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CVLT to present an evening of Christmas carols - 12/08/08

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra and musical director Stephen A. Eva will present Here We Go a Wassailing, its family-friendly, holiday-themed concert, on Sunday, December 21, 2008, at 7 p.m on the stage at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre. In the spirit of traditional caroling, the 45-piece Studio Orchestra will perform as the audience “wassails” along to beloved Christmas carols including "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Silver Bells", "Frosty the Snowman", "We Need a Little Christmas", and "Jingle Bells", as well as original studio arrangements for "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "O Holy Night".

Internationally renowned musicians Jocelyn Chang, harpist, and Michael Leese, flautist, will offer a pre-concert performance with a wassail bowl to share beginning at 6:15 p.m., and will join the Studio Orchestra as guest artists during the concert along with Cleveland-area vocalists Ryann Angelotti, Pat Mazzarino, and Bridgette Davis.

Stephen A. Eva is a native Clevelander from a musical family and graduate of Shaker Heights High. An accomplished trumpet player in his youth, and the first student conductor ever at Shaker High School, Mr. Eva organized and directed the first Jazz Ensemble at Grove City College. For the past 23 years, Mr. Eva has been the conductor and driving force of the Hermit Club Symphony Orchestra (Cleveland's premier performing arts club.) Through the Hermit Club Orchestra, he has conducted numerous large-scale symphonic works, concertos, chamber music, musical theater, choral and pops concerts. Mr. Eva is well known in Chagrin as the Musical Director of the Chagrin Light Orchestra for the past two seasons where he introduced fun, innovative programming to the community. His most recent CVLT engagement was October 2008's highly-successful event, Guys & Dolls: In Concert!

Here We Go a Wassailing will be performed on Sunday, December 21 at 7 p.m., on the main stage at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre (40 River Street, Chagrin Falls). Tickets are $15 for all seats.

Here We Go a Wassailing is presented by the Studio Orchestra and Chagrin Valley Little Theater, and sponsored by Hamlet Retirement Village. Also happening at CVLT during the holiday season are the annual Holiday Show and Gingerbread Tea with Santa, December 13/14, The Wizard of Oz on the main stage through December 20, and The Eight: Reindeer Monologues at the River Street Playhouse through December 19.

Tickets for all CVLT shows and events can be purchased online 24 hours a day at www.CVLT.org, or by calling the Box Office at 440-247-8955 between 1 and 6 PM, Monday through Saturday.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio Arts Council.

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