❝I hate Christmas music. If I hear I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause at the mall one more time, I’ll... ❞
Well, fa-la-la-la-la, it’s that time of year again. Yep, ‘tis the season Santa and all his elves and angels attempt to slay us with their joyous song. Had enough already? Here are some tips for getting back into the spirit when you’re longing for some silent days to recover from those silent nights:
A workplace can turn into holiday hell, even without a background score. The requisite mall music made Kathy miserable. Christmas pop can raise your spirits or flatten them. When it’s time for lunch, leave the building. Raising the spirits that come in a glass might help to make the moments a little merrier, or maybe just a cup of hot cocoa with a friend...
If the radio is playing that particularly annoying song about some oddball's hankering for a hippo at Christmas, turn the selector to something else if it is at all in your power.
Be your own Dee Jay. Your favorite anytime music can de-stress you and be an antidote to your Christmas ailments.
Schools and churches are great places to hear your family, friends and neighbors repeat the sounding joy and make holiday memories.
Professional and charitable music organizations make glorious holiday presentations that won’t necessarily cost you a nickel and will appeal to the Ebenezer Scrooge in you in a multitude of ways.
Feeling overwhelmed? Stop and check this website for some free first class holiday and everyday entertainment of your own choosing. Then make it a special occasion. Put everything else on hold and attend something live and musical just for your pleasure.
Be glad that you don't live in Frankenmuth where it's Christmas every day!
–Pam Steinman
Tri-C West,
Zion UCC of Tremont
Host
The Cleveland
Philharmonic Orchestra ❅ on our Gigs page.
One fine orchestra, two great venues in holdiday concert.
Music Reigns Supreme
at The Shrine Church
of St. Stanislaus
in Slavic Village
❅ on ourPlaces page.
Opera, Symphony, Chamber, Choral, Piano and two Pipe Organs.It's all happening here at St. Stanislaus Church: City Music Cleveland, Opera Circle, and the list goes on...
Celebrating Cleveland's Own...
Spotlight: Jim Brickman
❅ on our Peoplepage.
Read about one of our town's most successful and popular musicians who's a holidy favorite!
Spotlight Review:
This Dixieland Band Suits the Ladies to a Tea ❅
The Elders of Jazz left the ladies at Bethesda on the Bay Church in Bay Village whistling Dixie last Monday night.
“This is the livliest this church has ever been,”
Beth Woodburn, a lifetime
member and attendee of the annual Advent Tea whispered loudly.
Spontaneous repeating waves of smiles burst out as the Elders invited the all-female audience
to join in singing a half dozen familiar carols rendered in the most unfamiliar fashion.
“We'll have to take you out on the road with us,” the first trombonist-bandleader
joked with the women.
Feet were tapping and hands were clapping. Kay MacIntosh sang a tear-wrenching gospel tune, Precious Lord, Hold My Hand, while her husband held the microphone.
The Elders of Jazz is a six man and one woman Dixieland band, all amateur musicians from Presbyterian churches on Cleveland’s west side. Clarinet, trumpet, two trombones, tuba, drums accompanied by Kay MacIntosh on the piano and vocals, making a joyful noise to the Lord.
A unique and enjoyable holiday presentation!
Now bring on the bourbon and the beignets!
-Pam Steinman
The Elders of Jazz