Īlso in 1997, Disney released an album titled Jungle Boogie, which consisted of songs from both The Lion King and The Jungle Book franchises. The stage musical version of the song was released in 1997 as part of the original cast recording. Also included on the soundtrack was a pop cover of the song performed by Elton John. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" was released on May 31, 1994, as part of the soundtrack of The Lion King. The Lion King: Special Edition soundtrack. By the time the 1993 draft was written, "To Be King" had been cut and replaced by "I Just Can't Wait to Be King". Instead, Mufasa sang a song titled " To Be King", during which he instructed Simba on the ways of a king. The joy of music, the interest in performing, being on stage, singing for the first time," she said.The 1992 draft of The Lion King did not include "I Just Can't Wait to Be King". She said it's the spark and seeing where kids go that she'll miss the most. Ries will continue working as an artistic director for the Mankato Children's Chorus after retirement. She's just awesome and is going to be greatly missed," she said. She brings all kinds of different things to the kids and experiences in different ways. Tischler said she's fortunate her daughter has been able to have the opportunity to be in the school's music program. "Kind of encouraging me, saying, 'Oh, you don't need to do this too much, you kind of have to express how you're actually saying this part and that part,'" she said.įellow Mankato district staff and parents like Mary Jo Tischler said they'll miss having Ries as their kids' music teacher. Garnica said she enjoyed expressing some attitude with her character and said that Ries helped her in rehearsal. "Then she started developing her character." "When you first got that character, when I first told you that you were going to be Zazu, what was your thought? Were you really excited about it yet?" Ries asked Garnica. While she's been on stage before, she hasn't done anything like this she played Zazu from The Lion King. "It was definitely nerve wracking when she told me I was going to be Aladdin, but once I got on stage, it really wasn't that bad," he said.įifth grader Genesis Garnica said Ries was great in helping her get into character. Students like fifth grader Ryder Baumgartner who played Aladdin, got to sing in front of an audience for the first time. Her kids rehearsed in music class and auditioned for the performance. It really means a lot to be able to have them all be able to experience that again," she said. "One of my plans, what I've always done is that every child has a costume of some kind. Ries said she enjoys the spark she sees in kids when they do something they haven't done before. It takes all of them in everything that they're doing to make it work," she said. "Watching the kids go from not knowing what it's all about to in the performance, they realize it's teamwork and fourth and fifth grade working together. The music teacher said putting on the shows have been some of her favorite parts of her career. Ries has taught music for the vast majority of her 17 years at Eagle Lake, but she's been working at the district for 25. "I'm excited for retirement and what that's going to look like, but after a performance like today, it's a little bit of mixed emotions, you know the bittersweet they all talk about, because this is part of why I do what I do," she said. Ries was misty-eyed as she took the stage one last time for her final bow.
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