1 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:54,670 What city singers concert? What? One piano, four hands? Each of our songs is season, requires not just one 2 00:09:54,670 --> 00:10:02,170 player on the piano, but two for a total of four hands. Our director, Jay, and one of our 3 00:10:02,170 --> 00:10:08,990 companies, Mary, got us started with power and glory march with, onward Christian soldiers. 4 00:10:08,990 --> 00:10:13,110 There are second piece, was CSC and variations. 5 00:10:13,930 --> 00:10:15,070 You know what CS means? 6 00:10:15,550 --> 00:10:19,970 It doesn't mean I always think it means that author. 7 00:10:20,730 --> 00:10:21,410 CS Lewis? 8 00:10:22,130 --> 00:10:23,730 It means chopsticks like Dosh. 9 00:10:25,730 --> 00:10:28,970 CSC and variations give or take a hand. 10 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:34,370 And Opus 6 by Randall Thompson and dedicated to Victor Borza. 11 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:37,890 How many of you remember his genius piano playing? 12 00:10:40,810 --> 00:10:47,590 You'll learn a little bit more about Mary and her partner in digital dexterity Tammy, a little 13 00:10:47,590 --> 00:10:53,610 later in the program, but for now, sit back, relax, and let Mary and Tammy and the rest 14 00:10:53,610 --> 00:10:59,070 of the Summer City singers uplift and entertain you with an excellent and diverse program 15 00:10:59,070 --> 00:11:05,590 of well-known and loved American songs, some international folk music, and some songs new 16 00:11:05,590 --> 00:11:10,890 you that you may not have heard before, and we even throw in some Christmas music. 17 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:22,900 Jubilee is a singing game, a dance tune sung by the dancers for their own accompaniment, 18 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:29,700 without instruments in the manner of many children's games. Jubilee is a real lines of 19 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:36,440 dancers, as a face each other, while couples, reeling with whirlwind elbow, swing down 20 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:44,040 length. The lines join in a big circle for the chorus verse. It's down along the old rail road, 21 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:52,320 as each couple ends the reel. Hey, did you hear I once was addicted to the hokey pokey? 22 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:56,840 I was, but I turned myself around. 23 00:15:41,620 --> 00:16:11,600 Celebration of Unity and Love of Country. In November 1861, a woman named Julia Ward-How, and her husband visited Washington, DC. While there, how, a published poet, her union troops felting out a well-known marching song called John Brown's Body. After the famous abolitionist John Brown, a preacher standing with how, 24 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,900 encouraged her to write new lyrics to the tune. 25 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:19,700 In February of 1862, she sold her poem, 26 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,140 The Battle Him of the Republic, 27 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,360 to the Atlantic Monthly, a well-known magazine for $5. 28 00:16:28,540 --> 00:16:30,940 The Atlantic Monthly is still published today 29 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,540 under the name of the Atlantic. 30 00:21:02,590 --> 00:21:05,610 Is a traditional folk song sung in the Americas 31 00:21:05,610 --> 00:21:09,870 of Uncertain origin dating to the early 19th century. 32 00:21:11,150 --> 00:21:15,530 Shen and Noah was a celebrated native American chief in our history, 33 00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:20,170 and several towns in the United States are named after him. 34 00:21:21,070 --> 00:21:24,590 This boatman song found his way down the Mississippi River 35 00:21:24,590 --> 00:21:28,710 to the American clipper ships and thus around the world. 36 00:21:29,230 --> 00:21:33,010 The song had become popular as a sea shanty with sea fairy sailors, 37 00:21:33,010 --> 00:21:41,210 say that three times faster. By the mid 1800s, I had a river joke, but I forgot it. 38 00:21:41,670 --> 00:21:45,190 Oh well, I guess it's water under the bridge. 39 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:43,120 By the English composer George Radcliffe Woodward, and the carol was first published in 1924. Charles Woodharmonize the tune. 40 00:27:43,940 --> 00:27:52,220 Did you hear I wrote a movie? I wrote a movie about a male sheep and his son enjoying a hostess pastry. 41 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:55,440 I call it Ramon Lamodin don't. 42 00:32:04,370 --> 00:32:10,070 That has touched thousands of musicians and their audiences with his warmth and sincerity. 43 00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:15,350 And it has also become an anthem for soldiers returning home from war. 44 00:32:16,770 --> 00:32:21,910 This song clearly has a one-of-a-kind melody which captures the ear. 45 00:32:22,710 --> 00:32:26,770 But what else is it that causes this song to touch people so deeply? 