Kid’s Christmas Program – The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul

O come All Ye Faithful (O come let us adore Him)
Peter's Confession (You are)
Joy To The World (The Lord has come)

Program

Included the carols:
Jingle Bells (Dashing through the snow)
Deck The Halls (With boughs of holly)
Away In A Manger (No crib for a bed)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (And a Happy New Year)

and a bonus song by the worship band:
Little Drummer Boy (Come, they told me pa, rum, pa, pum, pum)

Paul

Silent Night (Holy night)

The Christmas Music Of Mannheim Steamroller – OCPAC

Video Intro/Announcement by Chip Davis saying due to recent neck surgery he can’t play for a while (and in which he stomps fake snow off of his pristine white sneakers)
Act 1:
Hallelujah
Band Introductions by Ron Cooley
Feliz Navidad
Deck The Halls
We Three Kings
Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue
Messengers Of Christmas
Away In A Manager
Faeries
Good King Wenceslas
White Christmas

Act 2 – This is where the fun really started – the video screen stayed lowered and they played a Renaissance Christmas feast on the upper portion while you could see the band through the bottom half of the scrim:
Gagliarda
In Dulci Jublio
Wassail, Wassail (which is a hot mulled cider)
Carol Of The Birds (projected images of large flocks of birds)
I Saw Three Ships
Video cast member shouts out, “Hey Chip! How about something we can dance to?!”
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Modern)
Christmas Lullaby
Carol Of The Bells
The Fake Ending (with bows)
Silent Night
Angels We Have Heard On High

Cast
Ron Cooley
Becky Kia
Jeff from LA instead of Almeda Berkey
Roxanne Layton
Logan Penington
??? – Some protege of Jackson Berkey…Bobby Kunkle?
And the Mannheim Steamroller Orchestra!

The Alley Cats Christmas Show – Curtis Theatre, Brea, CA

Absolutely hilarious! With some very poignant melodies and humbling harmonies (especially the Luther Vandross arrangement of O Come All Ye Faithful with the Alley Cats Litterbox Choir), The Alley Cats are in rare form as always (they ARE America’s premier doo-woo group), and Toby, Juan, Mando, and Royce have a great time singing (Let It Snow * Bohemian Rgapsody – o mama mia let it snow), dancing (CHINESE FIRE DRILL!! and OMG Single Ladies) and heckling each other for two solid hours of entertainment.

Oh yeah, and I got to stand on stage and sing “Five golden rings” while being decorated as a Christmas tree. :-D