George Daugherty, conductor

Produced and Created by

George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong

 

featuring
Michelle Johnson, vocalist • Jonathan Karrant, vocalist • Cecelia Violetta Lopez, soprano
Naomi Mauro, vocalist • Amy Smith, vocalist • Ellie Smith, vocalist

 

also featuring
Mat Plendl, virtuoso hoop artist
Sarah Le Clear Domingo & Alejandro Domingo, dancers

 

Honoring Las Vegas’ Legendary Showgirls
Twelve icons from the golden era of the city’s famed casinos and showrooms
Anna Bailey • Lou Anne Chessik • Cindy Doumani • Marla Gomes • Suzanne Jipson
Sheri Mirault • Terry Ritter • Joni Sailon • Ramona Shaw • Lauri S. Thompson • Teri Thorndike • Diane Michelle Varney

 

Special Guest Appearance by

Clint Holmes

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Based on Symphony No. 9, Final Movement, by Ludwig von Beethoven.
Verse based on the poem of Henry van Dyke
Sung by Michelle Johnson

Joy to the World
Composed by Isaac Watts, arranged by Arthur Harris
Sung by Naomi Mauro and Michelle Johnson

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Words and Music by Eddie Pola and Georgia Wyle
Arranged by Sam Cardon (orch. Garrett Breeze), originally for Sutton Foster.
Sung by Naomi Mauro and Michelle Johnson

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine
Sung by Ellie Smith and danced by Amy Smith

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Arranged and Orchestrated by Bryan Kidd, original Lou Brown chart
Entrance of The Legendary Showgirls

I’ve Got the World on a String
Music by Harold Arlen, Words by Ted Koehler, original Frank Sinatra chart
Arranged and Orchestrated by Nelson Riddle, Music Direction by Felix Slatkin
Sung by Jonathan Karrant

Quando m’en vo (Musetta’s Christmas Eve Waltz from “La Bohème”)
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez

My Favorite Things
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranged in the style of Kelly Clarkson by Aaron Hettinga
Sung by Naomi Mauro

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Originally Performed by Ella Fitzgerald in Las Vegas!
Sung by Michelle Johnson

Russian Dance from “The Nutcracker” (Hoop Dance)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Mat Plendl

Waltz of the Flowers from “The Nutcracker”
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Danced by Sarah Le Clear-Domingo and Alejandro Domingo

The Prayer
Composed by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa.
Sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez and Ellie Smith

 

Sleigh Ride
Music by Leroy Anderson

Sing, Sing, Sing
Music by Louis Prima, arranged by Matt Amy
Performed by Mat Plendl

The Wonder of Winter Medley

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Silver Bells
Blue Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Jingle Bells

Sung by Jonathan Karrant

Grown-Up Christmas List
Words and Music by David Foster and Linda Thompson Jenner
Arranged and Orchestrated by Daryl McKenzie
Sung by Michelle Johnson

Christmas Time Is Here from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Music and Lyrics by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson
Arrangement and Orchestration by Sam Cardon and Garrett Breeze for Sutton Foster
Sung by Naomi Mauro

Merry Christmas, Darling
Words and Music by Richard Carpenter and Frank Pooler
Arrangement and Orchestration by John Langley
As originally sung by Karen Carpenter
Sung by Naomi Mauro

The Christmas Song
Words and Music by Robert Wells and Mel Torme
Arranged by Daryl McKenzie
Sung by Clint Holmes

A Salute to the Movie “White Christmas”

Sisters
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Arranged and Orchestrated by Larry Blank
Sung by Ellie Smith and Amy Smith

White Christmas
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Arranged by John Moss
Sung by Naomi Mauro and Jonathan Karrant, and Ellie Smith and Amy Smith

Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)
Arranged and orchestrated by Uli Geissendoerfer
Sung by Michelle Johnson

O Holy Night
Composed by Adolph Adam
Sung by Jonathan Karrant

O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Composed by Adolph Adam
Arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris
Sung by Cecelia Violetta Lopez

Silent Night
Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
Arranged and orchestrated by Uli Geissendoerfer
Sung by all

O Come, All Ye Faithful
Arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris
Sung by all