Bay Area Little Symphony

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San Mateo Performing Arts Center
                     Michael Paul Gibson, Conductor

Morrie Turner, guest cartoonist - LIVE!
Lawrence Venza, announcer, narrator, and baritone solo

Following is the complete concert (3rd performance of 3 in one day) presented for the PAYS (Performing Arts for Youth Society).  All three concerts were sold out. Over 6,000 school children and teachers were in attendance.

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka by Johann Strauss
                             (the Younger:  1825-1899)
             1. Intro by Larry Venza
             2. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini

Peter and the Wolf by Serge Prokofieff
             1. The characters in the tale...Larry Venza
             2. Peter and the Wolf (click title to play and
                   then view Morrie´s cartoons - below)

View Morrie Turner´s wonderful cartoons interpreting the story while you listen and read the text:
       1. "Early One Morning Peter opened the gate"
       2. "On a branch of a big tree sat a little bird"
       3. "Just then a duck came waddling around"
       4. "Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon the grass"
       5. "He noticed a cat crawling through the grass"
       6. "Grandfather came out."
       7. "No sooner had Peter gone
       8. "And now, this is how things stood"
       9. "In the meantime"
     10. "Meanwhile Peter made a lasso."
     11. "Just then, the hunters came out of the woods"
     12. "And there, imagine the triumphant procession"

NOTE: This concert section is under construction. Please come back soon to read and see more.

Cartoons by Morrie Turner

Copyright Notice:

Cartoons in this section were created by Morrie Turner and are used by his permission. All of Morrie´s cartoons have the following Copyright: "WEE PALS" © 1999 CREATORS SYNDICATE, and may not be duplicated or used for any other purpose except for your personal use  without written permission.