Fruit Flies Like a Banana

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We will be starting the show with Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach then you are in charge of the show order. Please be read to choose a card when The Fourth Wall shouts, “Pick a card! Any card!” Pieces in the first half to be chosen from the following:

America! - Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

A Different Approach to an Instrument - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Flute Blob - It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It in’t Got that Swing) by Duke Ellington

“Fossils” from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns

Pop! - Onomatopoeia by Ramón Castillo

Something French - Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie

Time Out! - Take Five by Paul Desmond

Tiny Efforts - The people could fly by Dr. Alice Jones

Vaudeville - Ticklin’ Toes by Florence Price

Word of the Day by The Vestibules

INTERMISSION

The second half will begin with Skating by Vince Guaraldi (a.k.a. “Gold Medal”). The show will continue also in random order, but this time you are in charge of both what comes next as well as the vibe of the show. Take a look at the color names and titles below so you’re ready to shout one out when The Fourth Wall asks you to “Pick a color!”

WARM COLORS - typically high energy/high impact

Magenta Variations - Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini

Straw Yellow - “La Escoba” trad., arr. by Terry L. Baldrige

Tango Red - Milonguella by Miguel Bareilles

COOL COLORS - typically more mellow and meditative

Bronze Sculpture - "III. Gamin" from Suite for Violin and Piano by William Grant Still

Kelly Green - Lord Dalkeith’s Reel/Sir Harry Flutter by Ignatius Sancho

Purple Shimmer - “II. Andante” from Piano Sonata in E Minor by Florence Price

PATTERNS & PALETTES - nothing typical about this category. It’s a mix of who knows what!

Fires of Valhalla - “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

Rainbow - Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

Retro Vibes -  8-Track Mind, by various artists

And if you super like us and want us to continue, keep applauding at the end of the show until we perform the “Trepak” from The Nutcracker by Piotr Tchaikovsky.

*All parodies and arrangements by The Fourth Wall

Hilary Abigana flute & piccolo

C. Neil Parsons bass trombone

Greg Jukes percussion & accordion

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