{"id":35229,"date":"2011-12-06T09:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=35229"},"modified":"2011-12-06T09:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:56:39","slug":"allee-willis%e2%80%99-kitsch-o%e2%80%99-the-day-%e2%80%93-a-gleeful-pre-christmas-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis%e2%80%99-kitsch-o%e2%80%99-the-day-%e2%80%93-a-gleeful-pre-christmas-saturday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis\u2019 Kitsch O\u2019 The Day \u2013 A GLEEful Pre-Christmas Saturday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

Anyone who knows me knows that despite writing songs that have sold over 50 million copies and being obsessed with music since I can remember I rarely go to concerts. I hate waiting in line, being trapped in a row once you sit down, being blocked by someone’s head or worse yet dancing body, and I certainly don’t want to hear someone in my immediate proximity singing along who I didn’t pop down multiple clams to see. So it’s a really rare occurrence to get me to actually go out and see something. But I’ve been working with Storm Lee…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…he ex of X-Factor and very currently one of the amazing singers on Glee, so I knew I had to haul my ass out to this concert.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

What an unbelievable night!! Organized by Storm as a fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, all of the behind-the-scenes Glee singers sang their favorite Christmas carols or holiday oriented songs. Although I wish they sang selections from this album…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

…or maybe this one…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

… – oooh, that makes me hungry – though not as hungry as this one…<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

… the Glee singers’ killer voices, all unique from each other, made for quite a gift from Santa!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

It was a night of complete joy, and even included a special appearance by Glee cast member, Amber Riley.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

And unbeknownst to me, the keyboard \u00a0player\/leader of the band was Chris Price, who worked with me on my first appearance in 37 years<\/a> as well as my Soup to Nuts Party Mix<\/a> show a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

No rest for the weary, bright and early the next morning, a Sunday no less, Storm and I went to work on my new show, a newly realized iteration of the technologically-train-wrecked Soup to Nuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

We were very much in the holiday spirt and full of GLEE.<\/p>\n

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