>> THE OMICRON VARIANT HAS AFFECTED EVERYONE -- THAT IS, EVERYONE ON THAT PILGRIM OUT, WHICH IS BETHLEHEM, NAZARETH, AND JERUSALEM.

>> ♪ TEAR DOWN A WALL MUSIC IS A LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO ONE AND ALL THIS IS WHY WE SING THIS IS WHY WE SING THIS IS WHY WE SING ♪ ♪ ♪ GOD REST YOU MARY, GENTLEMEN -- GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN MARY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ [CHOIR VOCALIZING] ♪ [CHOIR VOCALIZING] ONE SEEMS TO HEAR WORDS OF GOOD CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE FILLING THE AIR OH, HOW THEY POUND RAISING THE SOUND FOR HILLANDALE TELLING THEIR TALE GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS OF GOOD CHEER CHRISTMAS IS HERE MARY MARY MARY MERRY CHRISTMAS MARY MARY MARY MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE SEEMS TO HEAR WORDS OF GOOD CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE FILLING THE AIR OH HOW THEY POUND RAISING THE SOUND O'ER HILL AND DALE TELLING THEIR TALE GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS OF GOOD CHEER CHRISTMAS IS HERE ♪ >> WELCOME TO THE 62ND ANNUAL L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

I'M BRIAN WHITE ALONG WITH MY COHOST SUSANNA GUZMAN.

WE ARE BACK INSIDE THE MUSIC CENTER'S BEAUTIFUL DOROTHY CHAMBER PAVILION.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US, OUR AUDITORIUM IS EMPTY AGAIN.

>> AFTER LAST YEAR'S VIRTUAL CELEBRATION, WE HAD PLANNED TO RETURN TO OUR IN PERSON FREE CONCERT, BUT DUE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION CONCERNING THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS SURGE, SADLY THERE WILL BE NO AUDIENCE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.

>> THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF L.A. PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOLLOWING RIGOROUS PROTOCOLS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, ARTISTS, AND CREW.

ALL OF THE PERFORMERS HAVE WORKED SO HARD PREPARING FOR THE CELEBRATION AND FOLLOWING EVERY PROTOCOL.

AS PERFORMING ARTISTS, WE ALL FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CARRY ON THIS CHERISHED ANNUAL TRADITION.

SO TODAY, WE ARE HONORED TO ONCE AGAIN SHARE THE REMARKABLE TALENTS OF OUR DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

>> FOR OVER 60 YEARS, THIS CONCERT HAS SHINED A SPOTLIGHT ON THOUSANDS OF GIFTED AND PASSIONATE L.A. COUNTY RESIDENCE AND ENTERTAINED MILLIONS MORE.

WE HAVE SINGING, MUSIC, AND DANCING WITH ORIGINS FROM ALL AROUND THE PLANET COMING TOGETHER SAFELY ON THIS STAGE HERE IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES.

THIS IS THE LARGEST LT CULTURAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION IN AMERICA THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE L.A. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND YOU CAN LET ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE NATIONS NO WE ARE LIVE STREAMING ON PBS SOCAL AND KCET SO THEY CAN WATCH AS WELL.

>> WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO AND WISH HAPPY TO OUR TROOPS FROM LOS ANGELES, REPRESENTING THEIR FAMILIES AND US AND TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD ON THE ARMED FORCES NETWORK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> WE JUST SAW THE YOUNG ANGELS CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA.

THE GROUP, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1990, IS COMPOSED OF KOREAN AMERICAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLERS FROM ALL OVER L A >> THEY WERE FANTASTIC, COMBINING WESTERN AND EASTERN MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN THEIR ARRANGEMENT OF "CHRISTMASSY IS SARAJEVO."

I'M JUST AS EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT ACT, A COURSE OF WOMEN REPRESENTING DIVERSE CULTURES, AGES, RACES, BELIEFS, AND IDENTITIES FROM ALL OVER L.A. COUNTY.

>> THROUGH THEIR MUSIC, THEY RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING WOMEN AND WORK TOWARD CREATING A WORLD THAT AFFIRMS THE WORTH AND DIGNITY OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

TODAY, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING THREE INCLUSIVE HOLIDAY SONGS FOR US.

>> FIRST IS A TRADITIONAL HEBREW FOLK SONGS SUNG AT HANUKKAH.

THE TITLE IS A PHRASE THAT MEANS TURN OR SPIN, AND IT IS OFTEN SUNG WHILE PLAYING THE DREIDEL GAME.

THEN THEY WILL SING BIG SONG ABOUT BABY JESUS WHICH HAS BECOME A POPULAR SPANISH LULLABY.

>> FINALLY, THEY HAVE A FUN VERSION OF "JINGLE BELLS" YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD BEFORE.

PLEASE WELCOME VOX FEMINA LOS ANGELES.

