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22nd Annual Gala Showcase Concert Honoring Musicians and Performers Born in 1911 *
Gypsy Rose Lee, January 8, 1911 Everything’s Coming Up Roses Gypsy Sondheim & Styne/arr. Philip Kern 2011 Showcase Choir Paula Hepfer, Director; Rochelle Kniss, piano Herm Hopple, bass; Sam Hepfer, drums, Marlin Barnes, percussion
Mahalia Jackson, October 26, 1911 Precious Lord Take My Hand Thomas A. Dorsey Jessica Owens, vocal; Marcel Coates, piano
Gian Carlo Menotti, July 7, 1911 This is My Box Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian Carlo Menotti Gerald Kowallis, tenor; Valerie Merriman, piano Hello, Hello The Telephone Elisabeth Turchi, soprano; Valerie Merriman, piano
Mitch Miller, July 4, 1911
Largo Mvt II, New World Symphony Antonin Dvorak Dennis Ritz, english horn; Suzanne Thierry, piano The Children’s Marching Song (This Old Man) Traditional English Counting Song With Marlin Barnes, snare drum; Heather McEndree, piccolo Happy Days Are Here Again Ager and Yellen With Marie Hershey, accordion David Shearer (as Mitch) accompanied by Brian Helman, piano
Intermission
Laverne Andrews, July 6, 1911 Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Tobias, Brown & Step arr. Billingsley Trio: Paula Hepfer, Jessica Owens, Beth Stahl, Brian Helman, piano; Herm Hopple, bass; Sam Hepfer, drums
Roy Eldridge, January 30, 1911 Bye Bye Blackbird Henderson & Dixon Bill Graham, trumpet; Andrew Sussman, piano; Herm Hopple, bass; Sam Hepfer, drums
Robert Johnson, May 8, 1911 Walkin’ Blues Robert Johnson Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson Tresa Paul and Dennis Mickley
Roy Rogers, November 5, 1911 Happy Trails to You Dale Evans Tom McFarland, guitar and vocals
Showcase Choir
* Program and performers subject to change |
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