SPRING SING 2008 PROGRAM  

Let There Be Music                                         by Williams and Elliott  
We open with our traditional theme song.

Ja-Da                    Bob Carleton, arranged by Linda Spevacek-Avery
There ain’t much to the words, but the music is grand. An infectious romp!      

All You Need is Love                        Lennon and McCartney, arr. by Billingsley
The Beatles persuaded us what is really important in life.

Ragtime                                     Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, arr. by Jeff Funk
Sarah and Donn lead us back to the roots of Jazz, from “Ragtime, the Musical”.

Chopsticks                                                            arranged by Earl Rogers
Everyone, everywhere knows it! You have probably played it on the piano. But, believe it or not, we sing it!

Stout Hearted Men      Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein, arr. by Stickles
The men, full of testosterone, bring us back to the grand old operetta days  - from “The New Moon”

Peace Call                                                    Woodie Guthrie, arr. by Peter Hobson, Directed by Peter Hobson
Return with us to an era where folk singers sang out their calls for change.
Accompanied by the Mishawum Guitar Ensemble, starring Bob Factor.

Anthem for Spring                                 Pietro Mascagni, arr. by Harry Simeone
A stirring praise for the joy of the season from “Cavalleria Rusticana”.

---INTERMISSION—

State Fair Choral Selections   Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. by Clay Warnick
It might as well be Spring, out in Ioway!

Hello Dolly                                                      Jerry Herman, arr. by Clay Warnick
Dolly’ll never go away!

Give Me a Barbershop Song                               Roy Dawson, arr. by Steve Hall
Don’t give me jazz or Pagliacci! Give me a good old barbershop song!

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines                     Ron Goodwin, arr. by William Simon
The men, undaunted, regale us with their ridiculous tribute to pilots of old.

God Help the Outcasts                                        Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, arr. by Audrey Snyder
A moving song you won’t forget soon from “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.

Battle Hymn of the Republic                           William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe, arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky
From the watchfires of a hundred circling camps, truth is marching, truth is marching on!

   … and for a stirring encore, “America, the Beautiful”

Go with a Song in Your Heart                       Jay Althouse
Our traditional closing.