♪ >> [SINGING IN FOREIGN-LANGUAGE] ♪ [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT ON IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH WE'RE DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW IN A ONE WAS OPEN SLEIGH FOR THE FIELDS WE GO LAUGHING ON THE WAY BELLS ON BOBTAIL RING MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO SING S LAYING SONG TONIGHT JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH A DAY OR TWO AGO I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A RIDE AND SOON MISS FANNY BRIGHT WAS SEATED BY MY SIDE THE HORSE WAS LEAN AND LENGTH MISFORTUNE SEEMED HIS LOT HE GOT INTO A DRIFTED BANK AND THEN WE GOT UPSOT ♪ >> "UPSOT?"

>> ♪ JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE ALL THE WAY OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH DASHING THROUGH THE FIELDS OF WHITE ON THIS HAPPY CHRISTMAS NIGHT OFF WE GO THROUGH THE SNOW BELLS ARE RINGING, BUT WE'RE SINGING JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JING JUNGLE JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS JING JANGLE JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS ALL THE WAY JINGLE ALL THE WAY IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH ♪ >> OH, MY GOSH.

>> THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> SO FESTIVE.

>> I'M IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD NOW.

NOW IT IS TIME TO GET ANOTHER STAMP ON OUR CULTURAL PASSPORTS.

NEXT IS A GROUP FROM WEST LONG BEACH DEDICATED TO PROMOTING AND PRESERVING THE TRADITIONAL ART, CULTURE, AND HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA.

>> THE RHYTHM THEY WILL BE PLAYING TODAY COMES FROM THE COASTAL REGION OF GUINEA.

TRADITIONALLY, THIS RHYTHM ACCOMPANIED A MOTHER-DAUGHTER DANCE THAT MARKED THE PASSAGE OF YOUNG WOMEN ENTERING ADULTHOOD, BUT IN MODERN TIMES, IT IS PERFORMED AT FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS AS WELL.

>> THEY WILL BE USING TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEST AFRICAN DRUMS.

THE ONES THEY WILL PLAY WITH STICKS ARE CALLED DUN-DUNS.

THE OTHERS ARE JIMBES.

THE NAME DERIVES FROM AN AFRICAN SAYING MITT -- MEANING GATHER TOGETHER IN SPEECH -- GATHER TOGETHER IN PEACE.

>> THE OUTFITS THEY WEAR ARE RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW, COMMON COLORS IN THE FLAGS OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS WHICH SYMBOLIZE LAND, PURITY, AND SACRIFICE.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

PLEASE ENJOY.

♪ ♪ >> [SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ♪ >> OH, MY GOSH, SO MUCH JOY.

I WISH THEY COULD HEAR A FULL HOUSE APPLAUDING THEM, BUT THE MUSIC CENTER'S PRIMARY CONCERN WAS EVERYONE'S SAFETY, AND THAT IS WHY THERE'S NO AUDIENCE WITH US.

>> UP NEXT IS MUSICA CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

THEY MAY LOOK A LITTLE, BUT THEY ARE BIG-TIME.

THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH SUPERSTARS LIKE JENNIFER HUDSON, KANYE WEST, AND IN 2020, THEY ALSO PERFORMED LIVE AT THE HALFTIME OF THE SUPER BOWL WHERE THEY SANG WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ AND SHAKIRA.

>> BASED IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, THEY HAVE APPEARED ON POPULAR TELEVISION SHOWS AND BEEN FEATURED IN COMMERCIALS AND ON MULTIPLE SOUNDTRACKS.

>> TODAY, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING THREE SONGS FOR US.

FIRST IS THE LULLABY "ONCE UPON A DECEMBER" FROM THE MUSICAL " ANASTASIA" AND THEN A SONG FROM THE HIT MUSICAL "RENT" AND THEN A SONG FROM "THE POLAR EXPRESS."

>> WE ARE THRILLED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MUSICA CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

