Videos from the
Tenth Annual Wine & Cheese with
Gilbert & Sullivan Fundraiser,
November 2008

"Three Little Maids" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. Performed by Stephanie Horowitz-Mulry, Patty Gallagher and Valerie Grehan. Piano accompaniment by Stephen O'Leary.

"Little Maid of Arcadee" from Gilbert & Sullivan's Thespis. Performed by Phil Gellis, with piano accompaniment by Stephen O'Leary.

"I Have a Song to Sing, O!" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard. Performed by Holly Sickinger and David Groeger accompanied by Stephen O'Leary.

The Pirate King's song "Better Far to Live and Die" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. Performed by Martin Fuller (Pirate King), David Groeger, Stanley B. Bergman and Andy Schwartz (supporting pirates). Accompanied by Stephen O'leary at the piano.

The Overture from Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore. Performed by Raymond Osnato (melodica), Gary Beck (cello) and Lauren Osnato (flute).
Be patient with the bit of "business" with Barry Mastellone when this begins. Shades of P.D.Q. Bach!

"The Buttercup" from Burnand & Sullivan's Cox and Box. (That's right, no Gilbert!) Performed by Paul Landon Dial (ukelele), Stephen O'Leary (melodica), Raymond Osnato (piano), assisted by Deborah Borrelli and Andy Schwartz (tuba).
In the original play, there is nobody being serenaded. Here the joke is that the two gentlemen are vying for Debbie's affections, but she ends up going with the guy who plays the tuba at the end.

"Silvered is the Raven Hair" from Gilbert & Sullivan's Patience. Performed by Cassandra Lems with piano accompaniment by Stephen O'Leary.

"The Sun Whose Rays" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. Performed by Patty Gallagher and accompanied by Stephen O'Leary.

"When a Wooer Goes a Wooing" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard. Performed by (left-to-right) Deborah Borrelli, Stanley B. Bergman, Holly Sickinger and David Groeger. Piano accompaniment by Stephen O'Leary.

"Poor Wandering One" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. Performed by (left-to-right, mostly) Deborah Borelli, Valerie Grehan and Patty Gallagher.

The Major General's song "I am the Very Model..." with some variations on the theme. Performed by Phil Gellis with Stephen O'Leary at the piano.

"Tit-Willow" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. Performed by Andy Schwartz with able pianistic assistance by Stephen O'Leary.

"Away, Away!" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. Performed by (left-to-right, to start, anyway) Cassandra Lems, Phil Gellis and Martin Fuller, with Stephen O'Leary at the piano.

"'Tis Said that Joy in Full Perfection" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard. Performed by Stephanie Horowitz-Mulry, Patty Gallagher and Cassandra Lems, with pianistic assistance by Stephen O'Leary.

"Hail Poetry!" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. This was the finale of the show.
Cast:
Stephen O'Leary (conducting), Valerie Grehan, Holly Sickinger, Patty Gallagher, Stephanie Horowitz-Mulry, Paul Landon Dial, Stanley B. Bergman, Andy Schwartz (Pirate King), Phil Gellis, David Groeger, Barry Mastellone, Robert Del Monte, Martin Fuller, Cassandra Lems and Deborah Borrelli.