A Winter's Tale

Toby Johnson Middle School’s

A Winter’s Tale

Featuring:
Jaguar Jazz Band
Franklin High Jazz Band
7th Grade Concert Band
8th Grade Symphonic Band

Directed by
Anthony Marvelli

&
Matthew Mackey

A Winter’s Tale

At Seven Post Meridiem
On the Eleventh Day of December, 2018
Toby Johnson Middle School Cafeteria
10099 Franklin High Road
Elk Grove, CA 95757

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The Program

Toby Johnson MS Jazz Band

Blues in Hoss Flat By Foster & Nestico
arranged by Rick Stitzel

Feliz Navidad By Jose Feliciano
arranged by Peter Blair

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! By Jule Styne
Let it Snow! arranged by Rick Stitzel

All I Want for Christmas is By Carey & Afanasieff
You arranged by Paul Murtha

Vocalist Isabella Paragas

Franklin HS Jazz Band

Secret Love By Sammy Fain
arranged by Dave Wolpe

Like Someone in Love By Jimmy Van heusen
arranged by Vern Sielert

Madrid by Erik Morales

Winter Wonderland By Felix Bernard
Swingle Bells arranged by Dave Wolpe

By Chris Sharp

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The Program
Concert Band

Jingle Bells by James Lord Pierpont
arranged by Bruce Pearson

Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi
arranged by Michael Sweeney

The Dreidel Song by Samuel Goldfarb
arranged by Bruce Pearson

Jolly Old St Nick by John P. McCaskey
arranged by Bruce Pearson

Ode to Joy by Ludwig Van Beethoven
arranged by Bruce Pearson

Symphonic Band

Celtic Bell Carol by Mykola Leontovych
arranged by Robert W. Smith

In the Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst
arranged by Jack Bullock

Up on a Haunted Housetop by Benjamin Hanby
arranged by Scott Watson

Narration by Tom Funk

Christmas Fanfares arranged by Todd Stalter

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Program Notes

Jingle Bells-is one of the best-known and

commonly sung American songs in the world. It was
written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and
published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh"
in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was
originally written to be sung by a Sunday school
choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it
was much too ‘racy" (and secular) to be sung by a
children's church choir in the days it was written.

Although originally intended for the Thanksgiving
season, and having no connection to Christmas, it
became associated with Christmas music and the
holiday season in general decades after it was first
performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857.
Some area choirs adopted it as part of their repertoire
in the 1860s and 1870s, and it was featured in a variety
of parlor song and college anthologies in the 1880s. It
was first recorded in 1889 on an Edison cylinder.

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Program Notes (cont.)

Christmas Time is Here-This piano-based piece

has become a Christmas favorite thanks to its use on
the 1965 TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, where
the Peanuts characters sing the song. The vocal
version runs 2:47, while an instrumental version goes
6:07. Vince Guaraldi, who composed the tune, also
wrote the score for the special, which is the famous
Peanuts theme music (the song is actually called
“Linus and Lucy"). Using jazz in a children's special
was very unusual, but it was a brilliant choice, helping
the special appeal to both kids and adults.

Originally, this was an instrumental piece that Vince
Guaraldi wrote to open A Charlie Brown Christmas.
About a month before it aired, Lee Mendelson, who
produced the special, decided it might work better
with some words, so he wrote the lyric in about 10
minutes sitting at his kitchen table. “It was a poem
that just came to me," he told PRI in 2014. “Never
changed the words to this day. It was only about a
minute long."

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Program Notes (cont.)

The Dreidel Song-The lyricist for the English

version is Samuel S. Grossman(1896) and the composer
of the English version is listed as Samuel E. Goldfarb
(also S. E. Goldfarb). The Yiddish version was both
written and composed by Mikhl Gelbart, but he listed
the author as Ben Arn, a pseudonym referring to
himself as the son of Aaron. There is a question about
who composed this music, as the melody for both the
Yiddish and the English versions are precisely the
same. The meaning of the lyrics to the Yiddish and
English versions is largely the same. However, in
English the singer sings about a dreidel, whereas in
the Kafkaesque original Judeo-German version, the
singer is the four-sided spinning top made out of
‘blay’, which is lead. The original version is
historically accurate. In the English version the singer
has a four-sided spinning top made out of clay, yet
clay is not easily spun.

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Program Notes (cont.)

Jolly Old St. Nick-is a Christmas song that

originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller
(1833-1913), published as “Lilly's Secret" in The Little
Corporal Magazine in December 1865. The song's
lyrics have also been attributed to Benjamin Hanby,
who wrote a similar song in the 1860s, Up on the
Housetop. However, the lyrics now in common use
closely resemble Miller's 1865 poem.