♪ >> ♪ DANCING BEARS PAINTED WINGS THINGS I ALMOST REMEMBER AND AS SONG SOMEONE SINGS ONCE UPON A DECEMBER SOMEONE HOLDS ME SAFE AND WARM HORSES PRANCE THROUGH A SILVER STORM FIGURES DANCING GRACEFULLY ACROSS MY MEMORY OOH [CHOIR VOCALIZING] SOMEONE HOLDS ME SAFE AND WARM HORSES PRANCE THROUGH A SILVER STORM FIGURES DANCING GRACEFULLY ACROSS MY MEMORY FAR AWAY LONG AGO GLOWING DIM AS AN EMBER THINGS MY HEART USED TO KNOW THINGS IT URINES TO REMEMBER AND A SONG SOMEONE SINGS ONCE UPON A DECEMBER ♪ ♪ 525,600 MINUTES 520 5000 MOMENTS SO DEAR 525 THOUSAND 600 MINUTES HOW DO YOU MEASURE, MEASURE A YEAR IN DAYLIGHT IN SUNSETS IN MIDNIGHTS IN CUPS OF COFFEE IN INCHES IN MILES IN LAUGHTER, IN STRIFE IN 525,600 MINUTES HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR IN A LIFE HOW ABOUT LOVE HOW ABOUT LOVE HOW ABOUT LOVE MEASURE IN LOVE SEASONS OF LOVE SEASONS OF LOVE 525,600 MINUTES 525,000 JOURNEY STOOP -- 525,600 JOURNEYS TO PLAN 525,600 MINUTES HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE LIFE OF A WOMAN OR A MAN IN TRUTHS THAT SHE LEARNED OR IN TIMES THAT HE CRIED IN BRIDGES HE BURNED OR THE WAY THAT SHE DIED IT'S TIME NOW TO SING OUT THOUGH THE STORY NEVER ENDS LET'S CELEBRATE REMEMBER A YEAR IN A LIFE OF FRIENDS REMEMBER THE LOVE REMEMBER THE LOVE REMEMBER THE LOVE MEASURE YOUR LIFE SEASONS OF LOVE SEASONS OF LOVE ♪ [CHOIR VOCALIZING] ♪ CHILDREN SLEEPING SNOW IS SOFTLY FALLING DREAMS ARE CALLING LIKE BELLS IN THE DISTANCE WE WERE DREAMERS NOT SO LONG AGO BUT ONE BY ONE WE ALL HAD TO GROW UP WHEN IT SEEMS THE MAGIC SLIPPED AWAY WE FIND IT ALL AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY BELIEVE IN WHAT YOUR HEART IS SAYING HELLO -- HEAR THE MELODY THAT'S PLAYING THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE THERE'S SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE AND GIVE YOUR DREAMS THE WINGS TO FLY YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IN TRAINS MOVE QUICKLY TO THEIR JOURNEYS' AND -- END DESTINATIONS ARE WHERE WE BEGIN AGAIN SHIPS GO SAILING FAR ACROSS THE SEA TRUSTING STARLIGHT TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WHEN IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY WE FIND OURSELVES AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY BELIEVE IN WHAT YOUR HEART IS SAYING HEAR THE MELODY THAT'S PLAYING THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE THERE'S SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU FEEL INSIDE AND GIVE YOUR DREAMS THE WINGS TO FLY YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE ♪ SUZANNA -- HOLLY: HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

TODAY, WE CELEBRATE DIVERSE PERFORMANCES AND SHARE OUR GRATITUDE TO THE ARTIST, CREW, AND STAFF WHO CAME TOGETHER UNDER CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE ARTS TO BRING JOY AND HEALING IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

THIS SEASON OF KINSHIP AND GENEROSITY OFFERS US A TIME FOR REFLECTION AND GRATITUDE AND TO SHOW KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

MAKE THE COMING YEAR BRING BLESSINGS OF HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL ANGELENOS.

I'M WISHING YOU AND YOURS HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

SUZANNA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL.

MOSTLY KOSHER IS A SELF-DESCRIBED KLEZMER ROCK BAND COMBINING THE TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC OF JEWISH EUROPEANS WITH ROCK, JAZZ, AND LATIN ROOTS MUSIC.

BRIAN: THIS IN-DEMAND ENSEMBLE PERFORMS ALL OVER CALIFORNIA AND HELD A RESIDENCY AT DISNEY ADVENTURES CAL FOR YOU PARK.

-- CALIFORNIA PARK.

THEY ALSO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY PERFORMING FOR UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS AT SHELTERS AND PRISONS AND BY MEN TOURING MUSICIANS -- MENTORING MUSICIANS OF THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA.

SUZANNA: THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AN ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN BY BEN MEMBER JANICE MARKHAM AND THEN THE PLAY "HANUKKAH, OAK, HANUKKAH" WITH A LITTLE TWIST.

I HAVE ADDED SOME NEW ORLEANS FLARE -- FLAIR, WHICH SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

>> PLEASE WELCOME MOSTLY KOSHER.

♪ >> HEY!

♪ HEY!

♪ COME ON!

♪ ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, SING ALONG .

[VOCALIZING] THE WORDS ARE EASY!

[VOCALIZING] WHAT DO -- PICK IT UP, FASTER, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY?

COME ON!

[VOCALIZING] LET'S BRING IT HOME!

♪ >> 3, 4.

♪ >> OH, HANUKKAH OH, HANUKKAH COME LIGHT THE MENORAH LET'S HAVE A PARTY WILLOW DENSITY -- WE'LL ALL DANCE THE HORA GATHER AROUND THE TABLE WE'LL GIVE YOU A TREAT DREIDEL'S TO PLAY WITH AND LATKES TO EAT AND WHILE WE ARE PLAYING THE CANDLES ARE BURNING LOW ONE FOR EACH NIGHT THEY SHED A SWEET LIGHT TO REMIND US OF DAYS LONG AGO ♪ COME ON, BOYS!