46 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:34,110 When authors write our musicians compose, they usually do so with some experience in mind. 47 00:32:35,090 --> 00:32:40,450 But once they release that piece to the world, they know that the myriad of interpretations 48 00:32:40,450 --> 00:32:47,230 and reflections will bounce back to them as different minds and lives encountered their work. 49 00:32:47,230 --> 00:32:54,990 The Summit City Singers tackle Mark McWallberg's first rate arrangement originally written 50 00:32:54,990 --> 00:32:56,370 for the Tabernacle Choir. 51 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:36,520 She was a junior in high school. She earned a bachelor of music degree in organ performance and a VA degree from Ohio-Western University and had additional studies at 52 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:48,660 University of Michigan, interlocking arts academy and the Oberlin Summer Organ Institute. She served as an 53 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:53,740 Early in Indianapolis, but also in Michigan and Ohio churches. 54 00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:59,960 She has provided me piano music for many special events, including receptions, for the 55 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:06,760 Democratic Governor's Association, Governor Evan Vi, and several IU Alumni Association. 56 00:39:07,460 --> 00:39:13,180 Mary is currently the accompanist for the festival choir and the Summit City Singers. 57 00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:27,560 Entered this in addition to her music activities, Mary worked as an accountant and office manager for several organizations and also helped rescue and re-home dozens of dogs and cats in the Indianapolis area. 58 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:33,860 She also loves ancestry research and has worked on family trees for her family and friends. 59 00:39:33,860 --> 00:39:41,960 couple of fun facts about Mary. She won the Groundhog Day Coloring Contest in High School in Ohio. 60 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:51,860 And her choir at Gassimney Lutheran in Indianapolis called her Sister Mary because she was so strict with them. 61 00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,280 We just call her Scary Mary, but not when she can hear her. 62 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:10,180 The entertainer is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. 63 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:17,120 The first recording was by the blue boys in 1928, played on Mandolin and guitar. 64 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,840 You may recognize this music from the 1973 Oscar-winning film, The Sting. 65 00:40:25,060 --> 00:40:28,620 Marvin Hamlish won an Academy Award for his adaptation. 66 00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:35,940 In the words of music magazine, Record World, it was the classical phenomenon of the decade. 67 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:40,320 Hey, Mary, why is a piano so hard to open? 68 00:40:41,820 --> 00:40:44,080 Because the keys are in the inside 69 00:43:34,130 --> 00:43:37,870 is the music director and organist at Trinity of that 70 00:43:37,870 --> 00:43:41,170 Trinity, Evangelical Lutheran Church here in Fort Wayne. 71 00:43:41,690 --> 00:43:45,930 She is also a board member of the Courts of Woodhurst Neighborhood Association. 72 00:43:45,930 --> 00:43:50,250 And she enjoys visiting Fort Wayne Parks with her three grandchildren. 73 00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:52,870 A fun fact about Tim. 74 00:43:53,450 --> 00:43:59,130 She wants one second place in a flaming fire baton twirling contest. 75 00:44:00,290 --> 00:44:03,010 Well, here you go, Tammy. Show us what you got. 76 00:44:04,090 --> 00:44:08,370 Well, well, wait a minute. Probably shouldn't be lighting flaming batons. 77 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:23,600 Whoever, Moon River as a song composed by Henry Madzini, with lyrics by Johnny Marcer. 78 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:30,940 It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 79 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,320 winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. 80 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:40,440 After a Tepid Los Angeles preview, Paramount Pictures considered removing the song. 81 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:46,340 People described Hepburn's reaction in varying degrees from her saying, 82 00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:50,500 over my dead body, to her using more colorful language. 83 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:55,140 While we wouldn't even consider cutting Mary and Tammy's version, 84 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,900 we hope they wouldn't have anything colorful to say if we did. 85 00:44:59,500 --> 00:44:59,960 Hey, Tammy! 