June 17th 2023
Main Line Singers presents …

WELCOME TO OUR SHOW!
Jump on board our magic carpet for a musical ride around the world!
Enjoy the concert – and if you’re so inclined, feel free to sing along!
(Scroll down for lyrics!)
We are always looking for new members! We rehearse on Wednesday evenings and a love of fun music is all that’s required (no auditions!)
Our mission is to enhance our community through music; bringing joy, and enrichment to our singers and our audiences.
Main Line Singers is a 501c3 organization. All donations to Main Line Singers are tax deductible.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR HOST
St. Katharine of Siena Parish
for providing our performance, rehearsal and event space
We love it here! And are so grateful for your community-minded parish.
SONG PROGRAM
- TAKE THE R5
Words by Billy Strayhorn and C.J. McGroarty | Music by Billy Strayhorn | Arranged by Kirby Shaw - COME TRAVEL WITH ME
Words, Music and Arrangement by Scott Farthing - FAST CAR
Words and Music by Tracy Chapman | Arranged by Jake Alexander
Ensemble: Abigail Boyer, Laura Brady, Juliet Breslin-Romano, Kathryn Hershey - ROUTE 66
Words and Music by Bobby Troup | Arranged by Kirby Shaw - BLUE BAYOU
Words and Music by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson | Arranged by Teena Chinn
Ensemble: Laura Brady, Susanne Neubig, Tanja Praefcke, Betty Prescod - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
Words and Music by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips | Arranged by Mac Huff - HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA?
Words by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg | Music by Burton Lane | Arranged by John Purifoy
Ensemble: Lawrie Harris, Emmerich Hauf, Christina Hayes, Beth Incollingo, Anne-Marie Richards - COME FLY WITH ME
Words by Sammy Cahn | Music by James Van Heusen | Arranged by Mac Huff - LEAVIN’ ON A JET PLANE
Words and Music by John Denver
Ensemble: Peg Gibb, Vicki Gratz, Suzanne Sennhenn - AFRICA
Words and Music by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro | Arranged by Roger Emerson - WALKING IN MEMPHIS
Words and Music by Marc Kohn | Arranged by Mark Brymer
Ensemble: Esther Everts, Christina Hayes, Eils Lotozo, Matthew Mani, C.J. McGroarty, Kyle Whitehouse - GO THE DISTANCE
Words by David Zippel | Music by Alan Menken | Arranged by John Leavitt - CUPS (WHEN I’M GONE)
Words and Music by A.P. Carter, Luisa Gerstein, Heloise Tunstall-Behrens | Arranged by Deke Sharon
Ensemble: Julia Bartosh, Joanie Brundage, Kim Carr, Vicki Gratz - SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Words and Music by Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer | Arranged by Hawley Ades - HOMEWARD BOUND
Words and Music by Paul Simon | Arranged by Roger Emerson - HOME
Words and Music by Drew Pearson and Greg Holden | Arranged by Greg Gilpin
Soloist: Juliet Breslin-Romano - ALL ABOARD! (A Medley of Chattanooga Choo-Choo and On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe)
Words by Mack Gordon, Johnny Mercer| Music by Harry Warren | Arranged by Jay Althouse

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
CJ MCGROARTY
ERICKA KLEIN, DMD
LOU PACE AUTO BODY
MAINLINEFREUNDE
NEOGILITY
PHL DETAIL
SAGE REALTY LLC
Dr. Edward D. Latham, Artistic Director
debbie ney, Accompanist
KYLE STRUVE, PERCUSSIONIST
Thomas Alexander
Julio Alvarez
Chris Barnes
Julia Bartosh
Ashley Best-Raiten
Rachel Bowes
Abigail Boyer
Laura Brady
Juliet Breslin-Romano
Joanie Brundage
Debbie Buono
Kimberly Carr
Rori Dajao
Casey Dajao
Donna Dello Buono
Sue Dewis
Debbie Dickstein
Ame Dorminy
Sue Drummond
Glenna Dugan
Esther Everts Bakker
Cheryl Fredericks
Peg Gibb
Eleanor Goldberg
Mary Graham
Vicki Gratz
Lawrie Harris
Emmerich Hauf
Christina Hayes
Kathryn Hershey
Karen Huang
Beth Incollingo
Mimi Kaloustian
Alice Kirsch
Ted Latham
Valerie Lee
Tina Lopez
Eils Lotozo
Courtney Malinowski
Matthew Mani
Cynthia Mcgroarty
Michele Minicozzi
Diane Moore
Karen Morris
Jennifer Nelson
Susanne Neubig
Debbie Ney
Catherine Nold
Natalie Pedersen
Melissa Pomerantz
Tanja Praefcke
Betty Prescod
Lisa Rapetti
Lenore Reardon
Dudley Rice
Wendy Romano
Steffy Root
Suzanne Sennhenn
Barbara Sharf
Joan Stern
Darienne Stern
Maria Stetter
Michele Stevenson
Helen Subbio
Bernie Sullivan
Shannon Toscano
Simon Trowell
Heather Van Rossum
Grayson Waldron
Linda Walters
Jennifer Wang
Kyle Whitehouse
Ann Whitehouse