LET'S GET READY TO PARTY!

EVERYBODY, CLAP ALONG!

♪ LET'S GO!

♪ AND WHILE WE ARE DANCING THE CANDLES ARE BURNING LOW ONE FOR EACH NIGHT THEY SHED A SWEET LIGHT TO REMIND US OF DAYS LONG AGO ONE FOR EACH NIGHT THEY SHED A SWEET LIGHT TO REMIND US OF DAYS LONG AGO ♪ SUZANNA: OH, MY GOSH.

AMAZING.

BRIAN: THAT SONG WAS TOTALLY KOSHER WITH ME.

ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HERE WITHOUT A LIVE AUDIENCE TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THE CREW AN AUDIENCE ARE ALL VACCINATED AND TESTED.

THE DECISION TO NOT HAVE AN AUDIENCE WAS RECENT, AND UNFORTUNATE CHANGE OF PLANS.

EVERYONE BELIEVED IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE SAFE.

SUZANNA: NEXT IS A CHORAL ENSEMBLE BASED IN L.A. THAT CELEBRATES SPIRITUALS AND GOSPEL MUSIC.

BRIAN: FOUNDED NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, THEY WORKED TO PRODUCE THE RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC, COMPOSERS, AND CHURCH CHOIRS.

IN PAST YEARS, THEY PERFORMED BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

LIKE MANY, THE SPIRIT CORRAL -- THE SPIRIT CHORALE WAS HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC.

MANY OF THEM CONTRACTED THE VIRUS AND THREE OF THEIR PERFORMANCES THIS PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, SPIRITUALS AND GOSPEL MUSIC CAN BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND HOPE.

SUZANNA: AMEN.

TODAY THEY HAVE TWO SONGS FOR US.

THE FIRST IS A TRADITIONAL SONG, "I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME" FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER UPLIFTING SONG.

BRIAN: TO ORIGINAL, CALLED HOPE FOR TOMORROW, WRITTEN BY THEIR FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, AND PIANIST, BRIAN SMITH.

PLEASE WELCOME THE SPIRIT CHORALE OF LOS ANGELES.

>> ♪ I WANT JESUS I WANT JESUS I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME ALL ALONG MY PILGRIM JOURNEY LORD, I WANT JESUS LORD, I WANT JESUS LORD, I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME WALK WITH ME LORD, WALK WITH ME WALK WITH ME LORD, WALK WITH ME IN MY TRIALS, LORD JUST WALK WITH ME WALK WITH ME WHEN MY HEART IS ALMOST BREAKING [VOCALIZING] LORD, I WANT JESUS LORD, I WANT JESUS LORD, I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME WALK WITH ME, LORD ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE'VE COME TOO FAR FROM WHERE YOU STARTED FROM NO TURNING ROUND YOUR TIRED YOUR WEARY YOU MIGHT HOPE FOR TOMORROW WE GIVE TODAY WHAT SHALL I DO IN TIMES LIKE THESE, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO WHERE SHALL I TURN EACH STEP I TAKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO YOUR TIRED YOU ARE WEARY YOU JUST CAN'T FIND YOUR WAY YOU'LL FIND HOPE FOR TOMORROW WE'LL GIVE TODAY THE LORD IS HERE TO GUIDE YOU AND HE WILL HEAR AND ANSWER EVERY PRAYER HE WILL HEAR YOU WHEN YOU CALL HOPE FOR TOMORROW IS HERE TODAY HOLD ON, BE STRONG IT WON'T TAKE LONG LIFT UP YOUR HEAD JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU BELONG HOLD ON, BE STRONG HE'LL HEAR WHEN YOU CALL THERE'S JOY TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY HE'LL HEAR WHEN YOU CALL HE WILL HEAR YOU WHEN YOU CALL HE WILL CATCH YOU BEFORE YOU FALL ♪ BRIAN: CAN I GET AN AMEN?

SUZANNA: AMEN INDEED.

BRIAN: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCES TODAY, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A FREE PROGRAM OF OUR SHOW AT HOLIDAYCELEBRATION.ORG.

SUZANNA: OUR NEXT ACT FORMED IN 2019 IS A QUARTET OF DIVERSE YOUNG WOMEN.

BRIAN: THE BAND FUSES TRADITIONAL CHINESE INSTRUMENTS.

YOU WILL SEE A CHINESE LOOT AND A PLUCKED ZIPPO THAT DATES BACK OVER 10,000 YEARS.

SUZANNA: TODAY, THEY WILL BE PLAYING AN ORIGINAL SONG AS WELL AS A 19 79 MANDARIN CHINESE SONG FIRST PERFORMED BY ASIAN POP QUEEN TERESA TANG.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE ASIAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

♪ ♪ SUZANNA: I WANT TO TAKE ZITHER LESSONS.

BEAUTIFUL.