86 00:45:01,010 --> 00:45:03,250 Where to pin is going vacation? 87 00:45:05,330 --> 00:45:07,930 No, the Florida key. 88 00:47:19,390 --> 00:47:32,810 I practiced seven times together. Isn't that amazing? Well, we, as a choir, would like to show our appreciation to both Mary and Tammy. So we have a little something. 89 00:47:43,180 --> 00:47:52,400 It would be up the river without a paddle, nod to Moon River, without Jay, to help us along with rehearsals and corrections and so on. 90 00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:55,220 patients. Very much patients. 91 00:48:04,620 --> 00:48:06,740 That's the best part of being a choir member. I get to 92 00:48:06,740 --> 00:48:07,500 hand out presents. 93 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:15,300 To Hari Nui is a New England folk song, which translates to 94 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:22,380 glad tidings of great joy. The Reverend Samuel Marsden was the first person in 95 00:48:22,380 --> 00:48:27,760 New Zealand to preach. Did I even say that right? To Hari Nui is a New Zealand 96 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:29,940 Folks, don't I say that? 97 00:48:29,940 --> 00:48:30,460 Yeah. 98 00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:32,920 I was like, I don't think I said that right. 99 00:48:33,060 --> 00:48:33,340 Sorry. 100 00:48:33,860 --> 00:48:34,760 It's been a long day. 101 00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:45,140 To Howard and Newy is a New Zealand folk song which translate to glad tidings of great joy. 102 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:50,680 The Reverend Samuel Marisen was the first person in New Zealand to preach the Christian 103 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:56,060 Gospel at the Bay of Islands on Christmas Day in 1814. 104 00:48:56,060 --> 00:49:06,960 His sermon was based on Luke's text, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 105 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:15,620 Reverend Marsen became much revered by the Mayari and was noted for his protection of them against the incursion of settlers, 106 00:49:16,220 --> 00:49:19,880 and for his encouragement of missionaries to continue this policy. 107 00:49:28,070 --> 00:49:31,550 So, did you all notice that when she announced that entitled the song, she said, 108 00:49:31,890 --> 00:49:32,470 hey, hottie? 109 00:49:32,670 --> 00:49:34,810 But that kind of little flipped arthing? 110 00:49:36,210 --> 00:49:40,650 English not so much, but in many other languages, a word changes depending on how 111 00:49:40,650 --> 00:49:41,950 you pronounce it? 112 00:49:42,290 --> 00:49:47,010 In this case, if you say, hey, hottie, newie, you say glad tidings of great joy. 113 00:49:47,430 --> 00:49:49,350 If you say, hey, hurry, newie. 114 00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:53,390 Without flipping the r, you're singing about great sin. 115 00:49:54,810 --> 00:49:56,550 So we're going to think about the great joy today. 116 00:53:08,580 --> 00:53:19,200 Simple gifts. It's a shaker song written and proposed in 1848. It's attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett from the Alfred shaker village. 117 00:53:20,260 --> 00:53:31,240 It became widely known when air in Copeland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham's ballet Appellation Spring, which premiered in 1944. 118 00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:38,460 This American classic is sent soaring in this joyful and energetic arrangement that tugs 119 00:53:38,460 --> 00:53:41,140 at the heart and thrills the soul. 120 00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:45,920 Several shaker manuscripts indicate this is a dancing song. 121 00:53:46,580 --> 00:53:52,100 When the traditional dances performed, each dancer ends up where they started because 122 00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:54,500 they have come round right. 123 00:53:55,540 --> 00:54:01,540 It has to be thinking about there once was a restaurant owner who would regularly go into 124 00:54:01,540 --> 00:54:05,520 the restaurant across the street to mess with this competitor's head. 125 00:54:06,180 --> 00:54:11,520 He started out small, changing the salt and the salt shakers for sugar, and progressively 126 00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:12,700 more substantial. 127 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:19,600 Eventually the competing restaurant tricks the restaurant owner caught on as to who was 128 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:20,500 playing the tricks. 129 00:54:20,500 --> 00:54:27,240 The tricks they were discovered this one day when he came to the front door of his own restaurant, 130 00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:32,360 and a note was posted on the front door reading, see how you like it. 131 00:54:32,740 --> 00:54:40,240 As he walked inside and saw that all the furniture had been flipped, it appeared the tables have turned. 