Before the Parade Passes By

This arrangement adapts the song from Hello Dolly for barbershop contest, taking both Streisand's and Channing's classic renditions as reference points. It starts out slowly and reflectively, allowing the metaphor at the heart of the song's concept to speak, before ramping up into tempo. The embellishements increasingly reference the motivic detail of the original orchestration as the song progresses, requiring both mental and vocal nimbleness to carry them off.

Here is its contest premiere: