It has become my tradition to do a solo show in April made up entirely of requests from the people who buy tickets for the evening. Of course, some people make no requests, while others suggest several song so that I can make a selection. This year proved very special. I began with a list of about 60 songs, but needless to say I cannot sing/play 60 songs in less than 2 hours, so I made some choices.
The set list became the following
SET I
On the Sunny Side of the Street
These Foolish Things
With a Song in My Heart/Unexpected Song
Green Eyes
Hernando’s Hideaway
Fascination
Pieces of Dreams
Don’t Fence me In
Have I Told You Lately/Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Twisted (I didn’t have time to learn the melody, so I “rapped” it)
Midnight Sun/A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
I Remember Sky
I’ve Got the World on a String
Bacharach Medley – Do You Know the Way to San Jose/I Say a Little
Prayer, Raindrops keep Fallin’ on My Head, What the World Needs Now
Yellow Bird
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

SET II
Accentuate the Positive
New York, New York
Send in the Clowns
Ev’rything’s Up to Date in Kansas City
The Sound of Music
Music of the Night
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Dieter’s Prayer
The Rose
What I Did for Love
The Song Is Ended/It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing
You Raise Me Up
Let There Be Peace on Earth

The audience was wonderful – they sang when appropriate, laughed at most of my stories, and hopefully they had a great time. I know that they drank most of the champagne and ate all of the food at the after party!

It was great way to end the season.

What fun we had at Ovations! The audience was just wonderful, and it was a joy to work with Kathleen, Jerry and Aike. Being able to present the music of Henry Mancini is a great way to spend Valentine’s Evening.
The program consisted of:
1) Theme from Peter Gunn – piano
2) Charade – Aike & Kathleen
3) It’s Easy to Say (I Love You) – from “10″ – Aike
4) The Days of Wine & Roses – Jerry
5) The Sweetheart Tree – from “The Great Race” – Kathleen
6) In the Arms of Love – from “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?” – Glennie
7) Mr. Lucky – Aike & Jerry Anyhere the Heart Goes – from “The Thornbirds” – Glennie & Kathleen
9) Baby Elephant Walk – from “Hatari” – piano
10) Slow Hot Wind – Glennie
11) Le Jazz Hot – from “Victor, Victoria” – Aike & Glennie
12) Whistling Away the Dark – from “Darling Lili” – Kathleen
13) Two for the Road – Glennie & Jerry
14) Moon River – from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” – Quartet

After a brief intermission we returned to sing songs suitable for Valentine’s Day including:
1) “Nearer” by Rodgers & Hart – Quartet
2) A Cole Porter Medley including “Begin the Beguine,” “I Love You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “In the Still of the Night” and “Night and Day”
3) Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” – Kathleen
4) “Time after Time” – Jerry
5) A quick compilation of audience requests for favorite love songs – 20 + song references in less than 3 mins. – Glennie
6) “Anything Goes” – sung with the audience
7) Rodgers & Hart’s “My Heart Stood Still” – Jerry & Kathleen Gershwin’s “Our Love Is Here to Stay” – Aike
9) “Somewhere in Time” & Rachmaninoff’s 18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini (it was played by the music box in the movie) – Glennie
10) Irving Berlin’s “You’re Just in Love” from Call Me Madam – Jerry & Glennie
11) Burt Bacharach’s “This Guy’s in Love with You/The Look of Love” – Jerry
12) Four verses of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It” – with the audience
13) Michel LeGrand’s “How Do You Keep the Music Playing – Aike & Glennie
14) “The Promise” – Kathleen
15) Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” – Aike & Kathleen
16) The quintessential Valentine song, Rodgers & Hart’s “My Funny Valentine” – arranged for the quartet (since we all wanted to sing it, what else could I do?)
For our encore we returned to the music of Henry Mancini for “Dear Heart”