations).  Click the hyperlinks to view, listen to and print scores from the SibeliusMusic.com or from our own MBM-LE eShop.