Before the lights, the music! Three groups performed mini-concerts on the stage in Junction Plaza Park before the Hometown Holidays Tree Lighting . We got there too late to catch the opening performance by the Endolyne Children’s Choir , but recorded video with the two others. The show-stopping moment was the last song in our first clip above from the West Seattle-based Met Singers – a lyrical twist on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” to tell the tale of Mariners slugger Cal “Big Dumper” Raleigh . Below is the second half of the Met Singers’ onstage caroling, starting with “Jingle Bells”:

.The choir, directed by Laurie de Leonne , was preceded by groups from the West Seattle School of Rock – they took short breaks between songs to re-form, so we recorded their songs

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