Instructions:
- Form a circle.
- Everyone chants together: “Shabooyah, shabooyah, shabooyah roll call! Shabooyah, shabooyah, shabooyah roll call!”
- Then one person calls another person’s name in a rhythm: “Hey Gita!”
- Gita answers: “Hey what?”
- That person repeats, “Hey Gita!”
- Gita: “Hey what?”
- The whole group: “Show us how you make a move!”
- Gita: “No way!”
- Whole group: “Show us how you make a move!”
- Gita: “Okay!”
- Gita does a dance move that everyone copies.
- Everyone cheers and then chants again, “Shabooyah, shabooyah, shabooyah roll call! Shabooyah, shabooyah, shabooyah roll call!”
- Now it’s Gita’s turn to call on someone else.
Variation:
Participants make up a rhyme to go with their name instead of a dance:
- Lise: My name is Lise.
- Group: Hey what?
- I work for peace.
- Group: Oh yeah!
- And when I sleep,
- Group: Hey what?
- I have great dreams!
- Group: Cheers. Then go back to Shabooyah chorus.
