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Tracks presentation to Action Committee for Transit (ACT)
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Paul Franklin Stregevsky
(Playwright, Lyricist, Tunesmith)
Poolesville, Maryland
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Agenda
I What Tracks is about
II Train songs in American musicals
III What will development require?
IV Three Tracks songs performed
V Questions
2007-02-17 paul.stregevsky@gmail.com
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Agenda
I What Tracks is about
II Train songs in American musicals
III What will development require?
IV Three Tracks songs performed
V Questions
2007-02-17 paul.stregevsky@gmail.com
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Theme
The friendships and love that blossom across
barriers among riders who board at the distant
end of Maryland’s Purple Line
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Time and Place
• 2012
• train platform east of New Carrollton, MD
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The Story
• 16 riders a day × 6 months = once-a-day
Purple Line round trip for outpost town.
• Multicultural riders welcome new “family.”
• Wealthy new rider resents train, mingling;
learns that all are “his kind of people.”
• All find friendship; five couples find love.
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Goal:
To encourage people to…
• ride public transit
• reach out to strangers
• break down barriers
• become “lovers at
large”
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Get our Purple Line built!
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Earlier Efforts
1999: Marriage At Work 2002: Rail Ties
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Multicultural Cast of 20
South
Asian or
Middle
Asian Black Latino Eastern White
( )
3 6 or 7 3 3 5
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The Men
Duran Mike Pierre David Peter
Sam Runil José Rudy
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The Women
Helena Rosie Celia Melanie Sholeh An
Carla Shanti Lorna Olivia Wanda Bea
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The Loves
Duran Mike Sam David Peter
Helina Melanie Celia Sholeh Lorna
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Song Themes (24 Songs)
• Train Life: 5 songs
(“Third Car, Seventh Row”)
• Friendship: 9 songs
(“With Friends Like These”)
• Love: 10 songs
(“Rather Like You”)
• Other: 2 songs
(“That’s What We Do”)
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Real People; Not This!
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Agenda
I What Tracks is about
II Train songs in American musicals
III What will development require?
IV Three Tracks songs performed
V Questions
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Train Songs in American Musicals
Sun Meet Me
Valley in St.
Serenade Louis
Harvey Bells are
Girls Ringing
The Polar
Music Express
Man
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Sun Valley Serenade (1941):
“Chattanooga Choo-Choo”
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The Harvey Girls (1946):
“The Atchison, Topeka
and the Santa Fe”
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1949):
“The Trolley Song”
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Agenda
I What Tracks is about
II Train songs in American musicals
III What will development require?
IV Three Tracks songs performed
V Questions
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Goal: Production or Cast Album
• …to persuade lawmakers
• …to inspire grassroots demand
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What It Will Take
Task Money Months
Create a MIDI $14-22K ($200-$300 / 8-16
virtual orchestra song-minute × 80 min.)
Arrange/MIDI $4-7K 2-3
incidental music
Sing cast album $15-20K (~21 singers) 3-6
Mix album $5-8K 2-3
Total $38-57K 14-26
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Development Timeline
Piano Arrangements Vocal Local
Recordings / Show
Mix
2007 2008 2009
Orchestrations
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Agenda
I What Tracks is about
II Train songs in American musicals
III What will development require?
IV Three Tracks songs performed
V Questions
2007-02-17 paul.stregevsky@gmail.com
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Showtime!
• “With Friends Like These”
Anastasia | Anna | Chester | Gracie | Liza |
Paul
• “Third Car, Seventh Row”
Chester (as Professor Peter Kim)
• “Rather Like You”
Chester | Gracie (as Mike and Melanie)
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V Questions?
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