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EVENT REPORT   11.09.01 12:00 AM PRINT | SEND TO A FRIEND |
Holiday Entertainment Ideas
CHARACTER ACTORS
Dickens' Victorian Carollers have performed holiday songs for the last three White House administrations and can customize programs for corporate events.
Hank Lane Music & Productions can book Victorian carollers, singing Santas and elf photographers.
Impact Productions has designed winter events with live penguins on pedestals behind martini bars, and parties where psychics read snow globes for guests.
Muskrat Productions Inc. books holiday-themed entertainment including carollers, bell ringers and a Santa Claus who reads "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Overland Entertainment Company can put together a patriotic holiday revue that incorporates purely American seasonal songs, and the company represents a three-person musical revue called "The Christmas Survival Guide," in addition to an assortment of carollers, choirs, elves and other performers.
Send A Yenta poses as a traditional Yiddish grandmother-type who will kvell over your guests--or guilt-trip them.
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HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
A Horse Drawn Affair specializes in Victorian era carriages.
Chateau Wedding Carriages has carriages in a variety of colors and sizes for special events.

ICE SKATING
Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center is open for skating in Midtown.
Rent-a-Rink can create a rink wherever you like, in a single day.
Wollman Rink in Central Park is a beautifully landscaped outdoor ice rink at the southern end of Central Park.

SONG/DANCE
Always Entertaining enlists a troupe of costumed entertainers to create a Victorian holiday atmosphere.
Big Apple Circus To Go delivers circus performers to special events.
Cast of Thousands Entertainment Company can also create a Victorian holiday atmosphere with character actors.
Ko-Thi Dance Company performs traditional African and Caribbean dances, and can be used for a Kwanzaa celebration.
Pink Inc.'s Fortunettes perform offbeat interpretations of classic holiday songs.
Radio City Rockettes dressed as toy soldiers, and in Santa outfits (minus the belly, the beard and the trousers) are famous for their holiday routines, and will perform at special events outside of Radio City Music Hall. This year, the group celebrates its 75th anniversary.
An event with the Rockettes...

SHOWS
A Christmas Carol is a family-friendly interpretation of Dicken's classic being performed at Madison Square Garden.
The Nutcracker is a classic holiday must-see: New York City Ballet performs George Balanchine's version of the ballet November 23 through the end of December (
).

VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS OF SKIING, SLEIGHING & SNOWBOARDING
Amusitronix
Digital Tech Frontier
Great Neck Games & Productions
Interactive Entertainment Concepts
PM Amusements
Team Events/Party Antics

CHOIRS
Abyssinian Baptist Church/Chancel Choir
Big Apple Chorus
Boys Choir of Harlem
Broadway Gospel Choir
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
New York City Gay Men's Chorus

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Alex Donner Entertainment
Duchin Entertainment Inc.
Le Masquerade Productions
Lester Lanin Orchestra
Michael Bongar Entertainment Inc.
Orion Music
Persuasions
Steven Scott Productions
The Three Waiters

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