Kristin Chenoweth to Perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

According to her official website, Kristin Chenoweth will be performing at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 27th, 2008. She will be performing the song "Christmas Waltz" off of her newly released holiday album A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS.

On October 14, 2008 Sony BMG Masterworks released Kristin Chenoweth's new Christmas CD A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS. For her third album, Chenoweth covers a wide range of Christmas songs from "Christmas Island," popularized by The Andrews Sisters to Kristin's personal favorite "Come On Ring Those Bells." A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas is an eclectic combination of full orchestral arrangements, along with big band, a bit of tropical island flavor, pop and country.

In addition to well-known Christmas classics such as "Silver Bells" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas," Chenoweth reinterprets Louis Armstrong's modern standard "What A Wonderful World" and children's favorite "Sing," (originally written for Sesame Street's loveable Big Bird) into a Christmas songs with the help of acclaimed producer Robbie Buchanan (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow) and Executive Producer Jay Landers (Streisand, Midler, Manilow, Celine Dion and Josh Groban).

The album also features new compositions of "Home On Christmas Day," co-written by Grammy Award winning producer Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey, Celine Dion) and Jay Landers and "Born On Christmas Day," with lyrics by Grammy winning pop/soul singing legend Peabo Bryson.

On choosing to record a Christmas album Chenoweth says, "From the minute I signed with Sony Classical eight years ago, I wanted to record a Christmas album. I grew up listening to Barbra Streisand's Christmas album, and that was such an inspiration to me. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I am blessed and excited to be able to do my own Christmas album."

In addition to her appearance at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, Chenoweth will be performing and appearing on the following television shows:

CBS's Sunday Morning November 23 at 9:00am

NBC's Today Show
December 1 - Performance in 8am hour
December 2 – Live Interview during 10am hour

NBC's The View December 1 at 11:00am

NBC's Martha Stewart December 5th at 11:00am

 

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