Director’s Note

New songs that sound old. Old songs that sound new. This is the exciting music mix for our show, “A New Old-Fashioned Christmas”!

You’ll recognize many of these beloved Christmas songs, but some might be new to you. Some of the old favorites have been rearranged to sound modern, with jazz and Pop influences. Likewise, some of the new Christmas songs here have been composed to sound like music eras of the past, honoring sounds and styles from the 1940’s Andrew Sisters, 1950’s Doo-Wop, 1960’s Pop hits, and 1970’s soft rock ballads.

Of course we couldn’t help but include a few Christmas favorites that are untouched and presented very close to their original style.

When gathering music and ideas for this show, we were inspired by a phrase crooned in a standard Christmas song: “…Everyone dancing merrily in the new, old-fashioned way.”

We hope you will feel the warmth and joy of the Christmas spirit in our presentation of these fun, vibrant, beautiful, heart-warming new and old Christmas songs!

Program

• What Christmas Means to Me

• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town

• The Christmas Song

• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

• A Doo-Wop Christmas (With You)

• Candy Cane Lane

• Underneath the Tree

• It’s Christmas Time with Angels We Have Heard on High

• Jingle Bells

• Sleigh Ride

• What a Glorious Night

• Joy to the World

• Baby Boy

Cast Members

Kambria Amidan, Jacob Anderson, Katie Balero, Emma Baugh, Andre Bungat, Mitchell Furniss, Abby Grimmett, Mike Hoke, Jayden Jeppson, Ashton Jones, Caitlin Kreutz, Magan Mattinson, Evan Naef, Quentin Naef, Andrew Neeley, Cara Sego, Aaron-Michael Sintay, Ammon Sintay, Angela Townsend, Karissa Wallace, Mina Wangsgaard