Summer Pops Westerly '26

The Chorus of Westerly, the Pops Festival Orchestra, and Fireworks by Grucci celebrate the arrival of summer on Saturday night, June 20, in Westerly's Wilcox Park for the 45th Annual Summer Pops! This free event, great for the entire family, features music of stage, screen, film, opera, and patriotic favorites along special Guest Tenor and Actor Brian Cheney. The pre-show begins at 6:15 pm and the main show at 8 pm. Rain date is Sunday, June 21. Blankets can be put down and left in Wilcox Park to reserve a spot beginning at 5 pm on Friday, June 19.
More info at:
https://www.chorusofwesterly.org/summer-pops
THE PROGRAM
*Program is subject to change or adjustment at any time, especially if weather is a factor*
PRE-SHOW at 6:15 PM
Featuring
PIANIST BOB MALONE
THE WESTERLY MORRIS MEN
THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL STARS
MAIN SHOW at 8 PM
THE CHORUS OF WESTERLY
THE POPS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
TAYLOR SWIFT MEDLEY
Arranged by John Tafone
Celebrating America's 250th
THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
John Philip Sousa
THE ARMED FORCES SALUTE
Arranged by Robert W. Lowden & Joyce Eilers Bacak
HOMEWARD BOUND
Marta Keen • Arranged by Mack Wilberg
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Arranged by John Rutter
THE RAIDERS MARCH
John Williams
MUSICALS MEDLEY
Arranged by John Tafone
Phantom • Master of the House • Hard Knock Life
Cabaret • Be Our Guest
– INTERMISSION –
'80s MEDLEY
Arranged by John Tafone
The Final Countdown
Take On Me
Africa
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Don't Stop Believin'
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SET WITH SPECIAL GUEST
TENOR BRIAN CHENEY
UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA
from L'Elisir d'Amore
Gaetano Donizetti
YOU'LL BE BACK
from Hamilton
Lin Manuel Miranda
Arranged by John Tafone
VESTI LA GIUBBA
from Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo
FROM NOW ON
from The Greatest Showman
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Arranged by John Tafone
STORY OF TONIGHT (from Hamilton)
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING (from Les Mis)
Lin Manuel Miranda & Claude-Michel Schöberg
Arranged by John Tafone
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1812 OVERTURE
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
With Fireworks by Grucci
The Artillery Company of Newport
and Ryan Saunders playing the Bells of Christ Church
in memory of George Kent and honor of Doug Rayner

All of the above John Tafone arrangements have been created with full permission from their appropriate license and rights holders for the use by the Chorus of Westerly at Summer Pops.