Amy Wishner
Briana Wisniewski

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DONORS
THE ABEL FAMILY
IN HONOR OF KIMBERLY CARR
LAWRIE HARRIS
JOYCE MILNE
IN HONOR OF KIM CARR
DAVID AND NATALIE PEDERSEN
JOANNE AND BART PITTARI
IN HONOR OF BRIANA WISNIEWSKI
GRAYSON WALDRON
IN HONOR OF HIS MOM
KAREN WISHNER
IN HONOR OF AMY WISHNER
Dr. Edward D. Latham is Associate Professor of Music Studies and Coordinator of the DMA in Music Performance program at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, where he advises some of the Greater Philadelphia area’s finest student musicians. He is a professional tenor, and has performed with the resident choir of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Singers, the Philadelphia Chamber Choir, the Medelssohn Club and the Music Group of Philadelphia. He has toured the world with various choral ensembles and has over 150 performances to his credit. Currently the Director of Music at St. Thomas of Villanova Parish (Villanova, PA) and the Associate Director of Liturgical Music at St. Katharine of Siena Parish (Wayne, PA), Dr. Latham accompanies regularly on both the piano and the organ, and directs multiple choirs of all ages.
Debbie Ney is a Philadelphia-area-based Collaborative Pianist and Accompanist. She is currently the Organist and Choir Director at Resurrection Episcopal Church in Aston, PA as well as Accompanist for the Main Line Singers and Dunwoody Retirement Community. Previous residencies include Syracuse Musical Stage, The Rock School of Ballet, University of the Arts Ballet Program, and The Havertown Choristers. A passionate teacher, Ms. Ney’s career has spanned over 40 years. Ms. Ney has taught at both the college and pre-college levels – including Syracuse, Kutztown, and Millersville Universities. She most recently retired from the Rose Tree Media School District after 20 years of service. Ms. Ney also worked as a music therapist at Norristown and Embreeville State Hospitals.
PERSONAL MESSAGES
Congratulations to everyone on a job well done!!
YOU ALL ROCK!
– Vicki
Best wishes to our singing Angel Suzanne.
– With love and harmony, Clarissa and Nadya
This is our best concert yet!
We are so proud of how hard everyone has worked to travel here!
– The MLS Board
Thank you for all your hard work to make this a great concert!
LYRICS
TAKE THE R5
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard!
You must take the R5
To hear us singin’ pretty on the Main Line
And if you take the R5
You’ll hear us singin’ pretty on the Main Line
Hurry, the old rail cars are comin’
(Better not miss ’em)
Can’t you hear those singers hummin’!
(Pucker up and kiss ’em)
Aboard!
We’re at the station
Better not miss it!
And we will serenade you on the Main Line
Doot doo doo doot doo doot
Hurry, the old rail cars are comin’
(Better not miss ’em)
Can’t you hear those singers hummin’!
(Pucker up and kiss ’em)
Aboard!
Get on the R5
Better not miss it!
And we will serenade you on the Main Line
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard!
All aboard the R5!
COME TRAVEL WITH ME
Let’s go!
Whoever you are,
Let’s go!
Come travel with me.
Let’s go!
Whoever you are,
Let’s go!
Come travel with me.
We will go
Down the open road
We will go
Where high winds blow,
We will go
Down pathless and wild seas,
The world before me!
Let’s go!
Whoever you are,
Let’s go!
Come travel with me.
There are things
More beautiful and divine
Than words can ever tell
There are things
That will never, never die,
There are things that will not grow old.
Let’s go!
We must not stop here.
Let’s go,
And we will not fear!
Let’s go,
I give you my hand,
I give you my heart,
I give you myself.
Let’s go!
Come travel with me
Let’s go,
Let’s go!
ROUTE 66
If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way
Take the highway that’s the best
Get your kicks on Route 66
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well you can go through St Louis
Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma city is mighty pretty
You’ll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on route Sixty Six.
Get your kicks
Get your kicks on Sixty Six
Lose your blues
Lose your blues on Sixty Six
You can cruise
You can cruise, you can’t lose out on route Sixty Six
Well you can go through St Louis
Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma city is mighty pretty
You’ll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Oh yeah!
