yolandawilliams2011, July 18, 2013
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series that focuses on the partner or group hand game that is called "Concentration", "Concentration 64", "Hands Up To 85" or other similar titles.
This post showcases five YouTube videos of this hand clap game. This post also includes my my description and my transcription of the chant that is used for Showcase videos #1, #2, #4, & #5. (The summary statement for Video #3 includes performance instructions and the words to the chant that is used for that game.)
Additions & Corrections are welcome.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/07/some-chants-that-begin-concentration.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents presents some examples of the chants that are spoken or sung before the "Concentration" ("Hands Up To 85") game actually begins.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/07/why-64-or-another-number-is-part-of.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post presents some speculation about the reasons why the number "64" or "85" or another number is part of the names of many Concentration elimination hand clap games.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/11/concentration-64-handclap-game.html for a 2011 pancocojams post entitled "Concentration 64 Handclap Game (YouTube videos and text examples)". That post features other videos of the Concentration elimination hand clap game than the videos that are showcased in this 2022 post.
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MY DESCRIPTION OF SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 & MY TRANSCRIPTION ABOUT HOW THAT GAME IS PLAYED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MEJ2Sle650
Here's my description of this game:
A small group of middle age women and girls stand in a circle to play this game.The players hold their palm of their hands on the palms of the hand for the person standing to their right and to their left. The clapping pattern is each person claps her own hands two times and then returns the palms of their hands to the palms of the person to their right and their left.
In this video, the players chant in unison. This video begins after the game had already started. The player who was designated as the lead may have informed the other players what the category was for this time the game was being played. In this video, the category remained the same throughout all iterations of the game. However, sometimes the lead player changes the category after each player has given a correct item for that category.
The order of the players who have to call out an item in the category appears to be clock wise but in other videos that I've watched the players' order might be counter clockwise.
If they play the game long enough, this game becomes a partner hand clap game (with the two partners facing each other and taking turns calling out a name). The last person in that competiton is the winner.
Hands up to 85 (clap clap)
Got the rhythm (clap clap)
Let’s go (clap clap)
Callin (clap clap)
Names of (clap clap)
Names (clap clap)
One ah piece (clap clap)
No repeats (clap clap)
No hesitation (clap clap)
Concentration
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The actual game then begins.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: Concentration Handclap Game
Waldorf Training Lectures, Jan 12, 2016
This is a hand clapping activity that numerous children in grades as young as 1st and up through middle school have enjoyed doing. Here, two sisters demonstrate the basics.
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The game begins at 1:05 in this video.
Here's my description of this video:
Two sisters (a teenager and a young girl) stand facing each other and perform "Concentration" as a partner hand clap game. In this video, the older girl chants and the younger sister is largely silent until the game begins.
Here's my transcription of this version of this game:
This is a game (clap clap clap)
Of concentration (clap clap clap)
No mistakes (clap clap clap)
Or hesitations (clap clap clap)
I'll go first (clap clap clap)
You'll go second (clap clap clap)
Category is (clap clap clap)
Animals (clap clap clap)
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The actual game then begins.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3: Concentration (#19)
WAFLT Educational Energizers, Oct 16, 2016
Teacher
divides the class into small groups or partners. The students start the energizer by saying in
unison and in the target language, "Concentration, 64, no repeats, or
hesitations, I go first (one student), and you second (indicate to another
student), category is...(select category)." This should be in a rhythmic manner with hand
clapping. In a group, students can do
two claps by themselves followed by two claps with the people next to them (see
video). The introduction saying in
unison can be altered to whatever works best with your target language so that
the syllables match up with the rhythm.
After students select the category, which can also be selected by the
teacher, the students go in a circle and say a word in the rhythm that belongs
in the category. If a student hesitates
or repeats a word that's been said, they are out of the game. Students who get out of the game can start up
a new game. When the game gets down to
two people, the two students can do two claps followed by two criss-cross claps
with their partner (see video). The
clapping continues throughout the whole game to keep the rhythm.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4:Concentration 64
Mania Astoria, Nov. 30, 2017
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Here's my description of how this version of "Concentration" is played:
Two school girls stand facing each other and perform "Concentration 64" as a partner hand clap game. Both of these girls say the chant together.
Here's my transcription of the chant (The words that are written in italics aren't said. "Clap" clap clap means that each player claps their partner's hands and their own hands.)
[The lead girl: the girl who is previously designated to begin the game says]
Concenration (clap clap clap)
64 (Clap clap clap)
No repeats (clap clap clap)
Or hesitations (clap clap clap)
I'll go first (clap clap clap)
[The other girl says]
I'll go next (clap clap clap)
[The lead girl says]
Category is (clap clap clap)
Names (clap clap clap)
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The actual game then begins.
SHOWCASE VIDEO #5: THROW BACK HAND GAME (HANDS UP ON 85)|FUNNY!|
lyfeWith DaBanks, March 27, 2020
Hey everyone wanted to share a sneak peak video of our
family game night.
Stay tuned there will be more to come!
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This game begins at .23 in this video. This version of this game is sung instead of chanted like the other versions in this collection. It's tempo is much faster than the other versions and its melody reminds me of "Hambone, Hambone Where Youi Been".
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Here's my description of how this version of Hands Up On 85" Is played"
The father and his four children sit on the floor cross legged. In this video the father is the designated lead. The clapping pattern is each person claps his or her own hands two times and then puts his or her palms on the palms of the person to their right and their left.
[Lead person says]
Hands up to 85 [clap clap]
It’s gonna be a big surprise [clap clapj
No repeats [clap clap]
Or hesitations [clap clap]
Names [elongate this word] clap clap
Of [elongate this word] clap clap
Places [clap clap]
Starting with [The lead person says of a place as the actual game begins].
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BONUS EXCERPT- MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ONE WAY TO PLAY THIS GAME
From https://www.familyeducation.com/fun/word-games/how-play-names-game
"How to Play the "Names of ..." Game [no writer credited and no publishing date]
"Names of … is a game you may have played at camp or in Girl
or Boy Scouts when you were a kid. Your kids are probably well versed in the
game and could teach you a thing or two. It's a clapping game that requires a
certain amount of hand and brain coordination. I was always terrible at the
game because I have no rhythm. It does take a little bit of practice and skill.
High Score
You may want to have a few practice rounds of Names of …
before the game officially begins because it takes a little while to get
everyone up to speed.
All the players sit in a circle with their legs crossed. The more players you have the better. One person is picked to be the leader and is responsible for getting the rhythm in motion. The rhythm is a slap on thighs, a clap, and two snaps of the fingers (first with the right then with the left). So the rhythm sounds like this: slap, clap, snap, snap. When everyone is slap-clap-snapping at the same time, the leader thinks of a category and starts when he or she has an idea. Players can speak, one at a time, in turn, on the rhythmic snap of the fingers. Play can go counterclockwise or clockwise—it's up to you.
The play goes like this:
Player 1: Slap, clap … then on the snap, snap: “Names of.”
Slap, clap … then on the snap, snap: “Animals” (the word “animals” said to the snapping beat).
Player 2: Slap, clap … then on the snap, snap: “Mon-keys.”
Player 3: Slap, clap … then on the snap, snap: “Elephants.”
Player 4: Slap, clap … then on the snap, snap: “Birds” (note the one syllable...as long as it's said in rhythm, on the snap, you're okay)."...
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This concludes Part I of this three part pancocojams series.
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