Roseville Big Band
Songs Played at the Carleton College
2002 Mid-Winter Ball
Led by Glen Newton

WCS=West Coast Swing; ECS=East Coast Swing; SFT=Slow Fox Trot. Songs crossed out were on the original list but were skipped due to audience requests for other songs and adjusting the lineup based on what the dancers seemed to want; songs in Italics were requests not on the original list.

Songs in red are available on the Roseville Big Band Concert in the Park CD and cassette tape.

Set 1: 9:00-9:55 Set 2: 10:10-10:55 Set 3: 11:10-12:00 Set 4: 12:15-1:00

Sleigh Ride (arr. John LaBarbara) (ECS)
Glory of Love (WCS)
Brazil (samba)
Moon River (waltz)
El Sol Tambien Se Pone (mambo; first performance by the Roseville Big Band)
At Last (WCS)
La Cumparsita (tango)
Lady is a Tramp (ECS)
Beer Barrel Polka
Tonight (rhumba)
Cha Cha Cha for Judy
What a Wonderful World (SFT)
In the Mood (ECS)

Dance to the Big Band Swing (ECS)
Blue Skirt Waltz
Latin Fantasy (beguine & samba)
It Don’t Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got That Swing (ECS)
Hot Cha Cha Cha
Chattanooga Choo Choo (ECS)
Kiss of Fire Tango
Liechtensteiner Polka
Fever (WCS)
(The) Last Waltz
I'll Never Smile Again/Dream (bossa nova)

Moonlight Serenade (SFT)
You’re Nobody ‘Til SLY (ECS)

New York, New York (WCS)
When I Fall in Love (SFT; Megan Orwig, guest vocalist)
Girl from Impanema (bossa nova)
Blue Tango
Opus One (ECS)
Three Times a Lady (waltz)
Polka Medley
Pennsylvania 6-5000 (ECS)
I Won't Last a Day Without You (MFT)
Kiss of Fire Cha Cha
Moonlight in Vermont (bossa nova; first performance by the Roseville Big Band)
Moon Over Naples (beguine)
Wrong, Wrong Side of the Street (WCS)
Mambo #5
Jump, Jive, and Wail (ECS)

Fly Me to the Moon (WCS)
La Bamba (Latin rock)
Crazy (SFT)

She Works Hard for the Money
Copacabana (meringue)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (waltz)
Sing, Sing, Sing (ECS)
My Funny Valentine (Salsa/WCS)
Blue Skies (ECS)
Mas Que Nada (samba)

Georgia On My Mind (SFT)
Show Me the Way to Go Home (WCS)

Roseville Big Band performers for this dance:

Saxes: Kay Foster, Bill Frank, Glen Peterson, Dan Desmonds, and Bill Pearson
Trumpets: Mark Lee, Harvey Skow, Peter Davis, and Bob Nielsen
Trombones: Mike Bratlie, Fred Christiansen, Rich Eyman, and Keith Miner
Rhythm: Ann Booth (piano), James Holdman (guitar), Mike Wobig (bass), Jim Foster (drums), and Glen Newton (timbales and vibraphone)
Vocal: Karen Dunn, Diane Lindberg, Kirk Lindberg, Glen Newton, Keith Miner, and guest vocalist Megan Orwig, Carleton senior.

Kay and Dan also doubled on clarinets, and Glen Newton doubled on trumpet.

Songs we had ready in case they were requested:

The per-set formula Carleton requested in 2000: 1-2 waltzes, 1-2 tangos, 1-2 cha-chas, 1-2 rhumbas, 1 meringue/mambo/salsa/W.C. swing, 5-7 fox trot/swing; they left out polkas, but polkas are always popular at these dances. Of course, all the songs in our book were available on request, but the ones below were categorized for those dancers who wanted a style but didn't know specific titles.

Beguines/Rhumbas: Bossa Novas: Cha-Chas: Mambos:

Days of Wine and Roses (beguine)
Frenesi (Latin/Swing)
Latin Fantasy (Beguine and Samba)
Moon Over Naples
Perfidia (Latin/Swing)
Tonight (it could be played as a rhumba, too)

Desafinado
For All We Know
Girl from Impanema
I'll Never Smile Again/Dream
Moonlight in Vermont
Summer Samba (yes, it’s a bossa nova)
Watch What Happens

Cha Cha Cha for Judy
Hot Cha Cha Cha
Kiss of Fire Cha Cha

Mambo Jambo
Mambo #5
El Sol Tambien se Pone
Sambas: Tangos: Meringues: Other Latin:

Brazil
Caravan (arr. by Sweeney)
Latin Fantasy (Beguine and Samba)
Mas Que Nada
Temprana es la Noche

Blue Tango
Jalousie
Kiss of Fire Tango
La Cumparsita Tango

Copacabana

Carnival Del Soul (Latin Funk)
Conga
Days of Wine and Roses
Funky Cha Cha (Latin Funk)
La Bamba (Latin Rock)
My Funny Valentine (Latin/Swing)
Tequila (Latin Rock)
Cuaba

Waltzes: Polkas: Slow Fox Trot: Medium Fox Trot:

Blue Skirt Waltz
Fascination (missing which tenor part?)
(The) Last Waltz
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Love Makes the World Go ‘Round
Melody of Love (Do we have the bass part?)
Moon River
Mr. Bojangles
Norwegian Wood
(A) Rose is a Rose
Three Times a Lady

Beer Barrel Polka
Julida Polka
Liechtensteiner Polka
Polka Medley
Prom Polka

Angel Eyes
As Time Goes By
Georgia on My Mind
Ghost of a Chance
Longer
Moonlight Serenade
Skylark
Sophisticated Lady
Star Dust
What a Wonderful World
When I Fall in Love

Blue Moon
Crazy
I Won't Last a Day Without You
West Coast Swing: East Coast Swing: East Coast Swing: Rock:

At Last
Birth of the Blues
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fever
Fly Me to the Moon
Glory of Love
Hard-Hearted Hannah
Harlem Nocturne
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Kansas City
Mean to Me
Minnie the Moocher
New York, New York
Night Train
Route 66
Satin Doll
Show Me the Way to Go Home
Sunny Side of the Street
Tuxedo Junction (W. Johnson, arr.)
Winter Wonderland
Wrong, Wrong Side of the Street (to the tune of "Sunny Side of the Street")
Your Cheatin’ Heart

All of Me
Big Noise from Winnetka
Blue Skies
Candy
Charleston
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Cherokee
Dance to the Big Band Swing
Fascinating Rhythm
Flip, Flop, and Fly
How About You?
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
Jump, Jive, and Wail
Lady is a Tramp
Let It Snow
Little Brown Jug
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
One O’Clock Jump
Opus One

(It’s Only a) Paper Moon
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Pick Yourself Up
Pickles
Rock Around the Clock
Rock This Town
Sleigh Ride (arr. LaBarbara)
Sing, Sing, Sing
Somebody Loves Me
String of Pearls
Switch in Time
Woodchopper’s Ball
You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
You're the Boss
Zoot Suit Riot

Love Shack
Proud Mary
She Works Hard for the Money
YMCA

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