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2008 Play List

Dance the Night Away, April 12

 

As Time Goes By Herman Hupfeld, arr. Warren Barker
Blue Moon
Vocalist Kathy Peavey
music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, arr. Warren Barker
C'est Si Bon Henri Betti, arr. Hardy Schneiders
Cherry Pink music by Louiguy, arr. Norman Tailor
Copacabana music by Barry Manilow, arr. Richard Saucedo
El Cumbanchero Rafael Hernandez Marin, arr. Norman Tailor
For All We Know Fred Karlin, Arthur James & Robert Wilson, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
The Girl From Ipanema Antonio Carolos Jobim, arr. Ted Ricketts
I Could Have Danced All Night Frederick Loewe
La Mer Charles Trent & Albert Lasry, arr. Norman Tailor
La Paloma Norman Tailor
Louie, Louie Richard Berry, arr. Nick Baratta
Love is a Many Splendoured Thing arr. Dennis Armitage
Mack the Knife Kurt Weill, arr. Ken Dye
Mambo Jambo Domaso Perez Prado, arr. Hardy Schneiders
Moonlight Sereade Glenn Miller, arr. Jerome Thomas
Never on Sunday Manos Hadjidakis
Petite Fleur Sidney Bechet, arr. Hardy Schneiders
Reach Out, I'll Be There Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Edward Holland, arr. Ted Ricketts
Singin' in the Rain Brown and Freed, arr. by Norman Tailor
Strangers in the Night Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, arr. Norman Tailor
Tuxedo Junction Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, arr. Dennis Armitage
Unchained Melody Alexander North, Hy Zaret, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Volare Domenico Modugno, arr. Norman Tailor
When I'm Sixty-Four John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Johnnie Vinson
A Whole New World Alan Menken, arr. Eric Wilson
Y.M.C.A. H. Belolo, J. Morali, V. Willis, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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2007 Play List

Christmas

Candlelight Carol John Rutter, arr. Jay Dawson
Carol of the Shepherds arr. Philip Sparke
A Christmas Auld Lang Syne
James Swearingen
Christmas in Europe
Here We Come A Wassailing (England)
Hush, My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber (France)
Gabriel to Mary Came (Ireland)
Infant Holy (Poland)
He Is Born (France)
Timothy Johnson
Christmas Fanfares
Todd Stalter
A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson
The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Mel Torme & Robert Wells, arr John Higgins
Do You Hear What I Hear? Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne, arr. John Moss
A Family Christmas
(There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays, I'll Be Home for Christmas)
Robert Allen, Walter Kent, arr. James Swearingen
Fanfare and Processional
on an Old English Carol

arr. Robert W. Smith
Fum, Fum, Fum
arr. Robert Longfield
Halleluhah Chorus arr. Robert Longfield
Hanukkah Highlights
(Hanukkah, O Hanukkah, Maoz Tsur (Rock of Ages), Mi Y'maliel, Dreidl Song)
arr. Chris Sharp
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, arr. James Swearingen
Mary's Boy Child arr. Philip Sparke
O Holy Night Adolphe Adam, arr. Erik Morales
Shepherd's Dance
Gian Carol Menotti, arr. Johnnie Vinson
A Showstoppin' Christmas arr. Chris Sharp
Silent Night
Franz Gruber, arr. James D. Ployhar
Sounds of the Season
(The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Somewhere in my Memory, Silver Bells)
arr. John Moss
White Christmas
Irving Berlin, arr. John Moss

Summer

America the Beautiful arr. Warren Barker
Armed Forces Salute arr. Bill Moffit
Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. Jay Althouse & Mark Williams
Bolero Maurice Ravel, arr. Jay Bocook
Columbian March Karl L. King, arr. Gene Milford
Espana Cani Pascual Marquina, arr. Robert Longfield
First Suite in Eb for Military Band Gustav Holst, arr. Colin Matthews
Freedom Michael W. Smith, arr. Jay Bocook
Gettysburg Randy Edelman, arr. John Moss
Mandalen Landscapes Philip Sparke
Navy Hymn (Eternal Father) Rev John B. Dykes, arr. James D. Ployhar
Palladio Karl Jenkins, arr. Robert Longfield
St. Thomas Sonny Rollins, arr. Michael Brown
Screamer March, The Fred Jewell, arr. Barry E. Kopetz
Star-Spangled Banner, The arr. Robert W. Smith
William Tell Overture Finale G. Rossini, arr. Robert Longfield

