Harmony Show Choir will be joining Linda Eder on the HESS FLOAT during the 99th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia.

Harmony Show Choir to Appear with Broadway Star and Recording Artist Linda Eder

Harmony Show Choir will be joining Linda Eder on the HESS FLOAT during the 99th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. Linda will be singing, "Before the Parade Passes By."

Showcasing one of the greatest voices of our time, Linda Eder’s diverse repertoire spans Broadway, Standards, Pop, Country, and Jazz. When she performs “live” in concert, it is amazing to experience the ease with which she moves back and forth from one genre to another as if she were gifted with the vocal ability to perform each genre as well as all the others.

Eder launched her recording career in 1991 with her self-titled debut album and soon established a vital niche as America’s most popular and acclaimed new interpreter of Pop, Standard and Theatrical genres. She released two more solo albums before starring in the Broadway production of JEKYLL & HYDE beginning on April 28, 1997. As the tragic character “Lucy” in this new musical, Eder blew the roof off New York City’s Plymouth Theatre eight times a week as she belted out her signature songs “Someone Like You” and “A New Life.” Her Broadway debut, for which she was rewarded with a Drama Desk nomination, sent her already rapidly rising star blazing across the sky securing her a spot as one of America’s most beloved singers and dynamic “live” performers. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, “What do we mean when we use the word perfection? The question arises every time I watch the pop singer Linda Eder….”

BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY

MUSIC: Jerry Herman

LYRICS: Michael Stewart

BROADWAY SHOW: HELLO DOLLY (1964)

ORIGINALLY SUNG BY: Carol Channing

INTERESTING FACTS:

• Written for Ethel Merman but she turned down the role
• Role also turned down by Mary Martin
• Merman and Martin both eventually played the role
• Originally called DOLLY, A DAMNED EXASPERATING WOMAN! And then CALL ON DOLLY
• Title changed by Merrick after he heard Louis Armstrong sing HELLO DOLLY
• Bad reviews for out-of-town tryouts in Detroit and Washington
• Major changes made including the addition of BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY
• Swept the Tonys with 10 out of 11 categories it received nominations for
• Actresses assuming the role of Dolly after Channing were Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller, and Ethel Merman
• West End production starred Mary Martin in 1965
• BEFORE THE PARADE PASSES BY recorded in 1999 by Michael Crawford for his album SONGS FROM THE STAGE AND SCREEN
• Four revivals in 1975, 1978, 1995, and 2017
• Most recent revival was in 2017 starring Bette Midler

Someone Like You from Jekyll & Hyde