Christmas Concert McMorran Auditorium
December 19, 2006

6th Grade Beginning Band

Jingle Bells...............................…………....…........Pierpont
                                                                        arr. by Sweeney

Up On The House Top......................……..……..Traditional
                                                                        arr. by Sweeney

BB Christmas ……………………… .arr. by Nicholas Forte

First Christmas Suite ………………..…….Mike Hannickel
1. Good King Wenceslas
2. Oh Come, Little Children
3. Jolly Old St. Boogie-Claus

First Rockin’ Christmas……….….….arr. by John O’Reilly

Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming……arr. by Larry Kerchner

Swing, Santa, Swing……..…………….…..…….Traditional
                                                                arr. by Michael Story

O Holy Night…………………………....…...Adolphe Adam
Trumpet Solo……Chet Lukas                   arr. by Jack Bullock

Frosty’s Caribbean Holiday………...….Nelson and Rollins
                                                                  arr. by Ralph Ford

It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas…Meredith Willson
                                                                   arr. by John Moss

Deck the Halls with Chips and Salsa ……......Ed Huckeby

(I apologize for missing the first four Beginning Band pieces, there was an error in the recording and they were lost)

School Spirit............…………..…………..………...…W.T. Purdy
                                                                               arr. John Higgings
Carnival of Venice………………………………..Julius Benedict
                                                                                arr. John Higgins

Mickey Mouse March………....………..…………Jimmie Dodd
                                                                            arr. Michael Sweeney

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)…………….....Burgie & Attaway
                                                                            arr. Michael Sweeney

Old Time Rock and Roll……...….……………….Jackson & Jones
                                                                                    arr. Mike Story

The Flintstones Meet The Jetson's……...Hanna, Berra, and Curtin
                                                                            arr. Gerald Sebesky

From “Sound of Music”
Do-Re-Me………………………………..…….Rogers & Hammerstein
                                                                                arr. Paul Lavender

From the Motion Picture “Sister Act”
I Will Follow Him...…….........……….…..……J.W Stole & Del Roma
                                                                              arr. Michael Sweeney

7th Grade Cadet Band

Affirmation Overture……………………...…..….Robert W. Smith

Two English Dances…………..…………....……arr. John O’Reilly
I. Shepherd’s Hey
II. Country Gardens

George of the Jungle………..............…….............Worth & Allman
                                                                            arr. Michael Sweeney

The Pink Panther….…...………………..……….....Henry Mancini
                                                                                    arr. Paul Cook

Rock to the Max, Mr. Sax……….….…..….......Joseph Compello
 

8th grade varsity band

Courage March…………………...…....………Harold Bennett
                                                                            arr. Larry Clark

(An uncanny work in a classical style)
Trash Cancerto………...………….…………….Timothy Loest

Highlights from the hit Broadway musical about the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West:
Wicked……………...…………………………...Stephen Schartz
I. No One Mourns the Wicked                                         arr. Michael Sweeney
II. Dancing Through Life
III. Defying Gravity
IV. For Good

Recorded by The Village People
YMCA……...………………………………Morali, Belolo, and Willis
                                                                                arr. Johnnie Vinson

Southern Folk Rhapsody……………….....arr. Michael Sweeney
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The Wayfaring Stranger
Steal Away
Every Time I Feel The Spirit

And as requested by the audience, an Encore:

Wipe Out.........................................................................The Sufaris
                                                                                                         arr. Michael Sweeney

Video of Christmas Concert 2008  

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