A Mid-Week Roundup
TONIGHT. The legendary
singer
Liza Minnelli performs. In about an hour, the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra begins rehearsing and Ms. Minnelli arrives later
for a sound check. There are only a handful of tickets left -
so hurry and call the box office! 639-4300.
3-4-2. If you go to our
website, you're
immediately greeted by the best deal anywhere. Pick any two
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concerts in the Classical, Pops or
Symphonic Hits series, and you'll receive the...
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A neighbor-friend somehow got free comp tickets to the show the
first year that we lived in Indy many years ago. I went with my
neighbor the first year and did not know what to expect. We had
such a great time that we decided to make it an annual outting for
the two of us. My friend has since moved away two years ago, but so
far she has always made a trip back to Indy so that she can go to
the Yuletide Celebration with me.
Name: Christine LaForte
Indianapolis
We were taking our places in the first few seats of Row N when an
argument ensued. As is customary for us, I had gone in first,
sitting in the seat next to “the stranger.” My teenage son Parker
had halted in the aisle, making way for his brother Mason to take
the seat beside me. Mason held back and waved Parker in ahead of
him. Parker refused. “I’m not sitting next to her,” he said,
looking at me with feigned disgust. “Oh, yes, you are,” Mason
stated emphatically. “No way,” Parker asserted. “I...
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My husband and I have attended the Coffee Pops Concert Series since
before he retired in 1991. In 2000, Yuletide Celebration was a part
of the Pops Series and I was really looking forward, as always, to
the event. Unfortunately that week, our daughter-in-law's
grandfather died and his funeral was the day of the concert. We
offered to keep both grandsons that day while she and our son
traveled to northern Indiana to be with her family. But what to do
about our Yuletide tickets! After talking it...
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When I think back on past Holiday seasons, the Yuletide Celebration
always holds priority in my rolodex of memories. I'm 26 years old
now and still remember, vividly, my visits to the Yuletide
Celebration as a little girl. The giddiness covered over me as my
family filed through the doors of the Hilbert Circle Theater. Out
of the crisp December air and away from the streets where horse's
hooves could be heard trotting around Monument Circle. Colorful
hues of light radiated from the top of the...
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In 2005 my daughter Heather and I were celebrating being, not only
Mom and daughter, but finally learning to be friends. We heard
about the Yuletide Celebration on the radio, if i remember
correctly and began to pray about going. The money came and we got
tickets and we were indeed blessed. She and i laughed and cried and
then got a picture taken beside the tree, and although i no longer
possess the picture, I will always hold dear that memory. My
daughter has been out on her own for several...
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In December 1997, I was halfway through my sophomore year at
Butler. I had just started taking harp lessons in January, and my
harp teacher, Diane Evans, was the principal harpist with ISO. She
knew how much I loved musicals and pops concerts, so she told me in
November that I absolutely must check out Yuletide at the Symphony.
I balked. First of all, tickets were almost $20 at the time, and as
a broke college student, that sounded ridiculous. I didn't know
anything about the show, and I wasn't...
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Today is my 29th birthday and December 4 will be my 25th Yuletide
Celebration. As I have been receiving wonderful cards and calls
from friends all day, I have realized that my birthday memories
through the years have always been connected to the Yuletide
Celebration and want to take a moment to reflect on my favorite
memories through the years. We had recently moved to Indianapolis
when my dad saw the advertisement for a new type of Christmas show
taking place at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, The...
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I remember when I was eleven years old, I attended the Yuletide
Christmas Celebration in December of 2004. A neighbor of mine gave
my mother and me tickets to the Yuletide show. We were both very
excited because we had never been before because we could not
afford the tickets. I remember when we entered into the orchestra;
I stood in awe of the beautiful decorations that were placed
throughout the lobby and theatre. The decorations were magical and
made me feel the Christmas spirit all around....
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Here's round two from our guest blogger and Pink Martini
super-fan, Jayne Glick. Jayne is a student at IUPUI at the Herron
School of Art & Design, majoring in Visual Communication
Design. She has been a Pink Martini fan for about five
years.
I’ve been a Pink Martini fan for a while and although I know their
albums well, I didn’t really know too much about the people in the
band and how it all began. So I decided to do some research and
share my results. Believe it or not, how they got started is...
