The Notables

FUNdraiser for the Torrance Symphony Orchestra

June 8, 2002

Armstrong Theatre

Program

1. When the Saints Go Marching In (1896: w. Katharine E. Purvis; m. James M. Black; arr. John Rutter) [chorus] {A}
2. Get Happy (1930: w. Ted Koehler; m. Harold Arlen) from the musical show Nine-Fifteen Review; used in the film Summer Stock (1950) [Mary; Paula, Janine; chorus] {H}
3. Good Morning (1939: w. Arthur Freed; m. Nacio Herb Brown), from the film Babes in Arms [Donna, David E, Jerry] {H} {M}
4. Take Me to the World (1966: wm. Stephen Sondheim), from the TV production Evening Primrose [Paula]
5. Dance Medley [chorus] {C}
   1. The Merry Widow Waltz, or, I Love You So (1907; w. Adrian Ross; m. Franz Lehár, from The Merry Widow) [David E & Kathy G; Garry F & Mary H; Ed F & Lee V; Jerry & Dale] 
   2. Charleston (1923; wm. Cecil Mack & Jimmy Johnson; from Runnin' Wild) [Sue, Kathy R, Jan, Donna]
   3. Tea for Two (1924; w. Irving Caesar; m. Vincent Youmans; from No, No, Nanette) [Jerry & Dale]
   4. The Twist (1960; w.m. Hank Ballard; this song was most popular in 1962) [Betty C, Doug, Paula, Bryan McC]
   5. Time Warp (1975; w.m. Richard O'Brien, from The Rocky Horror [Picture] Show) [Nick, Janine, David E & Betty C, Doug, Patty, Chauncey, Paula, Tony, Colleen, Roy, Dave H]
6. Sequence from The Wizard of Oz (1939: w. E. Y. Harburg; m. Harold Arlen)
   1. Over the Rainbow [Mary S]
   2. If I Only Had a Brain [Roy, Bryan, John F; Mary S]
7. Sequence from Carousel, including "If I Loved You" (1945: w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Richard Rodgers) [Ed & Donna]
8. Old Dan Tucker (1843: wm. probably by old Dan[iel] D[ecatur] Emmet at age 15) [chorus; dancers: Jerry, Janine; Roy, Donna; Bryan McC, Dale; David E, Sue] {M}
9. Shenandoah (c. 1826; trad. Am. sea shanty; arr. Ed Lojeski) [choir]
10. Big River Medley (1985), by Roger Miller [chorus] {M}
    1. Waitin' for the Light to Shine
    2. Worlds Apart [solo: Melissa M]
    3. Hand for the Hog [solo: Nick]
    4. Muddy Water
    5. Free at Last [solo: Gary C]

Intermission

• Sinatra program

Costumes:

Chorus should be in black (black shoes, black sox, black trousers, black Notables t-shirt) for 1 through 5; for "When the Saints" and "Get Happy", add a "loud" jacket; in "Time Warp", add shades

For the last three numbers, chorus should be dressed "country": for men, cut-off or rolled up jeans or overalls; rolled up shirt; straw hats; work boots (no cowboy boots); for women, long dress (with aprons) or prairie dress

Extra Rehearsals:

• Saturday, May 18:  10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; location Johnson Hall
• Saturday, June 1: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; location Johnson Hall
• Thursday, June 6: 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Armstrong Theatre
• Call time for performance evening, June 8: 6:00 p.m; curtain 8:00 p.m.

Alternates, considered but not used in this performance:

• This Is My Country (w. Don Raye; m. Al Jacobs; arr. Roy Ringwald)
• How High the Moon (1940), by Morgan Lewis {M}
• Summertime (1935: w. Ira Gershwin; m. George Gershwin), from Porgy and Bess
• Sequence from The King and I (1951: w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Richard Rodgers)
  • Hello, Young Lovers
  • I Have Dreamed
• Day-O (Banana Boat Song) (1957; wm: Erik Darling, Bob Carey, and Alan Arkin) {C}
• Sentimental Journey (1945; w.m. Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer) [chorus] {C}
• This Land Is Your Land (1956; wm. Woody Guthrie) {C}

Deleted from this program:

• Notables Tonight, music by Stephen Sondheim (1962) [David E, chorus, with various cameos] {M}
• The Tennessee Waltz (1950: w. Redd Stewart; m. Pee Wee King) 
• Begin the Beguine (1935: wm. Cole Porter, from Jubilee) [chorus women] {C}
• Temptation (1933: w. Arthur Freed; m. Nacio Herb Brown), from Going Hollywood [chorus] {M}
• All the Things You Are (1940; w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Jerome Kern, from Very Warm for May) {C}
• Send in the Clowns (1973; wm. Stephen Sondheim; from A Little Night Music) [chorus] {C}
• Some Enchanted Evening (1949: w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Richard Rodgers; from South Pacific) [Don]
• Lullaby of Broadway (1935: w: Al Dubin; m: Harry Warren; from The Gold Diggers of 1935) {C} {H}

A shorter version of the program was presented at the Joslyn Center, June 18, 2002.

Selections presented previously:

• {C} from In Search of The Song of the 20th Century
• {H} from The Golden Age of Hollywood
• {M} from Meet The Notables
• {A} from Americana Celebration (February 7, 1998 and June 17-19, 1997)

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