The music has been attributed to John Piersol
McCaskey, a school principal and former Mayor of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who claimed to have written
the song in 1867. The “Johnny" mentioned in the song
who wants a pair of skates is McCaskey's late son,
John, who died as a child.

Ode to Joy-is an ode written in the summer of 1785

by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich
Schiller and published the following year in Thalia. A
slightly revised version appeared in 1808, changing
two lines of the first and omitting the last stanza.

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Program Notes (cont.)

“Ode to Joy" is best known for its use by Ludwig van
Beethoven in the final (fourth) movement of his Ninth
Symphony, completed in 1824. Beethoven's text is not
based entirely on Schiller's poem, and introduces a
few new sections. His tune (but not Schiller's words)
was adopted as the Anthem of Europe by the Council
of Europe in 1972 and subsequently by the European
Union.

Celtic Bell Carol-is a popular Christmas carol, with

music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in
1914 and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is
based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk".
Wilhousky's lyrics are under copyright protection
(owned by Carl Fischer Music); the music is in the
public domain.

The music is based on a four-note ostinato. It has
been performed in many genres: classical, metal, jazz,
country music, rock, and pop. The piece has also been
featured in films, television shows, and parodies.

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Program Notes (cont.)

In the Bleak Midwinter-is a Christmas carol based

on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti.
The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas
Carol", in the January 1872 issue of Scribner's
Monthly. The poem first appeared set to music in The
English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Gustav
Holst. Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) was an English
composer, arranger and teacher. He began composing
when he was about twelve. He served as a church
organist and choirmaster. When neuritis in his hand
forced him away from the keyboard he made a living
as an orchestral trombonist before attaining success as
a composer.

Up on a Haunted Housetop-Lyrics:

Once on a spooky Christmas eve, As Santa was
making deliveries; A fog rolled in and howls rang out,
As Santa landed on a haunted house!
Oh, oh, no! I wouldn’t go! Oh, oh, no! What’s that in
the snow? Up on the housetop, creak, creak, creak.
Now from the chimney comes a shriek!

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Program Notes (cont.)

The reindeer were scared and wanted to fly, but Santa
stayed calm and went inside, Down through the
chimney with Old St. Nick, even a ghost would
consider that a trick!
Oh, oh, no! I wouldn’t go! Oh, oh, no! What’s that in
the snow? Up on the housetop, reindeer shake, afraid
that dear Santa’s made a big………..mis-take!
Down in the old house St. Nicholas explored. The
creaking he’d heard was just a loose floor board. The
shriek from the chimney must’ve been the kitten
standing by the fireplace, drinking milk, when Santa
made his landing!
There were stockings on the mantle that Santa stuffed
with toys, Dolls for the little girls and games for the
boys. “This house was old” thought Santa, “a bit in
disrepair.” “But certainly the spirit of Christmas was
there.”
Santa pulled on the reigns and charged into the air,
the reindeer and he had a good Christmas scare! But
now they knew better for they had discovered, you
can’t judge a book, or a house, by its cover!

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Program Notes (cont.)

Christmas Fanfares-Festive and lively, this concert

opener adds the perfect seasonal touch to any holiday
program. The percussion and strong brass scoring
give a unique energy to the traditional carols Hark the
Herald Angels Sing; O Come All Ye Faithful and Joy
to the World. Jubilant and joyful!

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Musicians

Toby Johnson Jazz Band

Alto Saxophones Trumpets French Horn
Sofia Catudan Koobtsheej Cha Ben Nguyen
Anson Gao Mikayla Kinchion Brandon Nguyen
Madelyne Hom Natalie Fong
Matthew Lorenzo- Clarinet
Tenor Saxophones Fontanilla Ajoonee Sidhu
Minh Vo Alex Kemp
Freedom Champion Rhythm Section
Trombones Abraham Manu
Bari Saxophone Emma Goodwin Anasija Santana
Nicholas Nebe Andre Baltazar Orion Dacuycuy
Joshua Darrington Annmarie Fan
Jasmine Tham

Franklin Jazz Band

Alto Saxophones Trumpets Drums
Andrew Martinez Josh Le Jeriyah Smith
Kelly Chan Sydney Boone
Kylee Wagner Blake Kinney Piano
Tyler Jaramillo Kayla Hom
Tenor Saxophones Zach Villanueva Claire Formaker
Nathaniel Aprieto Peter Baniqued
Josh Borromeo Janelle Gates Vibes
Pak Him Tang Tyler Kemp Aidan Beadles
Emily Wood
Trombones Bass
Bari Saxophone Noel Ngui Katie DeHererra
Riley McConnell Teo Anderson Rickey Fernandez
Caylie Ha
Brianna Streeter 13
Jordan Lyons
Parker Bell

