LAWRENCE WELK:  GOD BLESS AMERICA

March, 2003

ACT ONE

 

"This is a Great Country"

entire cast

"Coming toAmerica"

Guy Hovis and cast

George M. Cohan Medley:  Over There/ Grand Old Flag/ Yankee Doodle Dandy

sung and danced by Bobby Burgess, Elaine Balden, Mary Lou Metzger and Jack Imel

Medley:  The Man I Love/ My Man

The Lennon Sisters (Kathy, Janet, Mimi)

"Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"

entire cast

"Strike Up the Band"

Ralna English and cast

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Myron Floren on accordion

   

ACT TWO

"This is My Country"

entire cast

"St. Louis Blues March"

 

Jack Imel on drums, with theUniversity of Central Oklahoma Percussionists

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"

The Lennon Sisters, with John Bähler on trumpet

"The Sheik of Araby"

Henry Cuesta on clarinet

"American Patrol"

danced by Bobby Burgess and Elaine Balden

Medley:  Maple Leaf Rag/ Pine Top Boogie

Jo Ann Castle on ragtime piano

Armed Forces Medley:  The Army Air Corps/ The Caissons Go Rolling Along/ Semper Paratus/ The Marines’ Hymn/ Anchors Aweigh

The Champagne Music Makers and theUniversity ofCentral Oklahoma Band

   

ACT THREE

"You’ll Never Walk Alone"

Tom Netherton and cast

"Let There Be Peace on Earth"

Guy Hovis and Ralna English

"From a Distance"

Anacani

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon"

Dick Dale and the Lennon Sisters

"Born Free"

Joe Feeney, with Bob Ralston on organ

"Stars and Stripes Forever"

Jo Ann Castle and Bob Ralston on pianos, with theUniversity ofCentral Oklahoma Band

   

ACT FOUR

"God Bless theUSA"

Dick Dale, Tom Netherton, Guy Hovis, Joe Feeney with cast

"Ragged Old Flag"

Guy Hovis

"Let the Eagle Soar"

Guy Hovis and cast

"Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance"

Mary Lou Metzger and cast

"America the Beautiful"

Norma Zimmer

"Amazing Grace"

Ralna English

"God BlessAmerica"

Ralna English and cast, with theUniversity ofCentral Oklahoma Band