OUR JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE CONTINUES WITH A CULTURAL IMPORT FROM THE EMERALD ISLE OF IRELAND.

THE NEXT GROUP IS THE CELTIC IRISH DANCE ACADEMY, AND ENSEMBLE FOUNDED SEVEN YEARS AGO.

THE STUDENTS PERFORM TRADITIONAL FULL DANCES THAT ORIGINATED IN THE 16TH AS WELL AS MODERN DANCE.

BRIAN: THEIR CREATIVE DIRECTOR WAS BORN IN IRELAND, AND AFTER TOURING AROUND THE WORLD AS PART OF THE HIP THEATRICAL SHOW RIVERDANCE, SHE MADE HER HOME HERE AND STARTED TEACHING IRISH DANCING TO A NEW GENERATION.

SUZANNA: LIKE SO MANY OF THE GROUPS TODAY, THEY HELP GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ALSO PERFORM FOR SENIORS LIVING IN RETIREMENT VILLAGES WHEREVER THEY CAN.

THEY SHARE THEIR JOY THROUGH DANCE.

I LOVE THAT.

IT SHOWS HOW PERFORMING ARTS CAN BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.

BRIAN: THIS IS YOUR FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

PLEASE WELCOME THE CELTIC IRISH DANCE ACADEMY.

♪ ♪ >> IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME YOU BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE PAST YEAR HAS REMINDED US THAT WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS OVERCOME SO MUCH, AND IT HAS BEEN A WORTHWHILE EFFORT BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT AS A COMMUNITY.

TODAY'S CELEBRATION IS OUR HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY.

THE ARTISTS, CREW, AND STAFF ARE EAGER TO PERFORM AGAIN, AND DESPITE CHANGES AND CHALLENGES ARE READY TO PUT ON AN AMAZING SHOW.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES AND TO WELCOME SOME NEW PERFORMERS THIS YEAR, TOO.

LIVE PERFORMANCES LIKE THIS HIGHLIGHT THE RICH DIVERSITY OF LOCAL ARTISTS ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SEE THEIR SKILL ON DISPLAY TODAY.

WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THE ULTIMATE GIFT WITH US -- THEIR PASSION AND TALENT.

AS WE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS, WE ARE REMINDED THE BEST PART OF THE SEASON IS TIME SPENT TOGETHER.

THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN THROUGH THE HEALING POWER AND TRUE JOY WE FIND IN THE ARTS.

I WISH YOU AND YOURS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

ENJOY THE SHOW.

SUZANNA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERVISOR BARGER, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

BUT AS WE SAY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

WE ALSO WISH TO THANK ALL OF THE FRONT AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR US.

BRIAN: 16 YEARS AGO, THESE NEXT FIVE DISTANT WISHED GENTLEMEN PUT ASIDE THEIR JOBS AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS, FORMING AN A CAPPELLA ENSEMBLE THAT ON THE CULTURAL TRADITION OF STREET DOO-WOP.

SUZANNA: AND THEIR PASSION PAID OFF.

SWEET CORN OR -- STREETCORNER RENAISSANCE PERFORMED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THEY OPENED FOR BOYS TO MEN, AS WELL AS THEIR OWN CHILDHOOD IDOLS, THE LEGENDARY MOTOWN GROUP, THE TEMPTATIONS.

AND THEY WERE FEATURED IN THE PBS DOCUMENTARY SERIES, DO UP GENERATIONS.

BRIAN: LED BY THEIR FOUNDER, THEY WILL BE SINGING TWO SONGS FOR US TODAY.

THE FIRST IS PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, THE SONG ORIGINALLY RELEASED CHARLES BROWN IN 1960.

IT'S BECOME A CHRISTMAS STANDER THAT'S BEEN COVERED BY THE EAGLES, BON JOVI, AND KELLY CLARKSON.

THEN THEY WILL ADD THEIR STYLE TO JOY TO THE WORLD.

HERE IS STREETCORNER RENAISSANCE.

>> ♪ DING DONG DING ♪ >> ♪ BILLS WILL BE RINGING THE S AD, SAD NEWS OH, WHAT A CHRISTMAS TO HAVE THE BLUES MY BABIES GUN -- BABY'S GONE.

I HAVE NO FRIENDS TO WISH ME GREETINGS ONCE AGAIN CHOIRS WILL BE SINGIN' SILENT NIGHT CHRISTMAS CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS IF NOT FOR CHRISTMAS, BY NEW YEAR'S NIGHT FRIENDS AND RELATIONS SEND SALUTATIONS SURE AS THE STARS SHINE ABOVE YES, THIS IS CHRISTMAS, YES, CHRISTMAS, MY DEAR A TIME OF YEAR TO BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE AND WON'T YOU TELL ME YOU'LL NEVER MORE ROAM?

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S WILL FIND YOU HOME THERE'LL BE NO MORE SORROW, NO GRIEF AND PAIN CAUSE I'LL BE HAPPY, HAPPY ONCE AGAIN >> THIS IS CHRISTMAS TIME.

