[NEohioPAL] NEWS RELEASE: Great Lakes Theater Shines Holiday Spotlight on Area Choirs

[Todd Krispinsky]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 2, 2011

Great Lakes Theater Shines Holiday Spotlight on
Area Choirs During A Christmas Carol

Community choirs from across northeast Ohio will entertain patrons
before performances of A Christmas Carol at PlayhouseSquare.

CLEVELAND, OH – Fourteen area choirs from across northeast Ohio will provide musical merriment for audience members before select performances of Great Lakes Theater’s (GLT) 23rd annual production of A Christmas Carol (Carol) at the Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare. Each thirty-minute, pre-performance concert will commence forty-five minutes before scheduled curtain times of A Christmas Carol in the festively decorated lobby of the Ohio Theatre.

“We’re truly grateful to our holiday choir partners for sharing their extraordinary talents with our A Christmas Carol audiences,” said GLT’s Marketing and Public Relations Director, Todd Krispinsky. “In addition to celebrating a gifted collection of singers, our annual choir collaboration initiative affords an amazing benefit for our audience members, affirms our company’s long-standing commitment to community partnerships and provides a robust and affordable entertainment option for families seeking to create a unique holiday memory.”

All audience members must present a valid ticket to the day/evening’s performance of A Christmas Carol to gain entry to the Ohio Theatre lobby for the concert and/or the performance. Tickets for Great Lakes Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol (December 2-23) range in price from $28-$60 (student tickets $26) and are available by calling (216) 241-6000, by ordering online at www.greatlakestheater.org<http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> or by visiting the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office.

Great Lakes Theater has brought the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience since 1962. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary season in 2011-12.

Dates/Choirs/Times:

  *   Sat. 12/3:        Singers’ Club of Cleveland (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Sun. 12/4:       Fuller Sounds Handbell Choir (Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm)
  *   Sat. 12/10:     The Singing Angels (Choir: 12:45pm / Curtain: 1:30pm)
  *   Sun, 12/11:     Woodridge High School Choir Rhapsody (Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm)
  *   Wed. 12/14:   Bay High Choraleers Choir (6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Thurs. 12/15:  The Men of Independence (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Fri. 12/16:      Cuyahoga Heights Scarlet Angels & St. Ignatius Cat-O-Tonics (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Sat. 12/17:     Salem 8th Grade Ensemble (Choir: 12:45pm / Curtain: 1:30pm)
  *   Sat. 12/17:     St. James Episcopal Church Choir (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Sun.12/18:     St. Ignatius of Antioch Choir (Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm)
  *   Tues. 12/20:   Roxboro Chamber Singers (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Wed. 12/21:   CVC Worship Choir (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
  *   Thurs. 12/22:  St. Joseph Academy’s Cecelia’s Song (Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)

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MEDIA CONTACT:
Todd Krispinsky
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Great Lakes Theater
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300
Cleveland, OH 44115
www.greatlakestheater.org

Great Lakes Theater
Cleveland's Classic Company @ PlayhouseSquare
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