The Alley Cats “America’s Premiere Doo-Wop Group” “With a Little Help from our Friends!” Benefit Concert
April 25, 2013 7:30 PM Edgerton Performing Arts Center The Alley Cats
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Tonight’s program will be introduced from the stage and will include songs from the following list: Song List
Original Artist Song List
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A Cappella At The Hop Barbara Ann Blue Moon Book Of Love Come Go With Me Don’t Be Cruel Duke Of Earl Earth Angel Fun Fun Fun Get A Job Get Ready Goin’ To The Chapel Goodnight Sweetheart I Wonder Why In The Still Of The Night Jump Jive & Wail La Bamba/Twist And Shout Little Bitty Pretty One Little Darlin’ The Lion Sleeps Tonight Lollipop Love Potion #9 Morse Code Of Love My Girl
The Golden Gate Quartet Danny & The Juniors The Beach Boys The Marcels The Monotones The Del Vikings Elvis Presley Gene Chandler The Penguins The Beach Boys The Silhouettes The Temptations Dixie Cups The Spaniels Dion & The Belmonts The Five Satins Louis Prima Richie Valens/The Beatles Thurston Harris The Diamonds The Tokens The Chordettes The Clovers The Capris The Temptations
The Earls The Platters The Coasters The Edsels The Earls Danny & The Juniors Bobby Day The Manhattan Transfer Dion & The Belmonts The Chords The Rays The Platters Timothy B. Schmitt Classic IV Ben E. King Little Anthony Dion & The Belmonts The Platters Vito & The Salutations The Drifters Dion & The Belmonts Don & Juan Frankie Lyman The Crest The Dominos
Never Only You Poison Ivy Rama Lama Ding Dong Remember Then Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay Rockin Robin Route 66 Runaround Sue Sh-Boom Silhouettes Smoke Gets In Your Eyes So In Love Spooky Stand By Me Tears On My Pillow Teenager In Love Twilight Time Unchained Melody Under The Boardwalk The Wanderer What’s Your Name Why Do Fools Fall In Love 16 Candles 60 Minute Man
“The Alley Cats” Tonight’s performers
Frank Romeo - Baritone Royce Reynolds - Bass Armando Fonseca – Tenor 2 John O'Campo – Tenor 1 *Please turn off cell phones and pagers as they will interfere with our sound system. No food, gum or beverages in the theatre and no unauthorized video or photography. Thank You! 2
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BIOGRAPHIES
Mando The "founding father" of The Alley Cats actually started singing at the age of four by performing Christmas carols for The Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mando started performing in grade school in the Kindergarten Pajama Choir and hasn't stopped singing since! He attended Fullerton College where he met original members Royce, Todd and Andre and, soon after, The Alley Cats were born. After he graduated from Fullerton College, he continued his education at California State University in Fullerton where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Child Development with a minor in Music. Royce Royce Reynolds was raised in Whittier, California where he began his performing career at the wee age of five, lip-syncing with the neighborhood kids to Boz Scaggs and K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Then it was off to Fullerton College without a sports scholarship. Then, while walking the halls of the music department, he heard the Vocal Jazz Ensemble singing and said, "Now THAT’S Music!" That's the day he found his calling and he has been hooked on a cappella music ever since. Immediately he signed up for the Concert Choir where he met his voice, and founding member of The Alley Cats, Mando. Juan In the fall of 2003 The Alley Cats welcomed the newest member of their litter, Juan Del Castillo. Juan is thrilled to join America's Premiere Doo-Wop Group! Hailing from San Diego, he has been singing since the early age of three. Juan gained most of his a cappella singing experience as founder and Tenor of the Doo-Wop quartet Heart-N-Soul. Sean Sean comes to us direct from the East Coast, a proud Hershey, Pennsylvania native. It was at Hershey Park that Sean attended a concert featuring a PHENOMENAL guest group from Southern California...you guessed it, The Alley Cats! And as they say, the rest is...LUCK!
"On behalf of the President, I want to sincerely thank you for all you did to make the President's Picnic at the White House a special and memorable day." - Capricia Penavic Marshall, Social Secretary - The White House -
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THE ALLEY CATS America’s premiere doo-wop group are a
perfect blend of musical talent and comic timing. Their interaction with audiences, combined with their spontaneous humor, makes each show refreshing and exciting. Royce, Juan, Mando and Sean never miss a beat as they bring their own contemporary style to the great songs of the 50s and 60s. Together, their freshness and talent make them truly the cat's meow!
While studying music at Fullerton College, THE ALLEY CATS began their musical journey in 1987 as a featured act in Disneyland's "Blast to the Past," a salute to the 1950s. Their longstanding relationship with Disney also took them to New York City where they were featured during the world premiere of Disney's animated film Hercules. Their accomplishments also include numerous TV shows, radio jingles and thousands of live stage performances.
