Christine Lavin in An Unorthodox Winter Holiday Concert

Dec 13, 2008 all day
Location: Unitarian Center
Latest Activity: Nov 8, 2022

– St. Clair Productions presents singer/songwriter Christine Lavin in An Unorthodox Winter Holiday Concert on Saturday, December 13, 8 p.m. Lavin’s show takes place at the Unitarian Center, 4th and C Streets, Ashland. Knitters are invited to come knit with Lavin beginning at 7 p.m.Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, $10 for teens 12-17 and free for under 12. Tickets are available at the Music Coop in the A Street Marketplace, on-line at www.stclairevents.com or by calling 541-535-3562.One of the wittiest and most insightful contemporary singer-songwriters, Lavin, sets aside her customary focus on interpersonal relationships in the bewildering modern era to create a characteristic mixture of irreverent and genuine winter holiday songs. In 2003, Lavin released The Runaway Christmas Tree because she "just couldn't find a good Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/ Ramadan/Boxing Day album."The Runaway Christmas Tree contains tales of Christmas wishes gone wrong ("Polkadot Pancakes"), choral complaints and celebrations regarding seasonal food ("Scalloped Potatoes" and "Tacobel Canon," respectively), and a snippet of what sounds like munchkins on helium ("Elves"). The title track is a bedtime story Lavin wrote to explain why people decorate their Christmas trees (to weight them down so they won't escape, of course). Interspersed with these unorthodox holiday excursions are a handful of more conventional hymns to the peace and joy of December - the lovely "Dona Nobis Pacem," "A New Year's Round," "Lamb and Lion," and "Allelujah/Amen." There's also the slightly twisted "A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song," an express-lane version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" (retitled "Th 12 Dys f Chrstms") and "The All-Purpose Carol" (which ends with a resounding "Oy, mon!").Concert attendees can be assured they will hear some of these songs as well as new stories and music from Lavin’s up-coming CD of holiday songs.Lavin's incisive and frequently hilarious songs (most often concerning relationships and modern life) and riotous on-stage presentation (twirling glowing batons, storytelling) have enlivened the folk scene for more than 25 years. During that time, she has released 19 albums of original material for a variety of labels, founded the ever-changing Four Bitchin' Babes singing and recording group, produced eight compilations showcasing the works of dozens of other singer-songwriters, and has become the wry voice of the post-Boomer, pre-Generation X crowd.

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Christine Lavin in An Unorthodox Winter Holiday Concert

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