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In the 1930s & '40s, radio was our window to the world.
It brought us music and laughter, good news and bad. Travel
back with us now to a time when big band music ruled the airwaves,
when the pop stars of the day were names like Glenn Miller
and Tommy Dorsey, and when families gathered around the radio
to listen to their favorite shows.
Join
us as we recreate a Big Band radio show of the 1930s &
'40s with music from the Middlesex Concert Band. Featuring
guest soloists Jean Nigro and Rene Lewis Pfister, with announcer
Billy Garrison. Plus MCB Radio's "Five Minute Mystery"
- sound effects and all.
There will be room to dance, so...bring
your dancin' shoes and step out with us!
The
musical program will include:
Themes Like Old Times
Alexander's Ragtime Band, Peg O' My Heart, I Want a
Girl, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 12th Street Rag
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arr. Warren Barker |
| In The Mood |
Glenn Miller, Joe Garland, arr. Andy
Clark |
| Star Dust |
words by Mitchell Parish, music by
Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Warren Barker |
It Don't Mean a Thing
(If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
words & musicy by Duke Ellington
& Irving Mills, arr. John Moss |
| Embraceable
You |
music & lyrics by George Gershwin
& Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker |
A Salute to Spike Jones
Cocktails For Two, Chloe, Poet And Peasant Overture |
arr. Calvin Custer |
| T.D.'s Boogie Woogie |
Tommy Dorsey & Deane Kincaide,
arr. Andy Clark |
Salute to Bob Hope
The Road to Morocco, Moonlight Becomes You, Buttons
and Bows, Two Sleepy People, Thanks For the Memory |
arr. Warren Barker |
| But Not For Me |
music & lyrics by George Gershwin
& Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker |
| Puttin' On The Ritz |
Irving Berlin, arr. Jerry Nowak |
| A String of Pearls |
music by Jerry Gray, arr. John Wasson |
| Take The 'A' Train |
words & music by Billy Strayhorn
& The Delta Rhythm Boys, arr. by Bob Lowden |
Swing's the Thing
Night Train, I've Heard That Song Before, Don't
Get Around Much Anymore |
arr. Warren Barker |
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing
Let's Dance, Stompin' at the Savoy, Moonglow,
Sing, Sing, Sing |
arr. Paul Murtha |
Tickets
for the evening performance are $18, $15 seniors/children.
Doors will open at 7:00P for a themed raffle and refreshments.
Tickets for the Sunday
matinee are $15, $12 seniors/children
Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability.
Join
us March 15th and 16th!
Americal Civic Center
467 Main Street, Wakefield, MA
Next to the Galvin Middle School. Directions
(pdf)
The center is handicapped accessible
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