MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Comes To The Majestic 10/9

This holiday season, MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER will celebrate a quarter-century of being America's favorite Christmas music artist with a 58-city, 25th Christmas Anniversary Tour of their spectacular and beloved holiday show. The group will perform live for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY in San Antonio at the MAJESTIC THEATRE on Friday, Nov. 27th at 8 p.m.

This 25th Christmas Anniversary Tour is a special offering of the 09/10 Broadway Across America - San Antonio season. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 9th at 10 a.m. and start at $32. To order tickets, go online to www.broadwayacrossamerica.com, call 800.982.ARTS, or visit any Ticketmaster outlet, including the Majestic Box Office.

For the second year, Grammy Award® winner and mastermind behind the group, Chip Davis will direct and co-produce both the East Coast and West Coast tour ensembles of MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER. Launching on November 12, 2009, the shows will feature the favorite Christmas music of MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER along with state of the art multimedia effects in an intimate setting.

In 1984, exactly 25 years ago to date, MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER releasEd Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that changed the entire music industry. Already a multi-platinum recording artist through its Fresh Aire series, founder Chip Davis decided to record an album of Christmas music combining the group's signature mix of renaissance instruments with rock & roll beats. The resulting album was a runaway hit and not only propellEd MannHEIM STEAMROLLER to become the biggest selling Christmas music artist in history, but also one of the top 50 biggest selling musical acts ever (they've sold over 35 million albums). The group's annual Christmas tour, also celebrating its 25th anniversary, has become a tradition right along with decorating the tree, exchanging presents and spending time with friends and family.

In addition to the this year's tour, the group will release a retrospective 2-CD set, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - 25th Anniversary Collection, featuring 25 of the group's famous holiday classics. Spanning the group's entire Christmas catalog, the album includes "Joy To The World," "The First Noel," "Winter Wonderland" as well as "The Christmas Song" featuring guest vocalist Johnny Mathis. Other guest performers include Paul Winter, The Cambridge Singers and members of The Chicago Symphony and The Omaha Symphony.

 

While MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER is known worldwide, the story of founder Chip Davis is a true-life tale of a modern day "Renaissance Man." From founding his own record label (American Gramaphone has been ranked by Billboard as the #1 independent label), to creating the MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER "lifestyle" (sales of the group's products were estimated to be $70 million a year by Time Magazine), to his current work with NASA and major medical institutions such as Mayo Clinic (Chip has invented a cutting edge psychoacoustic technology that is being used in hospitals and studied by NASA for potential use in space), his accomplishments are extraordinary

 

For more information about MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER please log onto www.mannheimsteamroller.com. For venue information, visit www.majesticempire.com.

 

ABOUT MAGIC ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

Magic Arts & Entertainment, headed by Lee D. Marshall and Joe Marsh is one of the foremost tour producing companies in the United States and is co-producing the Mannheim Steamroller tour with Chip Davis. As former owners of Magicworks Entertainment, Marshall and Marsh produced and promoted some of the world's most successful concerts, theatricals and family shows. In addition to The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis, the company is also currently producing the North American tours of "The 101 Dalmatians Musical," "The Magic of David Copperfield," "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance,"," "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles," "Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley" and "Jim Brickman: Beautiful World." In 2008, Magic Arts & Entertainment was acquired by the Tix Corporation (stock symbol TIXC), with Marshall and Marsh assuming the roles of Co-CEO of Tix Productions, a newly formed subsidiary of Tix Corporation. Magic Arts & Entertainment has offices in Cleveland, OH and Salt Lake City, UT.

 

ABOUT MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER

Mannheim Steamroller is the #1-selling Christmas artist of all time and one of the top fifty best-selling artists of the last two decades, outselling prominent artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Sting, REM, Barbara Streisand and Bon Jovi. Composer and creator Chip Davis startEd Mannheim Steamroller more than 30 years ago with his Grammy Award-winning Fresh Aire series. With more than 35 million albums sold, an annual Christmas tour that is consistently ranked as the best selling of any artist, a successful Mannheim Steamroller gourmet food line, and a new medical endeavor helping hospital patients

recover quicker through audio technology (Ambience Medical), Chip Davis is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the music industry.

 

ABOUT Broadway Across America

Broadway Across America is owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman), Broadway Across America presents first-class touring Broadway musicals and plays, family productions and other live events throughout a network of 43 North American cities. Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse live theatre for productions on Broadway, across America and throughout the world. Broadway Across America most recently produced the Broadway productions of HAIR, WEST SIDE STORY and Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS. Upcoming productions include MINSKY'S, PROMISES, PROMISES, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and the West End production of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. Touring productions include Nickelodeon's STORYTIME ADVENTURES featuring Dora the Explorer and DREAMGIRLS. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

 

 

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