ShowStoppers Concert, April

007 - A James Bond Medley
James Bond Theme, Goldfinger, From Russia with Love
arr. Marty Gold
A Whole New World
from Walt Disney's "Aladdin"
Alan Menken, arr. Eric Wilson
Circle of Life
from Walt Disney's "The Lion King"
Elton John, arr. Jerome Thomas
The Godfather Nino Rota, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Jaws John Williams, arr. Peter King
Love is a Many Splendoured Thing
1955 movie of the same name
arr. Dennis Armitage
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia, S.O.S., I Have a Dream, Dancing Queen
arr. Roy Phillippe
Never on Sunday
1960 movie of the same
Manos Hadjidakis, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
The Pink Panther Henry Mancini, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Unchained Melody
from "Ghost"
Alexander North & Hy Zaret, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Singin' in the Rain Brown and Freed, arr. by Norman Tailor
Selections from Grease
Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin', Beauty School Dropout,
Born to Hand Jive, We Go Together

Casey and Jacobs, arr. by Ted Ricketts
Batman Danny Elfman, arr. by Peter King
My Heart Will Go On
from "Titanic"
James Horner, arr. by Johnnie Vinson
When You Tell Me That You Love Me
American Idol Season 4
Kathy Peavey, soloist

Hammond & Bettis, arr. Victor Lopez

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2006 Play List
Sounds of the Season
(The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Somewhere in my Memory, Silver Bells)
arr. John Moss
A Family Christmas
(There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays, I'll Be Home for Christmas)
Robert Allen, Walter Kent, arr. James Swearingen
A Showstoppin' Christmas arr. Chris Sharp
Candlelight Carol John Rutter, arr. Jay Dawson
Christmas Favorites
(Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Holly Jolly Christmas, The Bells on Christmas Day)
arr. James Swearingen
Hanukkah Highlights
(Hanukkah, O Hanukkah, Maoz Tsur (Rock of Ages), Mi Y'maliel, Dreidl Song)
arr. Chris Sharp
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, arr. James Swearingen
Mary's Boy Child arr. Philip Sparke
O Holy Night Adolphe Adam, arr. Erik Morales
Pastime With Good Company King Henry VIII, arr. Philip Sparke
The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Mel Torme & Robert Wells, arr John Higgins
Christmas in Europe
Here We Come A Wassailing (England)
Hush, My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber (France)
Gabriel to Mary Came (Ireland)
Infant Holy (Poland)
He Is Born (France)
Timothy Johnson
The Ultimate Christmas Song-Along arr. by Jerry Brubaker and Bryan Kidd

 

Summer 2006

Armed Forces Salute arr. Bill Moffit
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing
Let's Dance, Stompin' at the Savoy, Moonglow, Sing,Sing,Sing
arr. Paul Murtha
Blue Moon music Richard Rodgers, lyrics Lorenz Hart, arr. Norman Tailor, vocal arr. C. Reif
Chattanooga Choo Choo Harry Warren, arr. Jerome Thomas
Cherry Pink music Louiguy, lyrics Jaques Larue, arr. Norman Tailor
Danke Schoen Bert Kaempfert, arr. Norman Tailor
The Easy Winners Scott Joplin, arr. Steve LeBel
Embraceable You music & lyrics George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
Gettysburg Randy Edelman, arr. John Moss
Gilbert & Sullivan: Symphonic Suite
HMS Pinafore, Teh Mikado, the Pirates of Penzance
words by William S. Gilbert, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, arr. Ted Ricketts
God Bless America Irving Berlin, arr. Jerry Nowak
Independentia R.B. Hall, arr. Andrew Balent
In the Miller Mood
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, Little Brown Jug, Anvil Chorus, Moonlight Serenade, Serenade in Blue, At Last
arr. Warren Barker
Louie, Louie Richard Berry, arr. Nick Baratta
Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller, arr. Jerome Thomas
More Than You Know words William Rose & Edward Eliscu, music Vincent Youmans, arr. Warren Barker
Officer of the Day R.B. Hall, arr. John Edmondson
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) music by Harold Arlen, arr. Robert W. Smith
The Phantom of the Opera
Learn to be Lonely, The Phantom of the Opera, All I Ask of You, Angel of Music, Masquerade, The Music of the Night
music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Paul Murtha
Play That Funky Music Robert Parissi, arr. Chris McDonald
Someone to Watch Over Me music & lyrics George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
Somewhere (West Side Story) music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, arr. Jay Bocook
The Star Spangled Banner music by John Stafford Smith, words by Francis Scott Key, arr. Robert W. Smith
The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
Strangers in the Night Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, arr. Norman Tailor
The Symphonic Duke
Caravan, In a Sentimental Mood, Satin Doll, Mood Indigo, Take the "A" Train
arr. Tommy Newsom
Time to Say Goodbye Francesco Sartori, arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Tribute to Count Basie
All of Me, Corner Pocket, Li'l Darlin', April in Paris
arr. John Moss
Tuxedo Junction Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, arr. Dennis Armitage
The Ultimate Patriotic Sing-Along
Battle Hymn of the Republic, America the Beautiful, You're a Grand Old Flag, God Bless the USA
arr. Jerry Brubaker
Volare music Domenico Modugno, text Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci, arr. Norman Tailor
You Raise Me Up Brendan Graham & Rolf Lovland, arr. John Wasson

