Concert in the Park

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Cyberdate: 16 August 1948

Welcome to our first Concert in the Park! The Period:mid-forties; The place: Molson Park, Rosemont, Montreal. And now.... our national anthem.....

O Canada

What better way to start than with a rousing march by John Philip Sousa, followed by the Compunews Theme Song.

Stars & Stripes Forever
sequenced by John Cowles

Compunews' Theme Song
sequenced and arranged by Michael Petri

The following number is presented with kind permission of its author,
Hans-Joachim Roeder

Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46´ (Anitra's Dance) - Tempo di Mazurka.

Anitra
sequenced by Hans-Joachim Roeder

Imagine if you can.... a crowd of hundreds of avid music lovers awaiting the next number. Then the MC announces:"And now, for your listening pleasure.... Evergreen, as arranged and sequenced by Don Carroll. And feel free to hum or sing along, if you are so inclined." the MC would say. And sing along we would. Yes, those were the days. Click on logo for the lyrics.

Evergreen

Then, there was Nat King Cole's hit , the unforgettable 'Unforgettable',

Nat King Cole's 'Unforgettable'

Of course, in those days, every boy was a member of his neighbourhood baseball team and the following number was always well received.

Take me Out to the Ball Game

Although this song had not yet been written in the forties, it surely would have proved a winner!

Blowing in the Wind

This little number always proved most popular with the 1 to 5 year-old crowd....

The Musicbox

People were generally well-behaved in those days. Well, most of them, anyway.

Evilways
(Note: bad number. Looking for a better version)

When these numbers played.... the memories, the memories! Couples of all ages would.... oh well! Memories.....

Paradise Fuir le Bonheur I have a dream

Then, there was this piano player... He would never play for too long, just long enough to make us want more! He would play this little tune then, just disappear for the night. Ah memories! A few weeks later, when his regimental band would return, we would spot him on the bandstand and wonder ..... "what is he going to play tonight???" But that night, he would chose to sing.... some funny little song that would get the crowd laughing silly.... the man was also an actor! You had to be there...... I even remember the song he sang: Cecilia! What a gas! You just had to be there! Honest!

Lively little Number
Puff the Magic Dragon
Tenika's favorite tune....

Whenever the crowd became too quiet , on would come numbers such as these:

The Sting Somewhere
Rock around the clock

When we heard the first notes of that number, we realized all good things had to come to an end. It was an 'Au Revoir'..... till next week!

Auld Lang Syne

And of course, every concert ended with God Save The King!

God Save The King

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That's it Folks !!! See you at the next Concert in the Park

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