Thanks for the Memories God Bless America

Renee’ will begin this song as “Kate Smith” and then all singers will join in (unison) as well as all musicians. The audience will stand and sing the last chorus with us. It will be a powerful opening for the show.

If you want to participate in this number, please sign up below. Extra rehearsals will be held for all of the production numbers so it’s important for me to know who is participating in each number.

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Musicians: The Prayer

Treble ‘n Bass singers and piano, bass and drums – Vicki on keyboard strings. This piece will be performed in a prayer-like fashion with emphasis on the harmony and beautiful melody. This is #26 in your notebooks.

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Musicians: Gary – drums Jay – bass Brennan – piano Vicki – keyboard strings A Tribute to the Armed Forces We have a new arrangement of this, it’s #1 in your new notebooks. We will add trumpets from big band – will be at the beginning of the show. Veterans will have been given flags as they enter and will only stand as able for their song. The new arrangement has some other music besides the service songs, and some of it is in parts. Please take a look and see if it’s something you’d like to do. I need to have as many singers-on-mics as possible with all of the musicians that will be playing on this song.

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Musicians: Comedy Sketch

This is yet to be written, but I’m planning something between Bob Hope, (Gary) John Wayne (Brentz) and the Producer (Eric Fritzius). I will need everyone seated by listening and reacting to their “jokes.” More information on this later.

Bob Hope – Gary

John Wayne – Brentz

Producer – Eric Fritzius In the Mood

No extra singers on this one – Cathey will sing this one as a solo with the Les Brown band

Les Brown Band of Renown

Jeff Bryant – Les Brown -trumpet Joe Buttram – bari sax Birch Graves – alto sax Sherri Turner – trumpet Rick Leatherman – tenor sax Dean Turner – alto sax Mark Mason – trombone Butch White – drums (tentative) Mike Donahue – guitar (tentative) Kermit Medskar – piano Jay Frye – bass

Treble ‘n Bass Musicians: Besame’ Mucho Andrews Sisters and Four Aces

**Please look at the music in your notebook, this piece is # 4 in new notebooks. Since neither of these groups included “scat singing,” those parts will be played by the band. We will need a couple of extra rehearsals for this piece.

For this number, I need 3 women to be out front and dressed as one of the “Andrews Sisters,” Maxine, Laverne and Patty. The rest of the women will be back up singers, (please!).

I need 4 men to be dressed as “The Four Aces,” Al, Dave, Louis and Rosario. The rest of the men will sing backup, (please!).

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Maxine: Laverne: Patty:

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Al Dave Louis Rosario

Backup singers: (men) Sentimental Journey

For this number, I need 3 women to be out front and dressed as one of the “Andrews Sisters,” Maxine, Laverne and Patty. The rest of the women will be back up singers, (please!).

I need 4 men to be dressed as “The Four Aces,” Al, Dave, Louis and Rosario. The rest of the men will sing backup, (please!).

The Les Brown Band of Renown

Vocalist: Vera Lynn (Cathey Sawyer) We’ll Meet Again

This number will be “Vera Lynn’s” 2nd number. She will move out to interact with some of the soldiers in the audience. This is #29 in your notebooks.

The Les Brown band will be joined by anyone who wants to sing this number. We will be Cathey’s back up group, but everyone who wants to will sing SATB on this one.

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Musicians: Dream

This song will feature the Four Aces again, with everyone else singing background (we’ll being singing the arrangement in your notebook, it’s #9, in parts)

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Musicians: saxes from the big band plus our band Letters from Home

This song will be performed with a smaller band and a country music feel. This is new music which is not in your notebooks. I will have copies for you to include in the show music and script folders.

This song will require a couple of extra rehearsals. Two or three singers on each part will be appropriate.

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Piano, bass, drums, guitar, banjo These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

This song will feature Nancy Sinatra (Stephanie) and will include the women only as a comedy-song sketch with Bob Hope. This is new music also and will be included in the show/script notebooks.

We will have a couple of extra rehearsals for this number (which should be fun, Ladies!)

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Musicians: Our band plus trumpets from big band You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To

This will be a men’s comedy sketch. There will be a broom or a mop decorated as a woman, and one of the guys will pick up the broom and start dancing around with it, then the rest of the men join in on this song. It is #31 in your notebooks and will be performed in a light-hearted manner.

We will have a couple of extra rehearsals to decide how the arrangement needs to be modified to be a men’s vocal number.

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Musicians: our band plus some musicians from the big band I’ll Be Seeing You

This song will feature Frances Langdon (Amy Ahern) and will include as many SATB singers as possible. This song is #15 in your notebooks.

Sopranos: Amy Ahern – as Frances Langdon

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Musicians: Our band plus some musicians from the big band Thanks for the Memory This song will be one of the “big ending” numbers and will be sung to the audience, especially the Veterans, with all singers and musicians. This is #25 in your notebooks.

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Musicians: This Is America

This will be our final number and will be a patriotic thank you. As we are singing, the JROTC students will present each Veteran or active military member of the audience a pin attached to a card with “Thank You for Your Service” printed on the card.

I would like everyone singing or playing on this song if possible. The arrangement is #27 in our notebooks. We will continue to practice this song at our regularly scheduled rehearsals.

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