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| JANUARY FWSO PROGRAM |
The program began with a musical number played by the orchestra which was written by Leonard Bernstein, "Mambo" from "West Side Story".
Then the "Blue Danube Waltz" was played next and featured graceful dancers waltzing across the stage.
Guest vocalist , Michel Lynche, sang "Sway" as a couple danced the tango. This pair of dancers were fabulous doing all those intricate moves that are part of a tango and not injuring each other. To close the first half, it was time for 1950's bop with a dance medley starting with "Blue Suede Shoes" and ending with "Twistin' The Night Away". A couple bopped on stage and made all the dance moves look easy and a lot of fun.
After a short intermission, the orchestra opened the second half of the program with
"Can-Can" from Offenbach's "Orpheus In The Underworld".
The audience was treated to more tango and swing dancing. Also, Ted Louis Levy, tap dancer extraordinaire, was a delight to watch as those happy feet of his tapped across the stage!
For the last number, Mr. Waldrop said, that the only dancing missing so far was Dirty Dancing and the orchestra started playing "I've Had The Time Of My Life". All three pairs of dancers came on stage and danced to this famous song ending with amazing lifts similar to the one shown in the movie.
This was one of the best Pop concerts that The Travelling Toe has seen in a long time. Beautiful music played by a world class symphony, excellent singers and exceptional dancers. It was like being at "Dancing With The Stars" and "American Idol" all at one time!
Guest Vocalists:
Michael Lynche
Mamie Parris
Dancers:
Chandrae Roettig and Stephen Sayer
(waltz and shag dancers)
Forrest Walsh and Melissa Shahin
(bop dancers)
Patricio Touceda and Sonya Tsekanovsky
(tango dancers)
Tap Dancer
Ted Louis Levy
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
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