Back to Song ListCALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I’ve been for a walk
On a winter’s day
I’d be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreamin’
On such a winter’s day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I’m gonna stay
California dreamin’
On such a winter’s day
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I’ve been for a walk
On a winter’s day
If I didn’t tell her
I could leave today
California dreamin’
On such a winter’s day
California dreamin’
On such a winter’s day
A winter’s day
All the leaves are brown
Back to Song ListCOME FLY WITH ME
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
If you can use some exotic views
There’s a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
Come fly with me, let’s float down to Peru
In Llama Land there’s a one-man band
And he’ll toot his flute for you
Come fly with me, let’s take off in the blue
Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We’ll just glide
Starry-eyed
Once I get you up there
I’ll be holding you so near
You may hear
Angels cheer
‘Cause we’re together
Weather-wise, it’s such a lovely day
Just say the words, and we’ll beat the birds
Down to Acapulco Bay
It’s perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We’ll just glide
Starry-eyed
Once I get you up there
I’ll be holding you so near
You may hear
Angels cheer
‘Cause we’re together
Weather-wise, it’s such a lovely day
Just say the words, and we’ll beat the birds
Down to Acapulco Bay
It’s perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say
Come fly with me,
Come fly with me,
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away
Come fly with me!
AFRICA
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in twelve-thirty flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long-forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I’ve become
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
GO THE DISTANCE
I have often dreamed of a far-off place
Where a hero’s welcome would be waiting for me
Where the crowds would cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying this is where I’m meant to be
I’ll be there someday, I can go the distance
I will find my way if I can be strong
I know every mile will be worth my while
When I go the distance, I’ll be right where I belong
Down an unknown road to embrace my fate
Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you
And a thousand years would be worth the wait
It might take a lifetime but somehow I’ll see it through
And I won’t look back, I can go the distance
And I’ll stay on track, no I won’t accept defeat
It’s an uphill slope
But I won’t lose hope, ’till I go the distance
And my journey is complete
But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero’s strength is measured by his heart
Like a shooting star, I will go the distance
I will search the world, I will face its harms
I don’t care how far, I can go the distance
‘Till I find my hero’s welcome waiting in your arms
In your arms
Back to Song ListSENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that all aboard
Seven, that’s the time we leave, at seven
I’ll be waitin’ up for heaven
Countin’ every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take this sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Seven, that’s the time we leave, at seven
I’ll be waitin’ up for heaven
Countin’ every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam?
Gottatake this sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Take a sentimental journey home
Back to Song ListHOMEWARD BOUND
I’m sittin’ in the railway station
Got a ticket to my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thought’s escapin’
Home where my music’s playin’
Home where my love lies waitin’
Silently for me
Every day’s an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger’s face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thought’s escapin’
Home where my music’s playin’
Home where my love lies waitin’
Silently for me
Tonight I’ll sing my songs again
I’ll play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home where my thought’s escapin’
Home where my music’s playin’
Home where my love lies waitin’
Silently for me
Silently for me
HOME
Hold on to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home
Settle down, it’ll all be clear
Don’t pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
Trouble, it might drag you down
You get lost, you can always be found
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Settle down, it’ll all be clear
Don’t pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
Trouble, it might drag you down
You get lost, you can always be found
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
ALL ABOARD
Pardon me, boys
Is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
Track twenty-nine
I can afford
To board the Chattanooga Choo Choo
I’ve got my fare
And just a trifle to spare
You leave the Pennsylvania Station ’bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you’re in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner
Nothing could be finer
Then to have your ham an’ eggs in Carolina
When you hear the whistle blowin’ eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin’
Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are
There’s gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and lace
I used to call “funny face”
She’s gonna cry
Until I tell her that I’ll never roam
So Chattanooga Choo Choo
Won’t you carry me home?
Won’t you carry me home?
Do ya hear that whistle down the line?
I figure that it’s engine number forty nine
She’s the only one that’ll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe
See the old smoke risin’ ’round the bend
I reckon that she knows she’s gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts get the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe
Here she comes
Whoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hey, Jim you’d better get the rig
Whoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
She’s got a list o’ passengers that’s pretty big
And they’ll all want lifts to Brown’s Hotel
‘Cause lots o’ them been travelin’ for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelphiay
On The Atchison, Topeka
On the Chattanooga Choo Choo
All aboard, all aboard
All aboard that train!
Back to Song List
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!
from the MLS Board of Directors
Karen Huang | PRESIDENT
Kim Carr | VICE PRESIDENT
Peg Gibb | SECRETARY
Mimi Kaloustian | TREASURER
Julia Bartosh | VOLUNTEERISM
Esther Everts | BOOKKEEPING
Alice Kirsch | PERFORMANCE
Valerie Lee | OUTREACH
Natalie Pedersen | MEMBERSHIP
Tanja Praefcke | MUSIC
Barbara Sharf | MARKETING
Simon Trowell \ DEVELOPMENT







