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It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas -- Teen Vocal Sensation Whitney Wolanin to Perform Throughout Florida This Holiday Season.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Rising pop star Whitney Wolanin (pronounced WO-Lan-in) is getting ready to deck the halls and put on her dancing shoes for a holiday season filled with performances sure to put everyone in the holiday spirit.

On December 9th, Whitney will headline the Kissimmee Holiday Extravaganza with her dancers at the Kissimmee Lakefront in Kissimmee, FL. Also featured will be The Sophisticates classical pops orchestra
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, a hand bell choir, Fireside Carolers and the Judy James Dance James Dance may refer to:
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 Studio with a classic holiday performance.

On December 16th, Whitney will perform with her All-Star Band at Rockin' 5, a Christmas spectacular at the Germain Arena in Estero, FL. Rockin' 5 is Southwest Florida's biggest and best holiday fundraiser, benefiting the Rockin' Christmas Fund which over the years has raised over $750,000 for various charities. Also performing will be the Fort Myers H.S. London New Years Day Band and the SW Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra is one of the nation's "premiere" youth orchestras, serving the central Florida region for many years. The organization is currently celebrating its "Golden Jubilee" 50th season.  and Choir.

On December 22nd & 23rd, backed by the full symphony of orchestra, Whitney will perform at the Southwest Florida Symphony's "A Very Merry Pops" at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre.  in Ft. Myers, FL. Also performing are the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra The Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra that is based in Fort Myers and Naples. It is Lee County's only professional resident musical organization. History
The Southwest Florida Symphony began on April 15, 1961 as a community orchestra.
, Chorus, Children's Chorus, and other special guests from the community, including Woodworks.

At each performance Whitney will perform songs from her forthcoming holiday album, Christmasology, which includes several spiritual moments, including a beautiful a cappella approach to "O Come All Ye Faithful" and a gentle soulful piano arrangement of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."

Whitney is gearing up for the release of Christmasology, featuring 15 of the world's favorite sacred and secular classics, and is expected to be "choc n. 1. chocolate; a colloquial British abbreviation; as, a box ov chocs s>.

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chocolate candy - candy made with chocolate
" full of Holiday treats. The first single "Frosty The Snowman" will be released to radio on November 7th.

Events Recap:
December 9th
Kissimmee Holiday Extravaganza
Kissimmee Lakefront
Kissimmee, FL
www.kissimmee.org

December 16th
Rockin' 5
Germain Arena
Estero, FL
www.RockinChristmasFund.com

December 22nd & 23rd
Southwest Florida Symphony's "A Very Merry Pops"
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center
Ft. Myers, FL
http://www.swflso.org/Pops_series.html
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