IT ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR.

ROLLING, WHY DON'T YOU RECONSIDER?

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

COME ON HOME AND BE TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS.

YEAH, TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.

>> ♪ NO MORE SORROW, NO GRIEF AND PAIN CAUSE I'LL BE HAPPY, CHRISTMAS ONCE AGAIN ♪ ♪ >> ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS DING DONG DING ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR >> PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER, EVERYBODY, AND SING JOY TO THE WORLD PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER, EVERYBODY, AND SING JOIN TO THE WORLD -- JOY TO THE WORLD >> JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY >> I'M TALKING ABOUT JOY >> JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY >> JOY TO THE WORLD >> WHOA!

OH, JOY TO THE WORLD THE LORD IS COME LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING LET EVERY HEART PREPARE HIM ROOM AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING AND HEAVEN AND NATURE SING I'M TALKING ABOUT JOY -- >> JOY!

>> JOY TO THE WORLD >> JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY >> AND TALKING ABOUT JOY >> JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY >> JOY TO THE WORLD >> WHOA!

>> GOOD TIDINGS WE BRING TO YOU AND YOUR KING GOOD TIDINGS FOR CHRISTMAS, GOOD TIDINGS FOR CHRISTMAS, GOOD TIDINGS FOR CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR >> OH, BE HAPPY >> BE HAPPY >> I'M TALKING ABOUT -- >> JOY!

♪ ♪ SUZANNA: I'M TALKING ABOUT JOY.

BRIAN: OUR NEXT GROUP IS THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER CHOIR, MADE UP OF 25 A CAPPELLA SINGERS, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES OF VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, CONTRACTORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND MORE.

THEY ALL SHARE A COMMON LOVE FOR PRACTICING CHORAL MUSIC.

SUZANNA: AND WHILE THEY PLAYED MAJOR CONCERT HALLS AS PART OF THEIR MISSION, THEY ALSO SEEK OUT ALTERNATIVE VENUES WHERE THEY CAN REACH PEOPLE WHO DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.

BRIAN: TODAY, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING TWO HYMNS,.

SUZANNA: IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE THEM AT THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

SO PLEASE WELCOME THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER CHOIR.

♪ ♪ SUZANNA: WHOA, AMAZING!

NOW IT'S TIME TO GET IN IN ISLAND STATE OF MIND FOR THE UKULELE MASTER DANIEL HO AND THE DANCE COMPANY.

BRIAN: WE EXPENDED ON THE HAWAIIAN ROOTS MUSIC HE GREW UP IN BY PLACING -- PLAYING CLASSICAL ROCK AND JAZZ.

SUZANNA: HE WENT ON TO BECOME A SIX-TIME GRAMMY WINNER AND HE IS CURRENTLY NOMINATED, ALONG WITH THE DIRECTOR, FOR ANOTHER GRAMMY FOR HIS LATEST ALBUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE PERFORMANCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.

THE MUSIC THEY SELECTED FOR TODAY WAS CHOSEN WITH STEWARDSHIP IN MIND.

BRIAN: THE OPENING CHANT, KNOWN IN HAWAII.

SUZANNA: THEY WILL PERFORM A MESSAGE OF ALOHA WITH A HOLIDAY TOUCH, ADMITTEDLY -- A MEDLEY WITH MODERN DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY.

PLEASE WELCOME DANIEL HO.

♪ >> [SINGING IN HAWAIIAN] ♪ >> [SINGING IN HAWAIIAN] >> HI, THIS IS L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN.

THE MUSIC CENTER'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF MY FATHER'S LEGACY.

THIS PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN JUST HOW RESILIENT THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE AND I'M SO IMPRESSED BY THE LOCAL ARTISTS, THE CREW, THE MUSIC CENTER STAFF WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME TO KEEP THIS HOLIDAY TRADITION ALIVE AND MAKE SURE THE SHOW CAN GO ON.

I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

BRIAN: THANK YOU AGAIN, SUPERVISOR JANICE HAHN.

, THE OPERA COMPANY AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.

IT IS A TUITION FREE SCHOOL AND I'M STANDING NEXT TO THEIR CODIRECTOR AND TEACHER, DR. SUSANNA GUZMAN.

SUZANNA: I'M OVERJOYED TO SEE THESE STUDENTS TOGETHER ON STAGE AGAIN.

BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD, SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER EVEN MET FACE-TO-FACE OR HEARST IN PERSON BEFORE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY ARE ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT PURSUING THE ARTS EDUCATION.

I COULDN'T BE PROUDER.

BRIAN: THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING MANSFIELD PARK FROM THE 2011 OPERA OF THE SAME NAME AND BASED ON THE JANE AUSTEN NOVEL.

