Lorie's Holiday Concert

Lorie Line's Holiday Concert
Last night, my daughter, grandson and I spent a beautiful evening together. We had dinner at The Pickwick Restaurant, shopped a bit in the Fitger’s Mall, next door, and then off to our Lori Line Holiday concert! We sure did have a great evening together. Usually, it’s Dawn and I, but this year we invited Skylar to join us. He hears about Lorie each year from us, and decided he’d like to hear her concert too. He agreed with us, that it was a great show. It was fun sitting next to my Grandson, he likes to tease his Grandmother, I’ve grown to love his teasing, I tease him right back, and we had fun together. It was nice for me to see him really enjoy the show.

Lorie Line is a pianist. She has a B.A. in Music, Piano Performance and started her career as a full-time pianist, serenading shoppers at Dayton’s Dept. Store, downtown Minneapolis (now Macy’s). Since her start there, she has recorded 28 CD’s and is owner of one of the largest independent music companies in the world. She has sold over 5 million albums. She and her Pop Chamber Orchestra performs to 100,000 people on over 85 stages a year. She tours spring, summer, fall and winter.

“The Traditions of Christmas” was Lorie Line’s theme for her Annual Holiday Performance that she and her Pop Chamber Orchestra bring to Duluth’s DECC each Friday after Thanksgiving. Each year there is a theme, one year it was the 40’s, last year it was “My Favorite Things”. This year it is “The Traditions of Christmas”. Lori told us this is the first “traditional” show she’s ever done in her 16 years of touring. She took us back in time, 2000 years to the birth of Christ, but she also told how we’ve come to celebrate this holiday and the wonderful customs that make this time of year so special. Her show included old songs, carols and all-time favorites, “visits” from Charles Dickens, the prophet Isaiah, and of course, Santa. She invited all the children under 15 to the stage, for a touching manager scene, with the children in costumes, cows, camels, lambs, stars, the wise men, and of course, Mary and Joseph. It was just darling! A photo of the scene can be viewed on her web site. The show is quite a production, beautiful costumes, and sets, in addition to her music which is really beautiful. We missed Robert Robinson, who has gone on after 15 years, to other endeavors. However, a new addition to her tour, Kelly Smith replaces Robert as the shows vocalist. She has a beautiful soprano voice that sends shivers down your spine when she sings. She sang “Oh Holy Night” and “The Lord’s Prayer”… beautiful! As we came into the show, each of us were given a battery operated candle. The finale of the show, lights dimmed, and all of the audience held their lit candles and sang “Silent Night” along with her piano and chamber orchestra. Inspirational! I am now ready for the Holiday season!

Check out Lorie’s web site: www.lorieline.com