Musicians
Concert Band

Flutes Clarinets (cont.) Trumpets (cont.)
Audrey Au Ethan Pham Tyler Parrish
Anson Chen Julian Ramos Charles Pimentel
Ellyana Estacio Kamryn Taylor Ashneel Prassad
Maxwell Estrella Michael Wanner Tanner Seely
Samantha Horwath Dylan Sobott
Katie Lee Alto Saxophones Joseph Vu
Mia Madhaw Michael Brown
Myrka Montes Ethan Estrada French Horns
Allison Mendoza Madelyne Hom Alex Kemp
Aaron Ng Jia Le Ben Nguyen
Christabel Pantoja Paul Sausman Brandon Nguyen
Nelly Pulukchu Justin Valdez Avinash Vegesina
Abigalle Reyes Rena Wright
Angela Wang Jonathan Yik Trombones
Malia Wong Joshua Darrington
Sarah Woo Tenor Saxophones Roger Ni
Arissa Hughey Jeremiah Jordan
Oboe
Bryce Lee Bari Saxophone Tuba
Mason Bullard Ruben Hendriks
Clarinets
Conrad Childers Trumpets Percussion
Jiya Dhillon Omar Allahdin Orion Dacuycuy
Evelyn Deip Isabella Angeles Leilani Edinburgh
Jayla Kwong Levrovick De La Cruz Travis Hanna
Kenny Liu Matthew Fontanilla Christopher Her
Malachi McNeal Nikhil Kumar Darren Ngo
Albert Mulingtapang Jaden Ott Yahir Ruiz
Jordanka Panggabean Jordiss Smith

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Musicians

Symphonic Band

Flutes Bass Clarinets French Horns
Sofia Catudan Sabria McClelland Andre Baltazar
Annmarie Fan Grace Torrence
William Lam Trombones
Elizabeth Ortiz Alto Saxophones Chengyi Li
Esteban Ortiz Adolf Capuras Adam Meland
Tu-Leann Mai Justin Chu
Bronte Rosner Zhoeebelle Fadrigon Euphonium
Kyler Tran Anson Gao Johahn Barney
Abigail Umali Andrew Roachell Emma Goodwin
Gabrielle Warchola
Bari Saxophone Tuba
Oboe Dylan Cubbage Erfan Aryan
Freedom Champion Zachary Pollack
Jasmine Tham Trumpets
Ali Ahmed Percussion
Clarinets Davis Arnold Isaiah Banayat
Emma Diala Koobtsheej Cha Maddux Garcia
Jahcelyn Guerra- Ty Clark Ethan Habbestad
Espiritu Natalie Fong Abraham Manu
Lucy Luu Abraham Gutierrez Johann Nebe
Justin Ma Liliana Herrera Justin Ramos
Ajoonee Sidhu Ewan Jensen Anajiah Santana
Minh Vo Mikayla Kinchion Amelia Sharpp
Sienna Lawrence
Ben Tu

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Acknowledgements

Without the following team members, it would not be possible to
provide a quality music education to the students of Toby Johnson.
Thank you all for your continued support of The Jaguar Band!

School Board Office Staff
Nancy Chaires Espinoza, President Jasbir Bhupal, Secretary
Beth Albiani, Clerk Robin Valle, Data Processor
Carmine S. Forcina Alejandra Ferriolli, Technician
Chet Madison, Sr. Susan Bainter, Technician
Dr. Crystal Martinez-Alire Tyesha Ross, Technician
Anthony “Tony” Perez Deana Tillman, Technician
Bobbie Singh-Allen
Site Controller
District Administration Sheila Runyon
Christopher R. Hoffman,
Superintendent School Custodians
Mark Cerutti – Deputy Rubelio Marroquin
Superintendent, Ed. Services and Henry Ly
Schools Eric Saechao
Craig Murray – Asst. Superintendent,
Sec. Ed. High School Band Director
Melanie Dopson, Ed.D – Director, Sec. Matthew Mackey
Ed.
John Dixon, Ed.D – Director, Sec. Ed. Elementary Band Directors
Amy Besler, Ed. D – Director, Sec. Ed. Carolyn Roberts
Marion Umgelter
Site Administration
Patrick McDougall, Principal VAPA Team
Dolores Moore, Vice Principal Dana La Chapelle, Department
Jon Hall, Vice Principal Chair
Corinne Garcia, Theatre Arts
School Counselors Jaime Shilen, Art/Adv. Art
Eileen Baclig, Hornets Laura Zhu, Photoshop
Nicole Harada, Aggies
Julie Munguia, Tigers 16