An Enchanting Performance
We were pleased to welcome
back, Debbie Butcher, left, former York East Rotarian who returned to visit and to perform vocal solos at our Tuesday morning breakfast meeting, on March 17, 2015. She sang five all time favorite Broadway show tunes, walking us down the path of Memory Lane. Starting in the 1940s with Rodger and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, she awakened us with her rendition of "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning...Oh, What a Beautiful day"... We progressed into the 1980s to the production of "The Bird Cage" from which she sang an inspiring, "I Am What I Am" Her third, very sentimental song was a ballad from the 1973 musical, "A Little Night Music", in which the main character laments the ironies and disappointments of her life by singing, "Send in the Clowns". With special Spanish flair, Debbie next performed "Man of La Mancha" from the 1965 musical, "The Impossible Dream". In closing, we heard a heart-warming version of "Edelweiss" from the well-known "Sound of Music". Debbie describes herself as a classically trained soprano
and she regularly performs for special occasions such as weddings and funerals. She is a graduate of York Suburban High School as well as Kutztown University where she majored in voice and vocal performance. She can also be recognized as a former Miss York County. It was an absolutely enjoyable program.