THE ALLEY CATS have performed across the country at
corporate events, trade shows, major festivals and performing arts centers. They have worked with clients such as Charles Schwab, L.G. Electronics and the General Motors Corporation. Their knack for entertaining audiences while sharing information about products and services has made them a hit at major trade shows. Performing at festivals throughout the U.S., they have shared the stage with such notable artists as Chubby Checker, The Beach Boys and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Every a cappella performance by The Alley Cats is accompanied only by the sounds of laughter and voices joining in to sing the melodies we all know and love. They have won over audiences nationally as they relate directly to the crowd with lively humor, engaging stories and audience participation appealing to young and old alike. Tight harmonies, universal humor and unbelievable a cappella energy have made THE ALLEY CATS “America’s Premiere Doo-Wop Group”
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Rural Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed this house at 1460 County Road A in the town of Albion on the night of Feb. 2. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. (Photo by Jeff Brown) By: Jeff Brown, The Edgerton Reporter A house owned by Henry Bratland at 1460 County Road A in the town of Albion burned to the ground on the night of Saturday, Feb 2. Units from the Edgerton Fire Protection District were alerted at 9:03 p.m. and arrived at the scene to find the home engulfed in flames. EFPD Chief Brian Demrow said his firefighters staged a defensive attack on the house fire and were able to prevent flames from leaping to a two-car garage located approximately 30 feet to the east of the house. Units from the Stoughton, Cambridge, Evansville, and Whitewater fire departments also responded. Bratland’s son Henry Jr. was living in the house with his son and daughter. Bratland Sr. said when his grandson returned home Saturday night he smelled smoke, opened the front door, and was pushed back by a fiery blast that singed his chin as the windows exploded. Henry Bratland Jr. and his son and daughter managed to escape without injury. The family’s Labrador retriever perished in the fire. The United States Fire Administration says that more home fires occur in winter than any other season, due to an increase in cooking and heating fires, holiday decorations, and breaks in electrical service due to winter.
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Bratland Home had Rich Farm History By Jeff Brown, The Edgerton Reporter
The Henry Bratland Jr. home that burned down was steeped in Edgerton’s rich farming tradition. “I think it was built in the 1800s,” said Henry Bratland Sr., who stopped by the Reporter’s office on Feb. 8. Bratland purchased the home, located on County Road A northwest of the town of Albion, in 1970. “That was the old Rierson place. Where the windmill stands now there used to be a big summer kitchen on there for the threshing crews.” “When I bought it there used to be a tobacco shed and a little house down behind it,” added Bratland. “That’s where the Rierson boys lived before I bought it.” A searching glance at an aerial photo of the farm taken in 1954 shows a white house with a pyramidal roof hugged by a lush border of deciduous trees, two barns past the trees to the north, several small sheds along the edge of a fallow field to the east, and a tobacco shed and little house out back exactly as Bratland described them. Bratland remodeled the main house when he bought it. “I went through the whole thing, all new wiring, all new walls, everything from one end to the other. It was all brand new. Our three kids was raised there.” Bratland said his son and his grandchildren are staying with him and his wife Rita and are doing as well as can be expected. They’re grateful for the outpouring of support and donations from the community, especially clothing. “The gal from Outreach sorted some clothes for them. That really helped.” His grandson discovered the blaze when he returned home on the evening of Feb. 2, opened the door, and was blown back by a fiery blast. “He’s just lucky he didn’t get hurt,” said Bratland. “He’s got no facial hair, no nose hair, nothing.”
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The Henry Bratland Jr. home on County Road A outside the town of Albion was once the center of a thriving 60-acre farm. Bratland’s father, Henry Bratland Sr., remodeled the home when he purchased it in 1970. The house burned on the night of Feb. 2. (Edgerton Reporter photos/Jeff Brown) Bratland said the fire took some things that can’t be replaced, like the beautiful chandelier his parents purchased to commemorate their fiftieth wedding anniversary and brought with them when they moved into the house in 1980 after he bought the home farm on State Highway 73. “That took about two days for me to get through my head,” said Bratland, who said his grandson kept saying “chandelier, chandelier,” in the days following the fire. “I kept thinking ceiling fan because that was in the living room. He said ‘No grandpa, chandelier.’” Then, said Bratland, his voice breaking off, it hit him. “That’s the one my mother...”Bratland turned, shook his head, and moved toward the door. “There’s a lot of memories there.” EPAC Production Personnel WEpac Board Members EPAC Coordinator, Marketing & Publicity, Lighting, Master Electrician, Concert Program, Artist Relations: Paul M. Tropp Technician: Josiah B. Tropp Spotlight Operators: Nik Zanter & Sean Bradley Stage Manager: Erin Chapados
Ticket Manager: Donna Skau Box Office Clerk: Sharon Wright
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Thank You to our Sponsors!
The Alley Cats C&M Printing Edgerton Performing Arts Center (EPAC) Edgerton Pharmacy Edgerton School District Footlights of Marcus Publications Piggly Wiggly The Edgerton Reporter Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts Center (WEpac) William Wartmann
A special shout out and thank you to our friends, The Alley Cats, Mando, Royce, John and Frank who generously contributed the performance fees of this concert to benefit the Bratland family. 8
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