2005 Play List

Procession on an Old English Carol Joseph W. Smith
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/Dona Nobis Pacem Sears/Willis, arr. Kechner
Ding Dong Merrily on High arr. Leif Strand & Olov Helge, adapted by Jay Dawson
Pastime With Good Company King Henry VIII, arr. Phillip Sparke
Silent Night Franz Gruber, arr. James D. Ployhar
Hallelujah Chorus G.F. Handel, arr. Robert Longfield
A Showstoppin' Christmas arr. Chris Sharp
There's No Place Like Home/I'll Be Home for Christmas arr. James Swearingen
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, arr. James Swearingen
Christmas Favorites
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree/Rudolph the R.N. Reindeer/Holly Jolly/I Heard the Bells
arr. James Swearingen
White Christmas Irving Berlin, choral ar. MacHuff, band acc. John Moss
Christmas Finale arr. John Edmondson
Christmas Auld Lang Syne  

The Symphonic Duke
"Caravan," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Satin Doll," "Mood Indigo," "Take the 'A' Train"

arr. Tommy Newsom
Hawaii Five-0 Mort Stevens, arr. Victor Lopez
SpongeBob Squarepants Mark Harrison, Blaise Smith, Steve Hillenburg & Derek Drymon, arr. Jay Bocook
Go West!
Theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" among others
arr. Ralph Ford
Shrek Dance Party
"Y.M.C.A," "Who Let the Dogs Out," "Feelings," etc.
arr. Paul Murtha
Broadway! A Medley of Showstoppers
"On the Street Where You Live," "Don't Cry for me Argentina," "Big Spender," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Lullaby of Broadway"etc.
arr. Jack Bullock
Proud Heritage William Latham
Valdrez Johannes Hannsen, arr. Loras Schissel
Deep River James Swearingen
Someone to Watch Over Me
(with vocalist, Kathy Peavey)
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
Battle of the Winds Charles Duble
Jerusalem C.H.H. Parry, arr. Andrew Glover
Funky See, Funky Do Gerald Sebesky
God Bless America Irving Berlin, arr. Jerry Nowak
The Star-Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith, arr. Robert W. Smith
'S Wonderful (Funny Face)
(with vocalist, Kathy Peavey)
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
Semper Fidelis John Philip Sousa
Armed Forces Salute arr. Bill Moffit
Battle Hymn of the Republic  
Freedom Michael W. Smith
El Relicario Jose Padilla
An American Celebration Larry Neeck
Symphonic Beatles Paul McCarthy and John Lennon, arr. John Cacavas
America the Beautiful arr. Warren Barker
Freedom City March Karl King

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2004 Program

Choral Prelude - O, Worship the King Michael Haydn, arr. James Swearingen
Marche Grandioso Roland F. Seitz
Duke Ellington! arr. Calvin Custer
The Klaxon Henry Fillmore
Chicago Fred Ebb & John Kander, arr. Victor Lopez
Alabama Jubilee Yellen & Cobb, 1915
Lead On, O King Eternal arr. James Swearingen
Brighton Beach William P. Latham
Touch of Broadway arr. Jack Bullock
Amparito Roca Jaime Texidor
Mamma Mia ABBA, arr. Roy Phillippe
Suo Gan, Welsh medody arr. Carol Stommen
007-A James Bond Medley arr. Marty Gold
10th Regiment March Robert B. Hall

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