Cast learns to RELY on God

“Plans Interrupted,” An Evening in December 2009, was suitably titled. The cast and crew experienced unexpected interruptions…

Top 10 List from “An Evening in December” 2008

And the top 10 best moments from 2008, that the audience never saw:
10. Watching a herd of men deadlift a grand piano off the stage and back up again.
9. The little boys in kids’ choir trying to do a spellout, getting it wrong (“J – E – S – S – aaaah ! “), then [...]

candid photos from “An Evening in December 2007″

Lisa and I uploaded a hundred or so of our photos in a Picasa web album. If you’re looking for a photo from an actual show, you’re out of luck; we were on stage almost all of the time. And, we dare not shoot anything on stage, for fear of causing a flash that might [...]

Top 10 Memories from An Evening in December 2006

Lisa and I compiled our lists and here are our collective top ten memories from 2006 “An Evening in December.
10. Random vocal track from “Feliz Navidad” out of nowhere.
9. The kids in “Lots n Lots o’ Boxes,” rockin’ out to “we can rattle and shake ‘em, rock and roll ‘em.”
8. Running backstage out in the [...]

The sounds of Christmas are here!

Don’t you love the sounds of Christmas?
One sound I love is the excited squeal of little kids’ voices as they discover: “look what Santa brought!”
One sound heard in my family: the little kid’s voice (mine) as I discover: “look what John brought!…the CDs for next year’s show!”
Our director John introduced the praise choir to the [...]

Mr. Grinch

words and music by Dr. Seuss and Albert Hague
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel.
You’re as cuddly as a cactus, as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.
You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.
You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch. You’re heart’s an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders, you’ve got [...]

The voice of Satchmo

Kevin, who plays Grampa, got a bug in his throat that has turned his voice into a dead-ringer for Louis Armstrong’s gravelly, husky voice.
Audience members are going to say: “where on Earth did they discover this talent, a guy who can pull off that perfect Louis Armstrong character voice?”
We’ll keep it secret, that it was [...]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Christmas music goes everywhere we go.
Either we’re replaying a past musical, or we’re trying to ingrain the upcoming 2005 musical into our brains.
Lisa has a 2005 CD in her room, and one in each car.
So prevalent is the music, that Pam doesn’t think twice when she hears it, especially when she switches cars with me.
So, [...]