Dancing and Romancing

 Christabel and the Jons Christmas Show

featuring the Actors Co-op!  Including Stephen M. Dupree, Amy Leigh Hubbard and Kimberly Pettigrew.

At Lowe Mill (where else?)

 Christa DeCicco, Seth Hopper, Jon Whitlock and Vince Ilagan brought a little bit of holiday cheer to the cheering crowd in the Flying Monkey Theatre in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this evening.

Described as "all Christmas music, staged like 'Prairie Home Companion' or an old-time television holiday special," the band and the band of actors banded together to bandy back and forth.

Letters to Santa read from large scrolls.

Classic Christmas tunes.

All we needed was a little snow.

Voila!  Foam snowballs flew across the dance floor as couples spun around like swingin' skaters on a frozen pond.

Favorite lyrics:

"Biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes,
Put some pepper on those fried green tomatoes;
I haven't seen you in ages."

Memorable sights: a father dancing with his newborn infant, Santa (Stephen) in a duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Christa, Seth playing muted trumpet, hopping couples waltzing in 6/8 time, Jon and Vince getting their solos; Amy and Kimberly singing backup.

Thanks to tonight's organisers; ticket taker; food sales; lighting/sound technician; Bushmills flask; Fred Bread; a late thanks to Shrestha at Surin.

Like the performers tonight, I can't wait to get back to Tennessee.  Hope Christa gets another guitar tuner and lipstick soon...and that she can always find a way to make herself happy (and/or make music).