132 00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:42,520 Or 133 00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:52,680 did Fiddler William Hamilton Steps playing Bona Parts Retreat? 134 00:58:53,340 --> 00:58:58,800 This recording became a touchstone in American culture, and it was inducted in 2016 135 00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:03,120 into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. 136 00:59:03,940 --> 00:59:09,060 Steps version of the song was used as a major component of Aaron Copeland's orchestral 137 00:59:09,060 --> 00:59:12,880 composition, ho-down from the ballet rodeo. 138 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:20,320 It has also received use in television and film, including the American TV ad campaign, 139 00:59:20,940 --> 00:59:21,160 Beef. 140 00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:22,660 It's what's for dinner. 141 00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:28,780 Speaking of hold-downs, did you hear about the Cowboy's favorite subject in school? 142 00:59:29,380 --> 00:59:30,020 No, no. 143 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:32,820 It's math! 144 00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:34,720 They just love rounding! 145 01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:14,100 Thank you for our director, Jay. We didn't wave as arms to death, I don't know what it 146 01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:21,560 is. 147 01:04:21,620 --> 01:04:32,700 It's a nonprofit organization whose object is to promote music, expand the performance ability of musicians, and to perform for gatherings in and around the community. 148 01:04:33,380 --> 01:04:38,040 As a nonprofit, we are incredibly appreciative of any donation we receive. 149 01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:43,480 One new piece of music can cost anywhere from $120 to $200. 150 01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:47,440 If you're able to dare, there we buckets at the exits. 151 01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:49,900 So please, thank you so much for coming. 152 01:04:50,060 --> 01:04:51,220 We really appreciate it. 153 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,240 I have a wonderful afternoon, Jay. 154 01:04:55,340 --> 01:04:55,960 Yes, thanks again. 155 01:04:56,100 --> 01:05:00,080 I just wanted to say, when I first proposed one piano forehands, 156 01:05:00,620 --> 01:05:02,940 some of these things as board was not so convinced. 157 01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,320 Took some tips and talking into, 158 01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:10,680 but with too much marvelous accompanist over here. 159 01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:17,260 in addition to coming to every rehearsal which Mary did for us. Mary's our rehearsal 160 01:05:17,260 --> 01:05:22,300 coming as well. And then Tammy came to several additional rehearsals. They spent hours 161 01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:27,260 outside practicing these songs so that they could play them for us. And I am truly 162 01:05:27,260 --> 01:05:32,480 appreciative of you too especially. The choir's amazing. They're awesome. They know how much 163 01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:37,220 I appreciate them. I tell them all the time. I try to, anyway. But I don't often get to say that 164 01:05:37,220 --> 01:05:39,400 to the two of companies, I appreciate you guys 165 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,880 and your musical ability and making this a very, very fun 166 01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:45,620 concert, very fun and fantastic. 167 01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:47,080 Thank you so much. 168 01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:51,240 And back on Lights and Sound, I think, is David? 169 01:05:51,500 --> 01:05:52,320 Is that right? 170 01:05:53,380 --> 01:05:53,880 It's done. 171 01:05:54,420 --> 01:05:54,580 Yeah. 172 01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:58,680 OK, I didn't want to nod and acknowledge them back there. 173 01:05:58,980 --> 01:06:00,460 Back on Lights and Sound and video, 174 01:06:00,580 --> 01:06:02,800 taking all of that pleasure, I hope you take that. 175 01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:07,980 And we appreciate the library making their space 176 01:06:07,980 --> 01:06:13,020 like this free to non-profit organizations to come and just give fun concerts on a Sunday afternoon 177 01:06:13,020 --> 01:06:17,720 when you could be out doing lots of other things, we appreciate you. There are a ton of snacks 178 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:23,880 if you didn't say them when you came in, there's sweet stuff and salty stuff and savory stuff, 179 01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:29,960 go out and help yourself to anything you find out well in the food you find out there. Thanks again.