Program Books/San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular 2025/San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular 2025 Program

PROGRAM

“Pink Christmas”
Music and Lyrics by IRVING BERLIN
Parody Lyrics by GERARD ALESSANDRINI
Arranged by CHAD WEIRICK

“Step Into Christmas”
Music and Lyrics by ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN
Arranged by SHARON UDOH

“Lux Aurumque”
Poem by EDWARD ESCH
Latin Translation by CHARLES ANTHONY SILVERSTRI
Music by ERIC WHITACRE

“Todo es posible en Navidad”
Music and Lyrics by DAVID BISBAL
Arranged by NICOLAS PEREZ

“White Winter Hymnal”
Performed by HomoPhonics
Music and Lyrics by ROBIN PECKNOLD
Originally performed by Fleet Foxes
Arranged for TTBB by MITCH GALLI

“Wake Me Up Before You Ho-Ho”
Performed by The Lollipop Guild
Music by GEORGE MICHAEL
Concept & Parody Lyrics by WALKER WEATHERLY
Additional Lyrics by BEN BROWN
Arranged by CHAD WEIRICK

“One Light”
Music based on “Tuea Bethlem Dref”
Traditional Welsh Carol
Words and Arrangement by EVAN RAMOS

“What Christmas Means to Me”
Music and Lyrics by ALLEN STORY, ANNA GORDY GAYE, and GEORGE GORDY
Arranged by NICOLAS PEREZ

“All That Holiday Stuff”
Words and Music by ANDY BECK

INTERMISSION

“Holding Out For A Hero”
Music and Lyrics by JIM STEINMAN and DEAN PITCHFORD
Concept, Adaptation, and Additional Lyrics by SHAWN CULLEN
Arranged by DAVID MADDUX

“When Darkness Falls”
Winner of SFGMC’s Annual Composition Competition
Music and Text by ASH

“Carol of the Bells”
Performed by The Lollipop Guild
Music by M. LEONTOVICH
Words by PETER J. WILHOUSKY
Arranged by DAVID LEVINSON

“Glowin’”
Performed by HomoPhontr/x
Music and Lyrics by EJAE and MARK SONNENBLICK, 24, EDO, and TEDD
Parody Lyrics by SEAN FENTON, MITCH GALLI, DREW HAVEN, and LUCAS POLIAK
Arranged by DREW HAVEN and MITCH GALLI
Intro Arranged by DEKE SHARON

“(Twinkle, Twinkle) Lucky Star”
Arranged by ASH

“Lucky Star”
Lyrics and Music by MADONNA CICCONE

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
French traditional melody and lyrics by JANE TAYLOR

“Silent Night”
Text by JOSEPH MOHR
Music by FRANZ XAVER GRUBER
Arranged by DANNY SULLIVAN

“DJ Play A Christmas Song”
Words and Music by SARAH HUDSON, JESSE ST. JOHN GELLER, 
STEVEN MARK SCHICK, BRETT MCLAUGHLIN, and JAMES JOHN ABRAHART JR.
Arranged by CHAD WEIRICK

“Sleigh-hem: Lady Gaga Holiday Medley”
Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA and Various Artists
Parody Lyrics by MITCH GALLI and REV. SAMUAL LUNDQUIST
Arranged by MITCH GALLI

“Bad Romance”
Words and Music by NADIR KHAYAT and STEFANI GERMANOTTA

“Applause”
Words and Music by PAUL BLAIR, MARTIN BRESSO, 
STEFANI GERMANOTTA, NICK MONSON, and DINO ZISIS

“Just Dance”
Words and Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA, REDONE, and ALIAUNE THIAM

“Rain On Me”
Words and Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA, ARIANA GRANDE, 
MARTIN BRESSON, MIKE TUCKER, MATTHEW BURNS, ALEXANDER RIDHA, NIJA CHARLES, RAMI YACOUB, BETTY WRIGHT, JEREMIAH BURDEN, 
and VERNETTA LYNN WILLIAMS

“Abracadabra”
Words and Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA, ANDREW WATT, 
SUSAN JANET BALLION, HENRY WALTER, JOHN MCGEOCH, 
PETER CLARKE, and STEVEN SEVERIN

“Shallow”
Words and Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA, MARK RONSON, 
ANTHONY ROSSOMANDO, and ANDREW WYATT

“Born This Way”
Words and Music by STEFANI GERMANOTTA and JEPPE LAURSEN