American Rock

Year and Place Performed:
Six Flags Great America - 2000

Director:
Steve Dahlem

Choreographer:
Brenda Didier

Show Captain:
Lindsay Melancon

What the Show Is:

Take a ride through each decade with the music that defined each decade.  In the 50's, there was Jerry Lee Lewis who started the rock and roll craze.  Then came the 1960's where motown and the Beatles took music to another level.  Disco became the craze in the 1970's. Everybody was listening to artists like Donna Summer, KC and the Sunshine Band, and theVillage People. The 80's rolled around, and Michael Jackson and Madonna dominated the radio airwaves. Finally, the current generations music consists of pop and latin music.  





*Performing" Dancing Queen"
in the Disco Section*

disco

Musical Selections in The Show:

1950's:
"Drift Away,"  "Roll Over Beethoven,"  "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On," "Great Balls of Fire," "Leader of the Pack,"  "Jailhouse Rock/All Shook Up,"  "Where the Boys Are"

1960's:
"Sugar Pie Honeybunch," "My Guy," "Can't Hurry Love," "Stop in the Name of Love,"
"Heat Wave," "Day Tripper," "Sargeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,""Seventeen,"
"She Loves You,"  "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," "Baby, You Can Drive My Car," "Twist and Shout"

1970's:
"Last Dance," "Boogie Wonderland,"  "Boogie Fever," "Get Down Tonight,""Bad Girls,"
"Dancing Queen," "Funky Town," "Shake Your Groove Thing," "YMCA"

1980's:
"Vogue," "Express Himself," "Thriller"

Current:
"Amazed," "Larger Than Life,"  "Hit Me Baby One More Time,"  "Genie in a Bottle,""All-Star," "Bye, Bye, Bye," "Livin' La Vida Loca"


Songs That I Sang:

                    I was a swing, so I sang all the woman's tracks which included:
                                        " Roll Over Beethoven "
                                        " Leader of the Pack "
                                        " Where the Boys Are "
                                        " My Guy "
                                        " Can't Hurry Love "
                                        " Heat Wave "
                                        " Last Dance "
                                        " Bad Girls "
                                        " Dancing Queen "
                                        " Funky Town "
                                        " Shake Your Groove Thing " (duet)
                                        " Vogue "
                                        " Express Himself "
                                        " Amazed " (duet)
                                        " Hit Me Baby One More Time "
                                        " Genie in a Bottle "
                        * There were also some small solos and riffs that I performed within the show                


Dancing Involved:

Supremes
The 50's and 60's were basic steps, and this two sections had more props to make it more showy.  Although, both of these sections did have some partner dancing involved.  The 70's was disco.  The 80's was the most technical section because it involved layouts and double turns.  The most current or 1990's section involved mostly hip-hop with some latin type movements for Livin' La Vida Loca.





*Performing "I Need
Love" in Motown
Section*



Other:

A night show was also performed at this Six Flags.  It was called the Silver Season Celebration (25 yrs), and it involved another travel from the 1970's-1990's.  It only involved dancing, but again the 70's was all disco, the 80's was all of that happy-go-lucky Roger Rabbitt stuff, and the 90's was all hip-hop. We would generally perform 5 of the American Rock Shows and 1 of the night show.  So, I can dance all day long for 6 days a week.