Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Woven Listening Cone
Song promise: Two endings can stay possible long enough for the beginning to become clear, and the final answer can be held together rather than owned by one singer.
The part everyone joins: “Point, don’t shout—leave room to turn about.”
Lyrics
Lex and Alice:
Gold leaves point above the deck;
we meet the wind from side to side.
Aydin and Emmitt:
Two paths lean toward weather-vane boards;
one woven cone will be our guide.
Lex:
I hear the ending: “Take the narrow way.”
Alice:
I hear another: “Let the wide way stay.”
Aydin:
We have two last lines, but where did they begin?
Emmitt:
At riverside sandbar, turn the listening cone in.
All:
Point, don’t shout—leave room to turn about.
Finger to the narrow side, finger to the wide.
Hold the vote in quiet; let the next line choose.
One ending may pause while another comes through.
Partner One — Lex and Aydin:
Narrow sings bright through the woven reed,
quick little echoes answer at our feet.
Partner Two — Alice and Emmitt:
Wide carries low where the sand stays firm;
slow little echoes leave more room to turn.
All:
The vote points wide, so the wide line leads;
the next section changes with the choice we read.
All:
Point, don’t shout—leave room to turn about.
Now the wide line opens what the first line left out.
Hold the vote in quiet; every hand can show
that a changed answer changes where the partners go.
Lex:
We reached the ending before the opening.
Alice:
We heard “go narrow” before we heard “listen.”
Aydin:
Reverse before fern trail; face the cone back.
Emmitt:
The beginning was the space between each track.
All, softly:
Turn the cone. Hold the room.
Wait for the listeners beyond our tune.
Audience Verse — The Reeds Answer
Three dew-bright reeds:
Brush on the left, hum in the middle,
hush on the right where the slow leaves settle.
All:
The audience carries the verse we missed;
the beginning was listening before we picked.
All:
Point, don’t shout—leave room to turn about.
Lex holds R; Alice holds O.
Aydin holds O; Emmitt holds M.
Four parts join only while four hands hold them.
ROOM stays readable, then the song grows still.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8. The premise benefits from a story-song arc, partner vocals, two competing endings, silent-vote participation, a short bridge, an audience-led final verse, and a coordinated four-part visual payoff. S2 would compress the partner-song logic; S4 would add independence and lyrical density the premise does not require.
Theme: Safety — leaving room for a changed answer.
Energy: Lightly buoyant partner groove with deliberate freeze points.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Silent pointing vote, alternating partner lines, held freeze, and four-part message reveal.
Ways to Join In
- During each chorus, children vote silently by pointing narrow or wide.
- Partner One and Partner Two sing from opposite sides, then face inward after the bridge.
- Hold one full beat of silence before the reed audience verse.
- In the final chorus, raise the four letter panels together and keep them aligned until the cutoff.