Gearing up for tomorrow's concert. Finger's crossed that the drizzle of today disappears as this is supposed to be an outdoor event. C'est la vie--especially in Seattle's summers.
Americana
Friday 8 July 2011
It’s a Grand Night for Singing Rodgers & Hammerstein
Give my Regards to Broadway Cohan
Take Me Out to the Ballgame von Tilzer
Aura Lee/Timber Ridge Trad. Civil War Tune*
Stephen Foster Medley: Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home, Oh! Susanna
Beautiful Dreamer, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Way Down Upon the Swanee River
If You’ll Only Get a Moustache
Tenting Tonight Trad. Civil War Song
Yankee Doodle Boy Cohan
You’re a Grand Old Flag Cohan
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Shaw
Airforce Song (Wild Blue Yonder) Crawford
Army Song (Cassions Go Rollin’ Along) Gruber
Marine’s Song (From the Halls of Montezuma) Phillips
Naval Song (Anchors Aweigh) Zimmermann
God Bless America Berlin
Singers: Dave Avolio, Brenda Charles, Jeanne Cline, June Klesath, Julie McAllister, George McClure, Harvey Paulson, Donna Pratt, Dick Rosenkranz, Priscilla Sims, Carol Slack, Al Watenpaugh, Jerry Whalen, Bud White, Margie White, Bayard Whitehurst
Conductor/Accompanist: Laurie Dunston
*Timber Ridge lyrics created by: Jeanne Cline, George McClure, Dick Rosenkranz
I love the idea that your singers wrote some of their own lyrics.
ReplyDeleteThis spacing looks perfectly fine on my Google Reader, funnily enough.
Yeah, it looked find on my phone, but looks wonky on the computer screen.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes! The lyrics are very clever and incorporate things from their community and dining commons, etc.