THE WELK SHOW - "A CENTURY OF AMERICAN MUSIC"

September, 2000

1900’s & 1910’s

   
 

"Washington Post March"  

orchestra

 

"It’s a Grand Old Flag"

entire cast

 

"The People Called it Ragtime/ Maple Leaf Rag/ Alexander’s Ragtime Band"

Mary Ann Daversa on  honky tonk piano, Welk Singers & Dancers

 

"Muskrat Ramble"

Dixieland quartet:

Jay Daversa - trumpet

Carl Hose - trombone

Archie Wheeler - clarinet

Jim Murphy - tenor saxophone

 

"The People Called it Ragtime" (Reprise)

Welk Singers & Dancers

1920’s

   
 

"This Joint is Jumpin’ "

The Lennon Sisters

(Kathy, Janet, Mimi, Dee Dee)

 

Al Jolson Medley:  Swanee/ I’m Sitting on Top of the World/ You Made Me Love You/ Sonny Boy/ Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody/ Toot Toot Tootsie/ My Mammy  

The Lennon Sisters

 

Medley:  The Man I Love/ My Man 

The Lennon Sisters"

 

"Rhapsody in Blue"

orchestra

    1930’s

   
 

    "The Dipsy Doodle"

 

    danced by Pasha and Ilona

 

 

    "The Champagne Waltz" 

 

    Tim Padilla on accordion, danced by Pasha and Ilona

 

    1940’s

   
 

    "Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree"

    Kristin Bernhardi, Lori Kelley Cathcart andKenya Caughey

 

 

    Glenn Miller Medley:  String of Pearls/ In the Mood

 

    orchestra

 

 

    "Let Yourself Go"

    sung and danced by Janet Lennon, with Kathy, Lori, Kristin,Ilona,Kenya

 

 

    "Cocktails for Two"

    Ava Barber, with a comedy assist by Jack Imel

 

 

    "Woodchoppers’ Ball"

    orchestra, featuring Archie Wheeler on clarinet, Carl Hose on trombone, Jim Murphy on tenor saxophone, Mary Ann Daversa on piano, danced by Pasha and Ilona, John Bähler and Janet Lennon, and the Welk Singers & Dancers

 

    1950’s

   
 

    "Josephine"

 

    orchestra

 

 

    "Beer Barrel Polka"

    Tim Padilla on accordion, danced by Pasha and Ilona

 

 

    "Bye Bye Blues"

 

    Jack Imel dancing, and on marimba

 

 

    "Jambalaya"

 

    Ava Barber

 

 

    "Goodnight Ladies"

    Jack Imel, Ava Barber, John Bähler and Matt Muhoberac

 

 

50’s Medley (entire cast):  Yakety Yak/ The Witch Doctor (Mimi Lennon)/ Great Balls of Fire/ Purple People Eater/ Alley Oop (Tim Padilla)/ Who Put the Bop (Chip Holderman)/ Hound Dog (Chris Cathcart)/ Love Potion #9 (Tim, Chip, Pasha, Chris)/ Be Bop a Loo La/ Sha-Boom/ Blue Moon

 

1960’s

   
 

Medley from “The Sound of Music”

orchestra

 

"Go Away Little Girl"

Chip Holderman with the Welk Singers & Dancers

 

"Easier Said Than Done"

Kristin Bernhardi

 

"Hey Paul, Hey Paula"

John Bähler and Janet Lennon

 

"Dominique"

Mimi Lennon

 

"Walk Like a Man"

John Bähler, Tim Padilla, Chris Cathcart and Matt Muhoberac

 

"I’m a Woman"

Ava Barber

 

"He’s So Fine"

Dee Dee Lennon with the Welk Singers & Dancers

 

"Sukiyaki"

Jack Imel on marimba

 

"Walk Right In"

Chip,Kenya, Kristin and Chris (also on guitar)

 

"I Will Follow Him"

Kathy Lennon

 

"Surfin’U.S.A."

Chris Cathcart

 

"I’m Leaving it All Up to You"

Chris and Lori Kelley Cathcart

 

"It’s My Party"

Kenya Caughey

 

"My Boyfriend’s Back"

Lennon Sisters,Lori,Kenya, Kristin, Ilona

 

"Da Doo Ron Ron" - Lori Kelley Cathcart

 
Intermezzo
   
 

"Piano Roll Blues"

Jo Ann Castle, singing and on honky tonk piano

 

"American Bandstand/ Pinetop Boogie"

Jo Ann Castle on honky tonk piano

 

Movie Theme Medley:  Tara’s Theme from “Gone With the Wind”/ The Entertainer from “The Sting”/ Love Theme from “An Affair to Remember”/ Theme from “Exodus"

Jo Ann Castle on piano

1970’s & 1980’s

   
 

"On the Road Again"

Welk Singers & Dancers

 

"Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

Ava Barber

 

"Nine to Five"

Kenya, Lori, Kristin

 

"Thank God I’m a Country Boy"

Chris Cathcart (also on guitar) and Chip Holderman

 

"When You’re Hot, You’re Hot"

Jack Imel

 

"You Light Up My Life"

The Lennon Sisters

 

"Boot Scootin’ Boogie"

Chris Cathcart (also on guitar), danced by Pasha and girls

1990’s

   
 

"My Heart Will Go On" (Tribute to Mr. Welk) 

Jo Ann Castle, Ava Barber, Jack Imel, The Lennon Sisters

 

"In the Sweet By and By"

entire cast

 

Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn

entire cast