1. To start out we enter from offstage in a single file line before the music starts. We then line up, single file in the middle of the stage and hold that position until the music starts.
Here's a visual aid:
As you can see Bakura (played by Supreme Kai) is in front, Mana (Koenma) is behind him, followed by Mahaad (Dark Magician...obviously), Seth (Kurama) and Atemu (Hiei) in the back.
2. Ok, now we're at the part where the music starts. We stay still until the first loud gong sounds. At the gong we do a very fast arm movement, Bakura, Mahaad and Atemu will start with their left arm, Mana and Seth will start with their right. Very simple movement: Raise your arm up as high as the costume will allow, then bring it back down, repeat with the other arm.
The counts for this section are: 1- arm up, 2-arm down, 3- other arm up, 4-other arm down, 5- arm up, 6-arm down, 7-other arm up, 8-other arm down.
For the next count of eight, Bakura, Mahaad and Atemu will lunge to the left, Mana and Seth will lunge to the right. Just lunge out away from the line and raise your arm up with it then return to the line and do it the other way.
The counts: 12- lunge, 34- return to line, 56- lunge other way, 78- return to line
To help with this move, we have prepared a video demonstrating how it should look.
3. We have just made it to the second loud gong. At this point we break into our new formation; the pyramid. It will look like this:
To get here, Bakura and Mahaad will leave the line going to the right, Mana and Seth going to the left and Atemu staying still. Just walk quickly to the spots and hold until the lyrics begin. For this your arms should be in the stereotypical Z egyptian pose...if you don't know what I mean here's Kurama and Hiei with a demonstration:
Thank you boys.
4. Lyrics: "All the old paintings on the tomb"
Counts:
12- reverse Z pose to face the other way
34- face forward raise hands to shoulder level, bent at the elbows
56-keep elbows bent, but point hands downward
7-sharply look right
8-sharply look forward
Lyrics: "they do the sand dance, don't you know"
12- feet still forward, turn upper body to the right. Right arm straight out, left arm bent at your chest, palms up like you're pushing something
34-pull left hand back across your chest
56-turn and reverse arm position
78- push right hand out across the chest
lyrics: "If you move to quick"
Atemu will then do crap for 6 counts. You will drop your hands and stand still facing the audience.
lyrics "o-a-o"
count 1/o - turn to the left with your weight on your right foot and push your right arm out at the audience.
count 2/a - switch wieght to your left foot and bring arm back towards you
count 3/o - body facing right, drop your right arm to your side sharply and look upstage.
We have two helpful movies to show this step:
Mana, Seth and Atemu follow this one
Bakura and Mahaad follow this one
5. Lyrics "They're falling down like a domino"
Peel off, two very fast ones.
"They're" -Mana sharply turns her head to face the audience.
"fa-" - Seth does the same
"ling" - Then Atemu
"down" - Mahaad
"Like" - Bakura sharply turns head while bringing left arm up to chest level with arm bent out to the side, then stepping out with the left leg to face forward and throw left arm back down.
"a"- Mahaad brings left arm up to chest level with arm bent out to the side, then stepping out with the left leg to face forward and throw left arm back down.
"do" -Atemu does the same
"mi" - Seth does the same
"no" - Mana does the same
6. Lyrics: "all the bazaar man by the Nile they got their money on a bet, gold crocodiles"
Atemu: walks forward until getting to the middle..fuck it you know your part I don't need to write it.
Everyone else: 4 counts of rest
Seth/Mahaad: on count 5, pose. Mahaad you will raise your left arm, to stare at your palm and hold it for counts 678. Seth will do the reverse
count 12- Step backwards with foot closest to the middle
count 34- step backwards again
count 56- turn towards back and bring arm down
count 78- Mahaad bring left arm up like before but with palm facing upwards. Seth will do the reverse.
Count 1/2- Step back away from middle, bring arm down.
Count 3/4- turn to face front - legs apart
Count 5- look at each other
Count 6- head forward
Lryics "o-a-o" same move as last time, but look forward at the end.
Here's a movie showing how this will look. Please note; we will not actually be running into each other, we just didn' t have any space when recording this.
Bakura/Mana: on count 5, pose. Croach down a bit...Bakura look threatening, Mana look cute.
Count 12- get up. Mana maybe do a little jump, Bakura continue to look threatening.
Count 345678- Pose, lunge out, Mana to the right, Bakura to the left. Mana reach your right arm out and flair hands (not jazz hands for the sake of all the goodness in the world), Bakura reach left arm out but not as much...look like someone backstage needs to die or something.
