New West melts hearts with Christmas spirit
If Christmas cheer could melt ice and snow off winter roads as well as it could melt an old Grinch’s heart, New West Theatre could make a fortune.
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According to me, anytime before Dec. 24 is too early to celebrate Christmas, but ‘Christmas Melodies,’ happening Dec. 1-5 at the Dec. 1-5 run at College Drive Community Church (2710 College Drive South), was almost enough to make me change my mind. Backed by the Lethbridge Big Band, a 20 member orchestra Erica Hunt, Mark Nivet, Kathy Zaborsky, Scott Carpenter and Big Band singer George Gallant, all took turns taking solos and turning heads. The orchestra included including the Herb Hicks Jazz trio and New West Theatre music director Paul Walker. The cast, the girls dressed in red dresses and the guys in black tuxedos supplied beaming smiles, jokes and hair-raising vocal harmonies. Some highlights were Mark Nivet’s high notes on “All I Want for Christmas is You,” which included a strong R and B feel. And Erica Hunt brought a sexy vamp to “Santa Baby.” George Gallant’s version of “Christmas Blues” was moving and one example of the singers being drowned out by the band. |
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