Nightlighters Dance: All Aboard

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine

A Comic View Of The Evening (Page Four)

Nightlighters Dance Club April 12th 2014

Page 1 - Meet And Greet At The Station
Page 2 - Who Was On The Train
Page 3 - Time To Dance | Page 4 - Comic View of the Evening

Nightlighters Dance Club April 12th 2014

Song: Trolley Song

"The Trolley Song" is a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and made famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis. In a 1989 NPR interview, Blane said the song was inspired by a picture of a trolleycar in a turn-of-the-century newspaper.

Blane and Martin were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1945 Academy Awards, for "The Trolley Song" but lost to "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way. "The Trolley Song" was ranked #26 by the American Film Institute in 2004 on the 100 Years... 100 Songs list.

The song as conducted by Georgie Stoll for Meet Me in St. Louis has a very complex, evocative arrangement by Conrad Salinger featuring harmonized choruses, wordless vocals, and short highlights or flourishes from a wide range of orchestral instruments.

When the song was recorded on the set of Meet Me in St Louis, it was done in a single shot which was unusual then and is still rare today.

Nightlighters Dance Club April 12th 2014

Page 1 - Meet And Greet At The Station
Page 2 - Who Was On The Train
Page 3 - Time To Dance | Page 4 - Comic View of the Evening

Nightlighters Dance Club April 12th 2014