Count 1234- Bring in lunge, raise arm to chest level bent at elbow
Count 56- face forward legs apart
Lryics "o-a-o" same move as last time, but look forward at the end.
Here have a movie
7. Lyrics: "They snap their teeth on a cigarette"
Atemu: pose, hold, look at your priests
Seth/Mahaad: Take 3 steps to get to the middle standing next to Atemu
Bakura/Mana: Take 3 steps back to the middle staning next to Seth or Mahaad.
Like this:
mana, seth, atemu, mahaad, bakura (and those would be our wonderful pharaoh's feet in the background)
8. I don't know counts... put your arms in the Z position and walk for steps to the right.
Turn around and walk 4 steps so the left
face front and reverse Z pose 4 times quickly.
Atemu/Bakura/Mana: remain standing, and in Z pose facing right, hold until loud gong.
Seth/Mahaad: face left in Z pose kneeling with right knee on the ground.
Here's a fun movie showing this move
9. At the loud gong move to new formation. It will look like this:
do two character poses...I don't care what they look like as long as they're in character...and no mooning the audience.
10. The gong will sound again, move to a new formation. This time like this:
Mahaad, you don't have far to walk, so walk in a big circle to get there...you dont want to be stationary while we're all moving.
11. "The Blonde waitresses take thier trays"
Mana/Mahaad: right arm cross infront of the chest then left, leaving both arms up at your sides, elbows bent palms facing upwards.
"Spin around as they cross the floor" cross arms in front of chest and spin to the other side of the stage. Mana cross in front of Mahaad. Please don't crash into each other, as funny as that would be it wouldn't be cool. like so:
Keep walking to get to your new formation...we'll get to that one is a second. You need to be there by the end of the o-a-o
Here's a movie to show this
Seth/Atemu/Bakura: Match the arm things, but differently...I don't know how to describe it watch the movie.
"They've got the moves" - Walk forward lifting capes then do a wierd step for o-a-o...again just look at the movie it's in there.
So here's the new position we've just made it to:
12. Time to start some fancy footwork
"you drop your drink then they bring you more"
count 123- feet apart facing front.
count 456- slide left foot over to meet right foot
count 78- step left foot out diagonally back. Now standing feet apart at an angle to the audience facing left (be sure to be here by "more")
"All the school kids so sick of books"
8 count box step: envision a box around your feet. step with the right foot across to the "back, left" corner of the box, then your left foot crossing behind you to the "front, right" corner. Then step with your right foot back to the "back, right" corner, and then your left foot aside to the "back, left" corner. (Stacey says "and add, (if there's anyone who knows a simpler box step from dance classes, help me change it) I swear it shouldn't be that hard with the crossing feet over each other, but I don't remember what other ways to do it.")
"they like the punk and the metal band"
count 12- right leg short kick
count 34- ballchange
count56- step out feet apart facing audience
count 78- hold
"when the buzzer rings"
Mana/Mahaado: on "buzzer" left arm at chest, palms down elbow bent to the side, right arm straight out. on "rings" reverse arms sharply.
Atemu/Seth/Bakura: on "buzzer" right arm at chest, palms down elbow bent to the side, left arm straight out. on "rings" reverse arms sharply.
"o-a-o" - same as first time but keep head facing forward.
Here's a helpful movie of how this looks and how fast it truly is.
13. "They're walking like an Egyptian"
- very quickly, do the Z pose to the right and beat it twice, then reverse it to the left.
14. Lyrics: "everyone in the market place says"
count 34 - Atemu takes one step backwards, Seth and Bakura take one step forward, resulting in this:
then pose until "says" Mahaad/Mana, do a spell caster pose with arms up or something, but be symetrical. Seth/Bakura: something symetrical while glaring at each other. Atemu: just do something.
15. Everyone except Atemu will rotate counter clockwise and take a new position. We will possibly be doing a turn at this point, we'll see when everyone's together. It would be a repeat of the turn Mana/Mahaado did earlier.
We are now like this:
For the last 12 counts, collapse into the middle for the final pose like so:
Atemu, will be facing backwards and standing.
Seth/Mahaad, closely in front on either side kneeling with front leg down.
Bakura/Mana. closely in front of seth/mahaad, on knees
All will hit final pose on "walk like an egyptian"- raise hands into Z, Atemu will turn around at this point.
Hold, wait for applause, exit stage knowing that we're fucking awesome.
I'm going to go to homework now...which is what I should have been doing an hour and a half ago when I started this...if you need clarification just ask me, you all know my AIM name.