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“Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon” (aka “The Ballet” and “Make Me Smile Medley”), a nearly thirteen-minute song cycle/suite from Chicago’s 1970 album Chicago (also called Chicago II), was the group’s first attempt at a long-format multi-part work. It was composed by James Pankow, who got the inspiration to write the “Ballet” from his love of long classical music song cycles. The Buchannon in the title is actually a misspelling of Buckhannon, West Virginia. “Ballet” takes up three-quarters of side two of Chicago II and consists of seven tracks, three of which are instrumentals: :# “Make Me Smile” (lead vocals by Terry Kath) :# “So Much to Say, So Much to Give” (lead vocals by Robert Lamm) :# “Anxiety’s Moment” (instrumental) :# “West Virginia... Read on...