This sounds like a great event and for a great cause!
GLEN BURTNIK'S XMAS XTRAVAGANZA, 15TH ANNIVERSARY DECEMBER 9:
New Brunswick, NJ (October 17, 2005) – Glen Burtnik's Xmas Xtravaganza, an annual holiday concert which benefits area food banks, will celebrate 15 years of successful fundraising with an anniversary bash on Friday, December 9, 2005. The show, which last year featured over one hundred performers, will be held at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21st.
Glen's annual holiday show has grown larger each year, evolving into a New York-New Jersey area tradition not to be missed. It features a colorful cast of characters which changes from year to year, but in the past has included such luminaries as Patty Smyth, John McEnroe, Phoebe Snow, Marshall Crenshaw, The Patti Smith Band, Fred Schneider (B-52's), Jill Sobule, Idina Menzel, Jeffrey Gaines, Freedy Johnston, Steve Augeri (Journey), Dan Bern, John Waite, Curtis Stigers, STYX, Mary Lee Kortes, and Willie Nile, among others. Originally started in 1989, the show has been held every year except 1990 & '91, making the 2005 Xmas Xtravanganza the 15th Anniversary of this event.
"It's a celebration of the music of the season," says Burtnik, "which I've always found a magically effective genre. Once I realized it was a worthwhile undertaking, I decided it'd be most appropriate to the spirit of the show to give the profit to people in need. I take the overall show as a great compliment, that all these amazing artists, assistants and technicians donate time for no pay so I can raise some money for local charities. This is a blessing I do not take lightly. That the audience brings so many giant Hefty bags full of canned food, warm clothes and toys so my family and I can distribute them to soup kitchens and family shelters - simply because I ASK, is a gesture which causes me to tear up."
Show details: Friday, December 9th @ 730 PM, The State Theatre, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, 1-877-STATE-11 or 732-246-7469. www.statetheatrenj.org.
Tickets $35, $30, $25, $20, available at State Theatre Box Office or www.tickets.com. More Info www.xmasxtravaganza.org.
