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<span style="font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">December 2, 2011</span><br>
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<font size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Great Lakes Theater Shines Holiday Spotlight on</span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Area Choirs During <span style="font-style: italic;">
A Christmas Carol</span></span></font><br>
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<font style="font-style: italic;" size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Community choirs from across northeast Ohio will entertain patrons
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">before performances of </span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Carol</span></font><font style="font-style: italic;" size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> at PlayhouseSquare.</span></font><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CLEVELAND, OH – Fourteen area choirs from across northeast Ohio will provide musical merriment for audience members
</span>before select performances of Great Lakes Theater’s (GLT) 23rd annual production of
<span style="font-style: italic;">A Christmas Carol </span>(Carol) at the Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Each thirty-minute, pre-performance concert will commence forty-five minutes before scheduled curtain times of
</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Carol</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> in the festively decorated lobby of the Ohio Theatre.</span><br>
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“We’re truly grateful to our holiday choir partners for sharing their extraordinary talents with our
<span style="font-style: italic;">A Christmas Carol</span> 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.”<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">All audience members must present a valid ticket to the day/evening’s performance of
<span style="font-style: italic;">A Christmas Carol</span> to gain entry to the Ohio Theatre lobby for the concert and/or the performance.
</span>Tickets for Great Lakes Theater’s production of <span style="font-style: italic;">
A Christmas Carol</span> (December 2-23) range in price from $28-$60 (student tickets $26) and are available by calling (216) 241-6000, by ordering online at
<a href="http://www.greatlakestheater.org/" target="_blank">www.greatlakestheater.org</a> or by visiting the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office.<br>
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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.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dates/Choirs/Times: </span><br>
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<li>Sat. 12/3: Singers’ Club of Cleveland <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)</span></li><li>Sun. 12/4: Fuller Sounds Handbell Choir <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm) </span></li><li>Sat. 12/10: The Singing Angels <span style="font-style: italic;">(Choir: 12:45pm / Curtain: 1:30pm)
</span></li><li>Sun, 12/11: Woodridge High School Choir Rhapsody <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm) </span></li><li>Wed. 12/14: Bay High Choraleers Choir <span style="font-style: italic;">(6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)</span></li><li>Thurs. 12/15: The Men of Independence <span style="font-style: italic;">(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
</span></li><li>Fri. 12/16: Cuyahoga Heights Scarlet Angels & St. Ignatius Cat-O-Tonics <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm) </span></li><li>Sat. 12/17: Salem 8th Grade Ensemble <span style="font-style: italic;">(Choir: 12:45pm / Curtain: 1:30pm)
</span></li><li>Sat. 12/17: St. James Episcopal Church Choir <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm) </span></li><li>Sun.12/18: St. Ignatius of Antioch Choir <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 2:15pm / Curtain: 3:00pm)</span></li><li>Tues. 12/20: Roxboro Chamber Singers <span style="font-style: italic;">(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
</span></li><li>Wed. 12/21: CVC Worship Choir <span style="font-style: italic;">(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm)
</span></li><li>Thurs. 12/22: St. Joseph Academy’s Cecelia’s Song <span style="font-style: italic;">
(Choir: 6:45pm / Curtain: 7:30pm) </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">MEDIA CONTACT:</span><br>
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Todd Krispinsky</span><br>
Marketing and Public Relations Director<br>
Great Lakes Theater<br>
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300<br>
Cleveland, OH 44115<br>
www.greatlakestheater.org<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Great Lakes Theater</span><br>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Cleveland's Classic Company @ PlayhouseSquare</span><br>
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