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We were fortunate to get tickets for the
Radio City Music Hall's "
Christmas Spectacular" featuring The Rockets. Each troupe consists of 36 dancers who go through their meneuvers with the precision of a Swiss clock. They perform 4 shows a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year along with the Christmas touring casts.
We were jazzed to see the historic show (75th year) in it's home venue.
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Christmas Tree chandelier installed for the 6 week run of "Christmas Spectacular".
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The Radio City Orchestra performed Christmas favorites before the show.
The group was raised and lowered on a hydraulic lift and provided the music for
the event.
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It was mandatory that we have a pic of the Dancing Panadas from one of the scenes
in "Christmas Spectacular".
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The famous Rockettes 'kick line' drew applause from an appreciative audience.
The backdrop is a huge LED computerized screen which provided the scenery from larger than life ornaments to twinkling Christmas trees with amazing clarity.
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"The March of The Wooden Soldiers" is a tradition that dates back farther than the first time I saw the show in the late 1950s. This scene was done in a fast cascade back in those days but was executed with incredible exactitude
in slow motion when we saw the show last week.
A real crowd pleaser.
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A bus tour around NYC. The bus' movements were programmed in synch with the LED projections providing quite the illusion of driving in New York City.
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"Dancing Santas" - combined live action with projections on the LED screen.
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Santa's Toy Shop
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"The Living Nativity," the re-telling of Jesus Christ's birth, that is now the Spectacular's penultimate number. It's now full of beautiful pageantry -- including those famed live camel and sheep -- but doesn't feel too somber or so religious that it may offend non-Christians.
We were quite surprized that the scene was still included considering the current
political correctness consciousness.
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Curtain Call
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Us - at our seats after an incredible 90 minute show.
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The Great Organ
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After the show, a brisk walk downtown to Penn Station and a train ride backto New Jersey - later that evening, "Noises Off" once again - we enjoyed it so much
the previous evening, we went back for a second helping.
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7 comments:
Wow, what a fabulous show. The pictures are fabulous, but I'm sure they don't do it justice. The living nativity scene was so cool- Yea, Jesus.
I have seen the show! It is wonderful! I hope they don't take the nativity scene out ever. It is so fantastic! What a shame that would be.
Wow, what a great looking show. Look like you had a great time. Great pictures.
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What great pics! We saw them when they came to MN for their Christmas show a few years ago...it was so good!
The pics are incredible! I can only imagine it live and in person.
Keep smilin!
Looks like you had an AWESOME time!! What wonderful photos of you two! I loved the Dancing Panda's too!!
~Dawn
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