Program Jazz Band Directed by Pat Mierkey Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller Solo Clarinet ~ Ted Strauss A 1939 hit for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and thereafter his signature tune. After You've Gone Turner Layton, an. by Mark Taylor First introduced as sheet music in 1918, and selling in record numbers, this song was later recorded by many artists, including Woody Herman, Harry James, and Red Nichols and his Five Pennies with Bing Crosby. Sentimental Journey Les Brown & Ben Homer Vocal duet ~ MaryHelen & Pat Mierkey Lyrics by Bud Green A great song that found its way up the charts as a first hit for Doris Day with Les Brown in 1945, and a No. 1 for the Ames Brothers in 1951. Concert Band The Star-Spangled Banner (A Symphonic Portrait) Music by John Stafford Smith Words by Francis Scott Key Musical Setting by James Swearingen The Ultimate Patriotic Sing-Along an. by Jerry Brubaker Featuring Battle Hymn of the Republic, America the Beautiful, You're a Grand Old Flag and God Bless the U.S.A. Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune Pierre La Plante Monsieur La Plante has composed a fantasy based on two traditional American folk melodies, "Old Joe Clark" and "Arkansas Traveler". American Pie Don McLean Directed & arr. by Wayne Livingston Vocalist ~ Ann White Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens gone in a plane crash, "the day the music died". You will be singing "Bye, bye Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levee . .." all the way home. Bugler's Holiday Leroy Anderson Transcribed from the Composer's Original Score by Michael Edwards Trumpet Trio ~ Terry Cederblom, Dan Metz & Larry Vaccaro Our trumpet trio will be on their feet when they do this number, and you'll be on yours when they are done! Sing We Liberty ~ Songs of 18 th Century Williamsburg James L. Hosay A collection of Old English melodies rewritten with American sentiments as they would have been heard in taverns, or in town squares, with words to delight Americans and to "get the English goat". ~ Intermission ~ Sons of Veterans Karl L. King Directed by Pat Mierkey arr. by Gene Milford The Civil War Sons of Veterans commissioned this march in 1881 to support their efforts to aid Union veterans. Mr. King, who would later achieve fame for circus marches, completed this work at the age of sixteen. Unique to this piece is a section devoted to trumpet and drum. Concert Band & Community Chorus Our Community Chorus is made up of volunteer voices from Clovis, Fresno & our mountain community churches Battle Hymn of the Republic Music (1855) William Steffe Directed by Pat Mierkey Lyrics (1861) Julia Ward Howe Setting by Peter ]. Wilhousky arr. by James Neilson This familiar tune was originally sung as a campfire spiritual. Mrs. Howe was encouraged to write new words for the song after hearing it sung by Union troops during a public review in Washington D.C. OUT Flag Was Still There (The Star-Spangled Banner & America, the Beautiful) Directed by James Mierkey arr. by David T. Clydesdale Lyrics by Deborah Craig-Claar The American Flag has come to symbolize the freedoms and personal liberties that we, as Americans, cherish. Let us pledge allegiance again. Salute to the Armed Forces Orchestration by Camp Kirkland Narrator ~ Ann White The Stars & Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa Piccolo solo ~ Sandy Schaefer Please join us in singing Sousa's lyrics on the final refrain: Hurrah for the flag of the free! May it wave as our standard forever. The gem of the land and the sea, the banner of the right. Let despots remember the day when our fathers with mighty endeavor Proclaimed as they marched to the fray that by their might and by their right it waved forever!