PROGRAM

Setting: AAF Advanced Flying School in La Junta, Colorado on May 10, 1945.

Over There opening theme

On the Atcihson Topeka
and the Santa Fe

Opening monologue

Pepsodent ad

All Or Nothing At All

Firestone Velon ad

Letter from Red Cross worker

Everything Happens To Me

Letter from a soldier’s wife

Moonlight Serenade

Cadillac ad

Elmer’s Tune

Letter from a soldier

Along the Santa Fe Trail

Letter from a soldier

Minnie the Moocher

Letter from Red Cross worker

Embraceable You

A Nightingale Sang

All the Things You Are (sung in German)

Coca-Cola ad

Armed Forces Salute

Thanks for the Memories
with Bob Hope’s tribute lyrics and show closing


Until It’s Over Over There:
LIVE FROM LA JUNTA!

A re-creation of a World War II
home front radio broadcast

The show you are about to see is a re-creation of the World War II Armed Forces Radio broadcast, modeled after the shows that were hosted by Glenn Miller and Bob Hope. The setting for this show is the U.S. Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at La Junta, Colorado. The date is Thursday, May 10, 1945.

The cast and crew of the show, which usually airs from New York City, is in La Junta for a special broadcast commemorating the new mission in La Junta: training flyers in the massive B-17 "Flying Fortresses." On May 8, however -- while the band was rehearsing -- the world learned of Allied victory in Europe. The show, then, became a spontaneous celebration anticipating the return of the "fellas" who had been overseas fighting the good fight.

After the show will be a rare opportunity for the general audience to meet men and women that served on the base when it was operational during WWII. One individual will even be recognized as being stationed at the La Junta Army Air Base from 1942 to 1946 who is celebrating his 90th birthday that week.

Please come to the show and enjoy the hour long program and pay your respects to our special guests that served us all so proudly during World War II.


Enjoy the show!

Until It’s Over Over There: Live From La Junta
is a production of WARSTORY.US
43 Gray Avenue, Greenwich NY 12834
518-466-5433
WarStory.us@gmail.com
WWW.WARSTORY.US
 
 

Gary Ferris has been performing historical programs for more than ten years.  A graduate of Niagara University, Ferris also attended Boston University and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. He is executive director of the Adirondack Saratoga Chapter of the American Red Cross in Upstate New York, and holds the rank of Specialist in the New York Guard. He is a volunteer bugler with the New York State Military Forces Honor Guard and an honorary member of the U.S. Navy Armed Guard of the World War II Era. He lives with his fiancee and their collective children in Greenwich, New York.

This performance will take place on Saturday September 17th at 11:30 am at the La Junta Airport (formerly the La Junta Army Air Base) in conjunction with the City of La Junta Airport Days. The program will run for one hour and is dedicated to the men and women that served on the air base during the time it was operational from 1942 through 1946. The performance is sponsored by Liqcrytech. For more information, please contact Steve Fischer at 720-635-7499.