Songs from Melodia Benefit Remind Audience of their Childhood

The cast, all with ties to Sewickley Academy, paid homage to Robert and Richard Sherman by performing a few of the brothers’ classic songs from stage and screen, including pieces from "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." Audience favorites included, “It’s A Small World,” “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Hey Yvette,” and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” These familiar songs with a grown-up twist were performed by Patrick Brannan ’95, Patty Cook ’76, Ciara Donohue ’17, Henry Shenk ’74, and Rosie MacKenzie Wyche ’93. The performance ended with a sing-a-long to “Let’s Go Fly a Kite.”

 

The cabaret benefited the Mario Melodia Scholarship for the Performing Arts, which affords a talented student the opportunity to attend Sewickley Academy.