December 2016
Steel Notes Magazine
Show Review
SANDS EVENT CENTER NOVEMBER 28th 2016
Tony Orlando’s
Christmas Show
By Alexxis Steele, Photos by Bob Klein
Every year at holiday time, Tony has his annual
Christmas show at The Sands Event Center, in Bethlehem, Pa which runs for a week. This year in 2016,
it ran from Sunday November 27th, until Monday
December 1ST. We decided to go on Monday November 28th, the day after the show started.
Normally the Vision Lounge is open, bustling with
customers and fans waiting to get into the shows,
bu t when Tony comes to town, they shut the
lounge down for the week, except for his fans coming in to see his show, which are routed through
the hotel entrance, rather than the front doors by
the box office.
Upon arriving inside, we
were immediately put into the holiday spirit when we were greeted by a team of pretty young girls who were on a small stage singing Christmas carols. The girls were donned in red dresses and
white sweaters, while they sang in front of a Christmas tree.
Busloads of patrons from all over had come to join in the evening’s festivities, not knowing what was in store. The stage was
beautifully decorated to commemorate the season. Tony started
off with a rendition of his hit- “Tie a Yellow Ribbon”, where he
encouraged the audience to sing along with the chorus.
Shortly after performing his song, he called out to a member
of the audience, who was a man that was seated several rows
behind us, with a long white beard, and asked him to come to
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