All I want for Christmas

The students of the David Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) will present their debut concert which, as students of performing arts, is part and parcel of their course of study.

In celebration of a first, hugely successful year, the DAPA plans to present its debut concert featuring a cast of children aged 7 to 13 years along with performances by André and Dinali David, Julius Mitchell and Ashi Wickrema. The concert, entitled All I Want For Christmas, hits the stage of the Russian Cultural Centre’s revamped auditorium on December 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm and will be directed by André David.

All I Want For Christmas, which goes on the boards the week before Christmas, when children the world over will be busy writing out their Christmas lists and their letters to good old Santa Claus, features Christmas songs and songs from musicals arranged in review style to form a ‘Christmas List’ of the varied hopes, wishes: dreams of folks from all walks of life – from the inspiring, uplifting to the absurd and outrageous.

The programme includes famous comic songs (with a special Andre-style twist) which feature requests to Santa, (All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas and Santa Baby), complaints on Santa’s gifts from last year (The Hat I Got for Christmas is too Big), heartwarming and inspirational songs (My Grownup Christmas List), songs from generic musicals (Maybe, Where is Love, If I Were a Rich Man), some good, if zany, advice (Be Kind to Your Parents, You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two), a sing-a-long, as well as a few surprises.

It is sure to be an evening brimming with Christmas cheer for the whole family and a great way to enter the Christmas week.

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