SUZANNA: THEN THEY WILL SING AN UNPUBLISHED WORK CALLED A BRIGHT DISTANT STAR BY THE WONDERFUL AND AMAZING ORAL MUSIC DIRECTOR AND COMPOSER, ERIC WHITAKER.

IT'S THE FINAL PIECE FROM HIS CANTATA, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, WHICH DEBUTED IN 2019.

PLEASE, WELCOME THE OPERA COMPANY FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.

♪ ♪ SUZANNA: I'M A LITTLE FOR CLINT.

THE PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY IS FROM ALL OVER L.A. COUNTY, WHO INFUSED THEIR TRADITIONAL DANCING WITH MODERN DANCE ELEMENTS.

BRIAN: THE GROUP WAS FOUNDED IN 1992 AS PART OF THEIR MISSION, THEY HELD DANCE AND EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

WITH PARTNERS LIKE THE MUSIC CENTER, THE FORD AMPHITHEATER, AND THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THEY TEACH KIDS THE PAST AND PRESENT.

TODAY, THEY HAVE A PARTY FOR US.

SUZANNA: LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ADRIANA GAINEY, THEY WILL PERFORMING A SUITE OF DANCES, WHICH MERGES MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FROM MEXICO'S COASTLINE WITH CULTURAL ELEMENTS FROM PERU.

THE FIRST PART IS TITLED LA MARIQUITA, WHERE YOU WILL SEE PERUVIAN HANDKERCHIEFS AND A VISUAL DRUMBEAT.

BRIAN: AND IN THE SECOND DANCE, EL DIABLO, THEY DO SWIFT AND RHYTHMIC FOOTWORK.

PLEASE WELCOME THE PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY.

♪ >> [SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪ SUZANNA: IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THEIR PERFORMANCES TODAY COME EVEN CATCH THE SHOW AGAIN DURING ONE OF OUR MANY TELEVISION REBROADCASTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, OR FIND IT STREAMING ONLINE STARTING TOMORROW.

BRIAN: L.A. COUNTY IS ENORMOUS, JUST UNDER 5000 SQUARE MILES.

OUR NEXT PERFORMERS LIVE OVER AN HOUR AWAY ON THE OTHERS OF THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST.

THEY ARE THE PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL UNION, A SELECT CHORUS OF SINGERS DRAWN FROM THE CHAMBER SINGERS AS WELL AS THE SUNDAY NIGHT SINGERS, A GROUP MADE UP OF ALUMNI AND ORAL ENTHUSIASTS.

-- OTHER ENTHUSIASTS.

SUZANNA: THEY ARE LED BY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH.

HE FOUNDED THE SUNDAY NIGHT SINGERS IN 2005 AS A WAY TO ALLOW FORMER STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEYS.

BRIAN: THEY WILL BE SWINGING -- SINGING THE CLASSIC SONG WHITE CHRISTMAS, WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN AND PERFORMED BY BING CROSBY IN 1941.

THEN THEY WILL PERFORM A RARE OUT-OF-PRINT VERSION OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.

SUZANNA: AND FINALLY, THE TRADITIONAL CAROL, CLOUSE OR WEISEL.

WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME THEM BACK IN PERSON.

HERE IS THE PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER SINGERS AND SUNDAY NIGHT SINGERS.

♪ ♪ >> ♪ I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW WHERE THE TREE TOPS GLISTEN AND CHILDREN LISTEN TO HEAR SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW, OH, THE SNOW I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I WRITE MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS' BE WHITE I SAID, I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW WHERE THE TREE TOPS GLISTEN AND CHILDREN LISTEN TO HEAR SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I WRITE MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS' BE WHITE AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS' BE WHITE ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME TWO TURTLE-DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME THREE FRENCH HENS TWO TURTLE-DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME FOUR CALLING BIRDS THREE FRENCH HENS TWO DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME FIVE GOLD RINGS FOUR CALLING BIRDS THREE FRENCH HENS TWO TURTLE-DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME SIX GEESE A LAYING >> ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME ON THE 12TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME 12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING TEN LORDS A-LEAPING NINE LADIES DANCING EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING SIX GEESE A-LAYING FIVE GOLDEN RINGS FOUR CALLING BIRDS THREE FRENCH HENS TWO TURTLE-DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR ♪ ♪ BRIAN: THAT PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE.

IF YOU JUST JOINED US, WE ARE HERE CARRYING ON CELEBRATED COMMUNITY TRADITION AND THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE DOING IT WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE.

AS A PRECAUTION, EVERYONE PERFORMING AND WORKING ON THE SHOW IS VACCINATED AND TESTED.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES TO STAY SAFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

SUZANNA: NOW I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A COUNTRY BAND PERFORMING LIVE ON THE STAGE AS PART OF THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

THEY'RE A TRIO LED BY YOUNG SINGER AND SONG WRITER, SEAN OLIU.

