Classical IPRs Soiree Series continues! Join Tony Bero for a swanky singalong soiree where we’ll hear some great party favorites from the 20s through the 60s!
We’ll have cocktail and snack recipes, plus singalong favorites from Mitch Miller, Gene Autry, Doris Day, and many more!
Put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to sing along this Friday at 8:00 and Sunday at noon on Classical IPR.
Check out the entire playlist below.
Recipes featured in the program:
Shirley Temple
Put some ice in a rocks glass
Fill ¾ with ginger ale - I highly recommend Northwoods Soda’s Wild Ginger Ale
Float 1-2 TBSP Red Grenadine (Maraschino cherry juice also works well)
Garnish with 1-2 maraschino cherries
Polish Roses
12 green onions, cleaned and trimmed
8 ounces cream cheese
3 packages Buddig beef or ham - Mom used to make these with ham
Cover the white part of the green onion in cream cheese.
Fold the beef, not quite, in half and place the cream cheese covered onion in the middle of the folded beef.
Put a dab of cream cheese on the corner of the beef, this will help hold the meat in place.
Fold the beef over the cream cheese in a V-pattern.
Repeat with a second piece of ham
Place the Polish Roses in a vase of water to display and serve.
Tom Collins
1 1/2 C. Ice (about 3 cubes)
2 oz. your choice of gin: Bombay Sapphire
3/4 oz lemon juice
1/2 fl. oz simple syrup
2 oz club soda
Lemon wedge for garnish
Fill a Collins glass with 1 1/2 cups ice, set aside in the freezer. Combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled Collins glass.Top with club soda and garnish with a lemon wedge
The “Virgil” - named after Tony’s father-in-law, Virgil Tye (but it’s really just vodka on the rocks with lime)
Cover the bottom of a rocks glass with ice
Add 1-2 oz. vodka - Virgil recommends Russian Standard vodka if you can get it. Grey Goose also works.
Squeeze the juice from a lime wedge into the cocktail and drop the wedge into the cocktail
Playlist:
Strike Up the Band - Victor Arden and the Phil Ohman Orchestra
Ac-cen-tchu-ate the Positive - Johnny Mercer
It’s Only a Paper Moon - Mitch Miller and the Singalong Gang
Roll Out the Barrel - The Andrews Sisters
Sentimental Journey - Doris Day with Les Brown and his Orchestra
On the Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson
Medley: I’ve Got Sixpence/I’ve Been Working on the Railroad/That’s Where My Money Goes - Mitch Miller & The Gang
Bidin’ My Time - Mitch Miller and the Singalong Gang
Puttin’ On The Ritz - Judy Garland
The Hucklebuck - Charlie Shavers with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Happy Feet - Leo Reisman and his Orchestra with vocals by Charlie Shavers
One O’Clock Jump - Count Basie
Do-Re-Mi - Mitch Miller, The Gang, and his Orchestra
Home On The Range - Gene Autry
Moon River - Audrey Hepburn accompanied by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra
The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
Show Me The Way To Go Home - The Andrews Sisters
The Party’s Over - Shirley Bassey