I am looking for Inspirational and Meaningful Songs for my Theatre Seniors Awards Night. I don't want to use For Good. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
“Another Day” – Rent “Some People” – Gypsy “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do” – Bye Bye Birdie “It’s Today” – Mame “Open A New Window” – Mame “The Impossible Dream” – Man Of La Mancha “Being Alive” -- Company “To Life” – Fiddler On The Roof “Vivez” – The Scarlet Pimpernel “Wheels Of A Dream” – Ragtime “This Is The Moment” – Jekyll and Hyde “Before The Parade Passes By” – Hello, Dolly “No Time At All” – Pippin “I’m Shootin’ High” – Jimmy McHugh “Look To The Rainbow” – Finian
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How about "Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along? I'm suprised no one mentioned that song; it has always seemed perfect to me for a graduation ceremony.
Keep your morals, I don't have time. Keep your lovers, I'm changing mine!
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Wow you guys! Great list! Thank you all so much. I'm writing them all down. If there are more, please post them. Part of this is for the slide show and part is for performance. My seniors are very special this year.
Being a former chorus/theatre teacher I have had to pick my share of graduation/senior night songs. Two songs that I did that I think work really well are "Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime and "You Walk With Me" from The Full Monty. There are choral versions available for both songs if you are planning on doing a group number. I did these as graduation songs in consecutive years. There is also a "gospel" version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" out there as well. I am including a link to a site where you can find pretty much any choral music in existence including these pieces.
Just PM me if you have any other questions. I miss teaching from time to time and am always glad to help a fellow teacher out! I hope this helps!
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
i REALLY like "make them hear you" for this situation....i think it's better than most of the "upbeat" songs.
i think it's much much better to have a song that works OUT of the context of the show (not something like "any dream will do" where you have to knwo about the coat, etc.)
just my thoughts!
"grace, you're stuffed in a box getting rid of ass plaque. let's face it, this evening is a bust."
I've always loved the lyrics to Anything Can Happen from Mary Poppins. It gave me that type of feeling I used to get when I first saw the animated classics like Little Mermaid or Lion King.
"I haven't got a pail."
"Find your grail, your GRAIL!"
"But it's not missing. It's right on the counter where it's supposed to- defying gravity, my giant cup's gone!"
"Five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes. How do you measure... measure a year?"
"How many times do I have to tell you, it's five hundred twenty-five thousand, five hundred and eighty-five point thirty-two minutes. You will never graduate if you keep basing your math on showtunes."
"You ruin Broadway for me."
"As well I should."