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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013Pomerado PAGE A23 Newspaper Group THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 PAGE A21
Welk's Christmas show a treat for all BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK
Jose Feliciano, left, will perform Friday night while Billy Ray Cyrus will headline Saturday night.
'Carols by Candlelight' coming Friday, Saturday to Escondido BY EMILY SORENSEN
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arols by Candlelight” is returning for a 24th year of bringing Christmas cheer and family entertainment, with two headlining acts this year. Jose Feliciano, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, will perform on Friday, Dec. 13 while returning headliner Billy Ray Cyrus, a four-time Grammy Award winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member, will sing on Saturday, Dec. 14. “It’s so hard to get quality artists because of the [limited] budget,” said Steve Vaus, who founded the show in 1990, along with Wayne Nelson, and who will also be performing on both nights. Luckily, this year, Vaus and the show organizers were able to get two great artists to lead the annual Christmas show. “I think it’s going to be a pair of great shows, and a pair of very different shows,” said Vaus. Cyrus has performed once before for “Carols by Candlelight,” while Feliciano will be taking the stage for the See CAROLS Page A23
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The Welk’s new holiday show successfully combines a few well-known veterans from the long-running television show with a new generation of performers. Continuing through Dec. 29, “A Welk Family Christmas” is a treat for all, whether fans of the iconic television show or those who just want to get into the holiday spirit as it is filled with classic holiday numbers, some likely lessfamiliar offerings plus a few less-holiday related but special numbers that let the Welk veterans prove to attendees that they still are a joy to watch. Among tter REVIEW tish etapl adancing legend Arthur Duncan, who at age 80 is still light and fast on his feet and was memorable to see dancing in person. He became known to television show viewers when performing from 1964 to 1982 and during the multitude of weekly reruns that still air on PBS each Saturday night. Duncan’s talent is showcased in “Art’s Act” toward the end of Act 1 in which he sings several songs plus tap dances at least three numbers.
The next generation of Welk performers in their country music-themed numbers. Photo by Ken Jacques He also joins the company toward the end of the show and is scheduled to perform throughout the production’s entire run. He received a welldeser ved standing ovation from the audience on Nov. 29 after his solo performance. Through Dec. 8, Mary Lou Metzger per formed many solo numbers in both acts, primarily singing but she also showed the audience she is still a dancer, too. Metzger, a joy to watch on stage — especially in the “I Wanna Be a Rockette” number — joined
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the television show in 1970 and has remained involved with its PBS airings over the decades. Starting this week and continuing through the show’s final per formance on Dec. 29, Welk veteran Ava Barber takes Metzger’s place among the cast. Barber was hired as a country singer on the “Lawrence Welk Show” in 1974 and remained through 1982. The stage show pays homage to its inspirational leader, the late Lawrence Welk, when Metzger and Barber sing
“May You Always,” a song associated with the television show as some of its clips are projected on screens. As for the eight company members, they are well on their way to successful careers. They sang, danced and acted out a variety of numbers, several in Act 1 had a country flare while those in Act 2 were based in a ‘50s diner setting. Among standout per formances were Lucas Coleman and Nicole Renee Chapman’s rendition of “Little Red Hat,” See WELK, Page A22
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