The one-hour concert will feature percussionists Audrey Puzyr Spies, Janice Mehalick, Georgette Rogers and Linda Docar playing three works for marimba and xylophone, "Fiddle Faddie", "Bolero" and the Galop from The Comedians. Major works to be played by the Band will be the Overture to The Queen's Secret, the spiritual Deep River, Cakewalk from Robert Russell Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances" and "Russian Sailors' Dance" from Gliere's The Red Poppy.
Rife says the concert "will open with the world's perfect march, Alte Kameraden, composed in the 1890's by Carl Teike and will end with the greatest march ever written, Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever. We'll also play lots of holiday music including Sleigh Ride, Parade of the Tin Soldiers, Silent Night, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
The concert is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey
State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the
National Endowment for the Arts, and administered by the Somerset County
Cultural & Heritage Commission through the State/County Partnership
Local Arts Program. Funding has also been made possible, in part, by a
grant from the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission (SCC&HC)
and Forbes, Inc., through the SCC&HC Mini-Grant Program.
| Star Spangled Banner | John Stafford Smith/Schissel |
| Alte Kameraden | Carl Teike |
| Overture to The Queen's Secret | Ambroise Thomas/V. F. Safranek |
| On the Square | Frank A. Panella |
| Deep River | arr. James Swearingen |
| Cakewalk from
Suite of Old Amerifcan Dances |
Robert Russell Bennett |
| Parade of the Tin Soldiers | Leon Jessel/C. F. Williams |
| The Kilties March | S. E. Morris |
| Intermission | |
| Featuring the Marimba Quartet
Fiddle Faddle Bolero Galop from The Comedians |
Leory Anderson/A. Puzyr Spies M. Ravel/A. Puzyr Spies Dmitri Kabalevsky/D. Mitchell |
| Sleigh Ride | Leroy Anderson |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | Arthur Harris/W. Silvester |
| Russian Sailor's Dance
from The Red Poppy |
Reinhold Gliere/E. Leidzen |
| Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company |
John Philip Sousa |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | arr. James Swearingen |
| Stars and Stripes Forever | John Philip Sousa |
Directions to Hillsborough High School:
Amwell Road intersects US Route 206 approx. 6 miles south of
Somerville, NJ. From Route 206, proceed west
on Amwell Road to the first traffic light. Turn left on Raider
Boulevard and pass in front of the high school
into the parking lot to the left of the building.