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Although I grew up in Indiana, I had never been to the Yuletide
until 2005 when my boyfriend and I purchased tickets for ourselves
and my cousin and her husband. We girls made the boys dress up a
bit giving us an excuse to buy new outfits and "doll up" a bit!
From the minute the curtain went up, I was in love with the show.
We left that evening feeling more like kids than the exhausted 25
year olds who were busting our bums to make names for ourselves in
the working world. Tap Dancing Santas??!!...
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I remember the first time we as a family attended the Yuletide
Celebration, it was the buzz all over, people everywhere had
attended the year before and they just talked with such ah. We as a
family purchased tickets and I remember the warm feeling as we
walked into the Circle theather, I was so impressed and then the
show started, I felt like a 5 year old, I was totally amazed with
the show-I didn't want to miss one single moment. We as a family
enjoyed the experience and afterwards went to...
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In Dec. 2006 my mother and I were lucky enough to score 2 front-row
tickets to Yuletide. It was a weeknight, and it being December
everything was rush rush rush -- hurry from work, to Weight
Watchers, grab a bite to eat and find our seats. Whew! Did you
catch that bit about Weight Watchers. It'll be important in a
minute. Mike Eldred was the host that year (and I would love to see
him come back), and the variety acts were spectacular. However,
when a group of young men started in on a love song...
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My ex mother in law gave me tickets to the Yuletide Celebration. It
was the first time my 10 yr old daughter had been to a "formal"
theatre. It snowed that night, and of course we did the walk around
the circle to see the lights. She fell in love with Theatre after
that. She is now a Theatre design student at Ball State
University.
Name: Melissa Oconnor
City: Indianapolis
When our daughters we little, 5, 8,and 11 ( they are now 25, 28,
and 31) my husband got tickets through his work and we went to our
first Yuletide event. The girls and I got all dressed up and we
"encouraged" him to as well. hehe. We drove downtown and we were
just mesmerized by what we saw. The girls started asking the next
year about the first of november are we going to the Yuletide
daddy? So for many years that was our annual event for the
holidays. The girls would love getting dressed up...
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A couple years ago my husband asked me if I wanted to go to the
Yuletide Celebration. Little did I know I would want this to be an
annual family outing from that moment on. He had got the tickets
through his work and we made a date night out of it and I left so
amazingly surprised. I never dreamed how beautiful and entertaining
that evening would be. I enjoyed every moment of it and would be so
excited to win tickets to it this year. Unfortunately we have been
unable to return an if I won this...
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My memories go way back to when my grandmother Alberta Eaton used
to take us to the symphony. We used to attend church as a large
family first and then make our way down town to see the Yuletide
Celebration. From pulling up on the circle and walking into the
crowded pavilion we always knew we were in for a great show.
Alberta would always go out of her way and get us tickets up front
close to the stage. As the show started us grandkids loved the
sounds of the symphony while watching the...
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Several years ago, possibly the year Daniel Rodriguez hosted, one
of the female performers sang, solo, Go Tell It On the Mountain. I
wish I could remember her name. It was one of the most powerful
renditions I have ever heard of that song. It brought tears to my
eyes. It is difficult to find my favorite among so many fantastic
performances, but that memory stands out among the so many good
memories I have of the Yuletide Celebration. The first Yuletide
performance I attended was about six years...
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I'm delighted to introduce guest blogger and
Pink Martini super-fan, Jayne Glick. Jayne is a student at
IUPUI at the Herron School of Art & Design, majoring in Visual
Communication Design. Not only does she love being a part of the
art and design world, she also enjoys having a connection to the
music world. Playing violin since the age of six, she is
currently studying with Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra violinist, Raye Pankratz. Right now she is
focusing on honing her teaching skills and...
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Last year was the first time I had been to the Duke Energy Yuletide
Celebration. My husband bought tickets and we got to go on our
wedding anniversary, which was perfect. When the ISO played and the
puppeteers flew the reindeer down the aisles, I cried. It was so
much fun to have that happen and feel like a little kid, just for a
moment. It just felt magical to see that and it's a memory I can't
wait to share with my son and my soon to be born child as
well.
Christine Wise
Indianapolis
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