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written by	conceived by
Connie Ray	Alan Bailey

directed by
CarolLynn Langley

Published by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

You'll go back to a simpler time and place, 1938 in western North Carolina, as you become a member of the congregation of Mount Pleasant Church where laughter rolls in like the morning fog off the Blue Ridge Mountains. Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe, in an attempt to move his flock into the "modern world," has invited the Sanders Family Singers to the church's first ever Saturday Night Sing. You'll laugh till you cry, and then shed a real tear or two as Burl, Vera, their three children, and Burl's black sheep brother, Stanley, share their stories with you. They'll delight you with some of the best old time gospel tunes ever written as they sing and play their way through the evening. Your feet will start to tappin', your hands will start to clappin', and you'll just have to sing along! Once you've experienced it, you'll understand why Smoke on the Mountain is one of the most produced shows in the country. It's totally beguiling and wildly funny!

Cast
Pastor Oglethorpe -	DJ Stevens
Vera Sanders -	Karen Welthy
Burl Sanders -	Steven Keller
June Sanders -	Katie Hart
Denise Sanders -	Brigid Stegemoeller
Dennis Sanders -	Peter Keller
Stanley Sanders -	Gene Langley
TANYS Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Work to the Cast/Musicians Excellence in Performance to Karen Welthy as Vera Excellence in Performance to Peter Keller as Dennis Meritorious Achievement in Direction to CarolLynn Langley

Miss June Sanders (Katie Hart of Troy) captivates Pastor Oglethorpe (DJ Stevens of Defreestville) as she signs the lyrics to the old time gospel songs her family sings and plays throughout a laugh-filled evening at Mount Pleasant Church.

The hilarity of our story is balanced by a tense moment between Burt (Steve Keller of Poestenkill) and his brother, Stanley (Gene Langley of E. Poestenkill), who has recently been released from prison to rejoin the singing Sanders Family.

Tempers, as well as hairdos, are frazzled following a minor bus accident as the Sanders Family Singers travel to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church for its first ever Saturday Night Sing. To top it all off, Vera (Karen Welthy of Delmar) is shocked to hear that her twin daughter, Denise, (Brigid Lynch Stegemoeller of Poestenkill) ran away from home to audition for the role of Scarlet.

The Sanders twins, Denise and Dennis (Brigid Lynch Stegemoeller and Peter Keller, both of Poestenkill) with older sister June (Katie Hart of Troy) are ready to start making music with their parents and Uncle Stanley at the first ever Saturday Night Sing at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in NC in 1938.