Performances

Here is the Norway Tour performance schedule:

Monday, May 14
Morning: A possible brief performance by the choir in the Borgund Stave Church.

8:00 PM Choir concert in Aurland. The choir shares a concert with 3 choral groups from the Aurland area. Aurland is about 15 minutes north of Flåm.


Wednesday, May 16
5:00 PM: The band, choir, and drumline will share an outdoor concert in the city center with other bands from Sarpsborg.

7:30 PM: The jazz band will share a concert at St. Olav Hotel with a jazz band from Greåker High School


Thursday, May 17
7:15 AM The band marches in the scouts parade and takes part in ceremonies at Kulas Park and the St. Olav Statue.

9:30 AM The band marches in the barnetog (children's parade) with the chaperones and choir students walking through the parade behind the band. The band and drumline perform at Kulas Park immediately after finishing the parade.

12:30 The choir joins a local chamber choir at a church service.

1:00 The band (minus the choir) marches with the Sarpsborg Jente og Gutte Korps (girls and boys band) from the fire station to the Festiviteten.

1:30 The choir sings on the steps of the Festiviteten; a civic building in the middle of town.

2:00 The choir, band, and jazz band perform a concert at a local school.


Friday, May 18
10:30 AM The choir performs and records at the American Lutheran Church in Oslo.

The Roughrider Marching Band

Here's the RRHS marching band in the 2006 Potato Bowl parade. Soon they will be marching down the streets of Sarpsborg!

Rider Jazz Tunes

The Rider Jazz Band will select from the following charts for concerts in Norway:

Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis/Carl Strommen
Basie Straight Ahead - Sammy Nestico
Blues In the Closet - Oscar Pettiford/Taylor
Count Bubba - Gordon Goodwin
Look For the Silver Lining - Kern/Nestico
Love Is Here To Stay - Gershwin/Wolpe
Momcat Mambo - Mossman
The Opener - Strommen
Old Devil Moon - Nestico
One Mint Julep - Toombs/Blaylock
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins/Taylor
Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson/Jennings
Swingin' With the Saints - Mark Hayes
We'll Be Right Back - Les Hooper
World's Shortest Blues - Doug Beach

Choir Selections

The RRHS Concert Choir and Madrigals will sing the following selections in Norway:

CONCERT CHOIR

Ave Verum Corpus - William Byrd
Sicut Cervus - Palestrina
Agneau De Dieu - Rupert Lang
Love's Antiphon - Lloyd Pfautsch
Loch Lomond - arr. Jonathan Quick
Worthy To Be Praised - Byron Smith
America - arr. Edwin Fissinger
In Paradisum - Edwin Fissinger
Swingin With the Saints - arr. Mark Hayes
Våren - Edvard Grieg
Farvel - Daniel Pederson
When I Can Read My Title Clear - Shaw/Parker
Amor de Mi Alma - Stroope
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridson
How Can I Keep From Singing - Stroope
A Benediction - A. Rowley


MADRIGAL SINGERS

All Ye Who Music Love - Donato
Over the Rainbow - arr. Robinson
He Is Good and Handsome - Passereau
Fair Phyllis, I Saw - Farmer
Seaside Rendevous - arr. Hart
Of the Fathers Love Begotten - arr. Fissinger
On Slumber Tree - Gordon Binkerd
God Only Knows - arr. Tomas Berquist
A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square - arr. Gene Puerling
The Song That Goes Like This - arr. Huff
Ticket to Ride - arr. L'Estrange
I'll Follow the Sun - arr. Ives

Band Repertoire

We will choose from the following selections at our concerts in Norway:

Amazing Grace - arr. Jay Bocook
America the Beautiful - arr. Carmen Dragon
Highlights From the Music Man - arr. Alfred Reed
Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein/arr. Doug Adams
National Emblem - E. E. Bagley
Nordic Fanfare and Hymn - Jacob de Haan
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro - W. A. Mozart/ arr. Earl Slocum
Rise of the Firebird - Steven Reineke
Saterjentens Sonntag -Ole Bull
St. Louis Blues March - W. C. Handy
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Strike Up the Band - arr. Warren Barker
Valdres - Johannes Hanssen/arr. Glenn C. Bainum
Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew - James Curnow

Tour Itinerary

Here is the itinerary for the RRHS Music Trip to Norway of May 12-19.

5/12 Bus to MPLS; 7:55 Flight from MPLS to Reykjavik, Iceland. Flight from Iceland to Oslo.

5/13 Arrive at Gardermoen Airport 12:20. Bus to Hemsedal, NW of Oslo 4 hours. Overnight in Hemsedal with evening open for walking around.

5/14 Monday. Camera day! Bus to Borgund and see the Borgund Stave Church which dates to 1180. We hope the choir will be able to sing in the church. On to Lærdal and then through a 15 mile tunnel and on to Aurland. Next is a boat cruise through the Aurland and Næroy fjords from Aurland to Gudvangen. Bus ride from Gudvangen up to the Stallheim Hotel on the top of the mountain. This will be the most stunning scenery of the entire tour. On to Voss. Board the train at Voss and travel to Myrdal. At Myrdal we get on the Flåm Railway and take the most fantastic train ride in Europe. A one hour train ride down into the Flåm Valley. Check into the Fretheim Hotel and eat dinner at 6:00. Buses to Aurland for an 8:00 choir concert shared with 3 groups from Aurland.

5/15 Tuesday. A travel day, but first - some shopping. The shops in Flam will open at 8:00 AM for us. At 9:15 we will take a group picture with themountains in the background. The buses then leave at staggered times: 9:30, 9:45, and 10:00 to avoid swamping some small spot when we stop to eat. We spend the day traveling to Sarpsborg through the beautiful Aurland and Hallingdal Valleys. Evening arrival in Sarpsborg, greeting by the Sarpsbord contingent and possibly a local band. Check into the Quality Hotel and Resort.

5/16 Wednesday. Morning practice session at the hotel. After the rehearsal the Sarpsborg group will take us on a tour of the Sarpsborg area including a stop for lunch. We have a late afternoon concert in the City Center for the Band and the Choir. In the evening is a jazz concert for our Jazz Band and a group from Sarpsborg.

5/17 Thursday. The big day! Syttende Mai, the national constitution day. A full day of marching, playing, and singing. The band marches in the Speilerparade (Boy Scout Parade) at 7:00 AM and the Barnetoget (Children's Parade) at 9:30 AM. We will then have breakfast with the Sarpsborg Jente og Gutte Korps (Girls and Boys Band) The choir sings at a church service at 12:30 while the band marches off to another performance. Later, the choir sings on the steps of the Festiviteten, an old Civic Center type building in the middle of town. The band, jazz band, and choir then do a concert at a school late afternoon. The day ends with a hjemmeferie bål (a farewell bonfire) and picnic by the sea. A wonderful day!

5/18 Friday. 8:30 departure for Oslo. Upon arrival, the choir will go to the American Lutheran Church to record and the band will go to the Holmenkollen Ski Jump. After the recording session the choir will join the band to tour Vigeland Park and the Viking Ship Museum. The afternoon (2:00 - 6:00) will be chaperone guided side trips to Karl Johans Gate, the Munch Museum, the Nobel Peace Center, Aker Brygge, Kon Tiki and Fram Museums, or Akershus Festning. (Fortress and Castle) Check into the hotel at 6:00, farewell dinner at 7:00.

5/19 Saturday. After breakfast (frokost) time for one last stroll down Karl Johans Gate. Depart at 11:00 for Gardermoen Airport. Departure at 2:45. Land in MPLS at 5:55. Bus ride to GF.

Watch for updates and photos.

Har det bra!