YES, WE SHOULD SERVE.
>> YES, WE SHOULD MAKE THAT ON
THE SHELF.
YES.
YOU KNOW ME YOURS I CAN'T COOK
BADLER DELICIOUS.
>> AH WELL YOU GUYS START
PERFORMING.
ARTS CRITIC TOM ALVAREZ SAT
DOWN RECENTLY FOR A ONE ON ONE
WITH A SINGER IS SANDY PATTY TO
DISCUSS THE INDIANA YULETIDE
CELEBRATION.
>> YEAH.
PRESENTED BY THE INDIANAPOLIS
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THE ANNUAL
BROADWAY STYLE HOLIDAY SHOW
STARTS TOMORROW AT HILBERT
CIRCLE THEATER.
HERE'S TOM WITH SANDY.
PATTY.
SO HOW MANY HAS IT BEEN OVER
THE YEARS?
I BELIEVE BECAUSE THIS IS IN
THE SCRIPT THIS YEAR THAT IT IS
THIS IS MY NINTH YULETIDE
CELEBRATION.
MY GOODNESS.
AND SO YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF
FEEDBACK OVER THOSE YEARS.
WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY
COME TO SEE YOU AT YOUR TIME?
IT HAS BECOME SUCH A TRADITION
FOR SO MANY FAMILIES YEAR AFTER
YEAR THEY COME IN FACT THIS
YEAR THERE'S A YOUNG LADY IN
THE CAST, A SINGER IN THE
DANCER WHO USED TO COME AS A
LITTLE KID AND GREW UP COMING
TO YULETIDE AND NOW SHE IS IN
THE CAST.
I AM ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE
PRODUCTION VALUE.
YES.
AND I ALWAYS SAY THE CLOSEST
THING ONE CAN FIND A BROADWAY I
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU I
COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
WE YOU KNOW WE KIND OF HUNKER
DOWN IN ONE PLACE.
>> WE GET TO COME TO THE SAME
THEATER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT THIRTY SHOWS IN TWENTY
FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT AND IT REALLY DOES FEEL
LIKE PUTTING ON WHAT I THINK IT
WOULD FEEL LIKE PUTTING ON A
BROADWAY PRODUCTION AS I SAID
THE PRODUCTION VALUES, THE SETS
,THE COST OF HOW MANY GOWNS
WELL MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T TALK
ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S NINE NINE ONLY NINE.
>> LET'S TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO NEVER SEE YOUR
TIME.
WHY SHOULD THEY COME SEE IT
JUST IN OUR REHEARSALS WE JUST
FINISHED SINGING WHITE
CHRISTMAS AND EVERY TIME IT
JUST BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES AS
THE CAST BEGINS TO COME ON
STAGE IT IS JUST GLORIOUS.
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS
HAPPENING HERE AND SO IF YOU'VE
NOT EVER COME TO INDIANA
YULETIDE CELEBRATION THIS IS
THE YEAR BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY
AND COME JOIN US.
>> THERE ARE THE FAVORITES THAT
EVERYBODY LOVES TO COME AND
SEE.
>> TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS AND EVERY YEAR
THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW WAY TO
APPROACH TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS BUT THAT IS THE
STAPLE THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
OUR HEAD PUPPETEER ALICE HAS
BEEN DOING YULETIDE SINCE THE
VERY BEGINNING FOR THIRTY FIVE
YEARS.
>> SO WHEN THOSE LITTLE
REINDEER COME DOWN THE AISLE
THAT'S THAT'S OUR DAN ALICE TO
GET TO DO THIS IN INDIANA AND I
LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR IT IS
FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY AND SO
MUCH HOPE I LOVE GETTING TO
EXPRESS THAT THROUGH THE SONGS
AND THE DIALOG AND ALL OF THAT
AND TO DO THAT HERE IN INDIANA
I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT IS AT THE
TOP OF MY LIST OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME JOY IN MY
CAREER.
OH MY GOODNESS SHE IS JUST SO
LOVELY.
AND OF COURSE TOM ALVAREZ JOINS
US RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAY SHE IS EXACTLY HOW SHE
SEEN YOU KNOW, THIS IS HER
TENTH TIME DOING A SHOW AND I
THINK SHE'S SO POPULAR WITH
AUDIENCES BECAUSE SHE REALLY
CONNECTS WITH YOU AND SHE'S ONE
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TALKED TO YOUR
SHOW CELEBRITIES AND SOMETIMES
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A LOT OF THEM
ARE ACTORS BUT SHE IS WHAT YOU
SEE IS WHAT YOU GET SOME ARE
VERY WARM, VERY PERSONABLE AND
SHE THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY
KEEP BRINGING HER BACK.
SHE CONNECTS WITH HER ART.
IT COMES FROM A HEART.
EXACTLY.
YOU CAN TELL IN OTHER WORDS,
NOT TO MENTION SHE'S KNOWN AS
THE VOICE FOR A REASON.
IT'S KIND OF INCREDIBLE
INSTRUMENT SO.
>> WELL, TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING US WELL, I WANT TO
THANK JASON HEATH, OUR PRODUCER