Acknowledgments
Recordings
“Musical Explorers Song,” by Daniel Eliot Levy. © 2007 Daniel Levy and ASCAP. Performed by Shanna Lesniak-Whitney and Shane Schag.
“I Got You (I Feel Good),” by James Brown. Performed by Laiken Williams, Eric Jones, Linus Enokssen and Robert Saunders. © 1965 Fort Knox Music., Inc. All rights reserved.
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield. Performed by Laiken Williams, Eric Jones, Linus Enokssen and Robert Saunders. © 1966 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Stone Agate Music. All rights reserved.
“Two Step des Yeux Bleus” by Drew Simon. Performed by T’Monde. © 2012 Flat Town Music Co./Ado Swallow Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Bonsoir Moreau,” by Alphonse Ardoin and Canray Fontenot. Performed by T’Monde. © 1966 Wynwood Music Co. Inc. All rights reserved.
“Do-Re-Mi,” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Performed by J.J. Hobbs and David Duckworth. © 1959 Williamson Music Co. – A Division of Rodgers and Hammerstein. All rights reserved.
“Somewhere,” by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Performed by J.J. Hobbs and David Duckworth. © 1961 Chappell & Co./Universal-Polygram International Publishing/Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company.
“You are My Sunshine,” by Jimmie Davis. Performed by Shannon Whitworth and Barrett Smith. © 1939 Peer International Corp. All rights reserved.
“Walkin’ After Midnight,” by Don Hecht and Alan Block. Performed by Shannon Whitworth and Barrett Smith. © 1956 Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music. All rights reserved.
“O’ro the Rattlin’ Bog,” traditional Irish song. Performed by Harry O’Donoghue and Colleen Settle.
“Goodbye to Jenny,” by Harry O’Donoghue. Performed by Harry O’Donoghue and Colleen Settle.
“Kele Faba,” traditional Malian folk song. Performed by Yacouba Sissoko. Recording © 2015 The Carnegie Hall Corporation.
“Wawanko,” traditional Malian folk song. Performed by Yacouba Sissoko. Recording © 2015 The Carnegie Hall Corporation.
All scores reprinted with permission. All recordings © 2015 Savannah Music Festival, except where noted.
Illustrations/Photos
All illustrations of the bus driver, Melody, by Sophie Hogarth. Pages 8 and 9: Laiken Williams courtesy of Laiken Williams, T’Monde band photo by Jenny Lyons Smith, J.J. Hobbs courtesy of Bailey Davidson/Savannah Music Festival, Shannon Whitworth courtesy of Shannon Whitworth, Harry O’Donoghue courtesy of Harry O’Donoghue, Yacouba Sissoko by Tom Ehrlich. SG3: Hand motions by Anouska Swaray. SG6: Hilton Head Island and The Harbour Town Lighthouse at The Sea Pines Resort image courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Visitor & Convention Bureau. Page 26: Backbeat by Larissa Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG9: Grapevine by Larissa Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG12: Lafayette postcard image courtesy of Denny Culbert/Lafayette Travel. SG14: Two Step by Larissa Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG15: Waltz by Larissa Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG17: Port Wentworth postcard images ©Port Wentworth Chamber of Commerce 2015. SG18: Solfège hand signs by Larissa Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG23: Photo of Trustees Theatre courtesy of SCAD. SG24: Bailey Davidson/Savannah Music Festival. SG27: Brevard postcard images courtesy of Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center. SG31: Savannah postcard images courtesy of Visit Savannah. SG32: Irish bog by Roy Mazuco. SG33: Harry O’Donoghue courtesy of Harry O’Donoghue. SG41: Armstrong Fine Arts Center courtesy of Armstrong State University. SG42: Bailey Davidson/Savannah Music Festival.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Shanna Lesniak, Natasha Drena, Tim Hall, Joe Vilardi, Brandon Tucker, Joe Buck, Thomas Lockamy, Ann Levett, Jim Heater, John King, Adrienne Sutton, Leah Nestor, David Harris, Marta McWhorter, Erin Muller.