Watch here as one of our lovely ladies, Meredith Calton, sings "Santa Baby" ....to Santa Claus himself!!! 

A great triad of traditional big band songs brought to life by Karen Pahl! 

A lively big band number to start off the second half of the show! 

A special arrangement of Silent Night by Michael Howard.

Gershwin's most famous Broadway ballad sung by Karen Pahl.

Big Band Holiday

        Featuring: I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,

                         Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Frosty the Snowman

                  Arr. By Carl Strommen

Big Band Vocal Medley

        Featuring: I’ve Heard That Song Before, I’ll Be Seeing You, I’m Beginning to See the Light

                  Arr. Walt Stuart

Why Don’t You Do Right?

        Words & Music by “Kansas” Joe McCoy

          Recorded by Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman (1942)

                  Arr. Bob Friedlander

 Christmas Time Is Here

        Music & Lyrics by Vince Guaraldi &  Lee Mendelson

                  Arr. David Pugh

Christmas In Killarney

        Words & Music by John Redmond, James Cavanaugh & Frank Weldon

                  Arr. Johnny Warrington

Celtic Fiddle Medley

        Traditional Songs: Monymusk, Christmas Day I’da (In the) Morning, Bottom o’ the Punch Bowl

                  Arr. M.C. Howard

O, Ce Veste Minunata (Oh, What Wonderful News!)

        Traditional Romanian Carol By Dimitrie G. Kiriac

                  Arr. M.C. Howard

A Night Like This

        Words & Music by David Scheurs, Vincent Degiorgio and Jan VanWieringen

                  Arr. M.C. Howard

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

        Words & Music by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

                  Arr. Dave Wolpe

On the Sunny Side of the Street

        Words & Music by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh

                  Arr. Sammy Nestico

Bandstand Boogie

        Music & Lyrics by Charlie Albertine, Larry Elgart, and Bruce Sussman

                  Arr. John Higgins

Little Drummer Boy

        Words & Music by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeone

                  Arr. Rob Holmes

Silent Night

        Traditional (Public Domain) Originally by Franz Gruber (1818)

                  Arr. for Big Band by M.C. Howard (ASCAP)

The Man With the Bag

        Words & Music by Harold Stanley, Irving Taylor and Dudley Brooks

                  Arr. Rick Stitzel

Santa Baby

        Words & Music by Joan Javits and Phil & Tony Springer

                Popularized by Ertha Kitt - Arr. Unknown

Sing-A-Long

        Featuring: Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, O Come, All Ye Faithful

                  A Salvation Army Production – Arr. Erik Leidzen, Dorothy Gates,

                                                                   and Stephen Bulla 

The Christmas Song

        Music & Lyrics by Mel Torme and Robert Wells

                  Arr. Paul Jennings

 Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me

        Words & Music by Claude Demetrius and Aaron Schroeder

Popularized by Elvis Presley -  Arr. M.C. Howard

Someone To Watch Over Me

        Music & Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin

                  Arr. Dave Wolpe

A Big Band Christmas

        Featuring: Here Comes Santa Claus, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,

                         Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Auld Lang Syne

                  Arr. Carl Strommen

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

        English Traditional (Public Domain – ca. 1835)

          Popularized by Arthur Warrell (1935)

              Arr. for Big Band by Bryan Kidd

Our featured performer on December 10th 2022  is a native North Carolinian who moved to many places as a child due to his father’s military career. He began playing violin in 6th grade at E. Cary Jr. High School, then added trombone in high school at Wilmington where he and his father (a tuba player) performed together in the community band.

As an adult, John became a successful architect, but was missing playing music. So, a few years ago he picked up his violin again, practiced hard, and has become a virtuoso fiddle player. As such, he performs on a regular basis with two Raleigh area “Traditional Irish/Scottish Music Sessions”. He also has played guitar and fiddle with area churches.

John is happy to live in Clayton with his two children and his wife (a Romanian native). He also lived in Romania, which has a rich history of violin players and folk music. That is part of the reason he was inspired to master many folk music styles on the fiddle.

North Carolina is the home of a large amount of Irish & Scottish music due to those nationalities settling here at the founding of America. We were pleased to have John join our “Merry Band of Returning Players” for this show.