BRIAN: HE ORGANIZED A DRIVE ENCOUNTER AS A FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT HIS CHURCH, WHICH WAS STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AREA THEY SOLD OUT THAT SHOW AND RAISED OVER $16,000.

SUZANNA: TODAY, THEY WILL BE PLAYING TWO SONGS FOR US.

THE FIRST IS A BALLAD CALLED CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN.

AND THE SECOND IS -- WAIT, IT'S TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

I KNEW ED REMEMBER.

BRIAN: HIS RHYTHM SECTION IS MADE FROM HIS FRIENDS, DANNY HUDSON AND RYAN BRINKLEY.

WELCOME SEAN OLIU AND THE COASTLINE COWBOYS.

♪ >> ♪ DECEMBER HASN'T CHANGED THIS TOWN LOOKS THE SAME.

THEY STILL LIGHT THAT TREE IN THE CITY SQUARE.

THERE IS RED AND WHITE AND GREEN SHINING EVERYWHERE.

AND I WISH YOU WERE HERE.

AND I WONDER, IS THE SNOW FALLING DOWN ON THE STREETS OF GOLD?

ARE THE MANSIONS ALL COVERED IN WHITE?

ARE YOU SINGING WITH ANGELS SILENT NIGHT?

AND I WONDER, WHAT CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN'S LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE MANGER SCENE DOWN ON THIRD AND MAIN I MUST'VE WALKED RIGHT BY IT A THOUSAND TIMES BUT I SEE IT NOW IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE THERE AND I WONDER ARE YOU KNEELING WITH SHEPHERDS BEFORE HIM NOW?

CAN YOU REACH OUT AND TOUCH HIS FACE?

ARE YOU PART OF THAT GLORIOUS HOLY NIGHT?

AND I WONDER WHAT CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN IS LIKE IS THE SNOW FALLING DOWN ON THE STREETS OF GOLD?

ARE THE MANSIONS ALL COVERED IN WHITE?

ARE YOU SINGING WITH ANGELS SILENT NIGHT?

AND I WONDER YEAH, I WONDER WHAT CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN IS LIKE ♪ ♪ >> ♪ REDDY, 1, 2, 3, 4 ♪ >> ♪ THERE'S A WONDROUS SIGHT AND A JOYFUL SOUND EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE IN A WESTERN TOWN GATHER UP THE KIDS ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY 'CAUSE THE HOLLY'S HUNG AND THE CANDLE'S BRIGHT TUNING UP THE FIDDLE ON A MOONLIT NIGHT ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

♪ ♪ THERE'S A JOLLY MAN IN A BRIGHT RED SUIT DID YOU EVER SEE A SANTA IN COWBOY BOOTS TWIRLING ACROSS THE FLOOR SPURS A-JINGLING MERRILY?

AS THEY SING THOSE CAROLS SOFT AND LOW WE'LL ALL BE SHOUTING OUT COTTON-EYED JOE ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAITING 'NEATH THE MISTLETOE YOU'LL NEVER GET A KISS I NEVER MOVE THAT SLOW THERE'S TOO MUCH I CAN MISS CAUSE A WESTERN GAL CAN'T BE STILL AND A SILENT NIGHT IS NOT FOR ME ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪ RED BANDANAS, KELLY GREEN, SILVER BUCKLES ON NEW BLUE JEANS TWIRLING ACROSS THE FLOOR TO A YULE TIDE MELODY I'M GONNA BE READY WHEN SANTA'S COMES BUT I'M GONNA BE DANCING TILL HE DOES ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAITING 'NEATH THE MISTLETOE YOU'LL NEVER GET A KISS I NEVER MOVE THAT SLOW THERE'S TOO MUCH I COULD MISS 'CAUSE A WESTERN GUY CAN'T BE STILL AND A SILENT NIGHT IS NOT FOR ME ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪ ♪ WAITING 'NEATH THE MISTLETOE YOU'LL NEVER GET A KISS I NEVER MOVE THAT SLOW THERE'S TOO MUCH I COULD MISS 'CAUSE A WESTERN GUY CAN'T BE STILL AND A SILENT NIGHT IS NOT FOR ME ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ROLL BACK THE RUG SO WE CAN TWO STEP 'ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH THIS YEAR, AND EVEN MORE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.

SO AS WE SLOWLY RETURN TO ALMOST NORMAL, STILL LEARNING TO LIVE SAFELY WITH THIS NEW VIRUS, WE HAVE A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON WHAT IS -- THIS VERY DIFFERENT COVID-19 EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT US.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IS JUST HOW RESILIENT AND STRONG WE CAN BE.

I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO CARE FOR PATIENTS MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH, OR HAVE TEACHERS TURN THEMSELVES INTO ZOOM INSTRUCTORS OVERNIGHT, AND HOW KIDS ADAPTED TO ZOOM SCHOOL, AND THEN ADAPTED BACK TO THE CLASSROOM IN MASKS AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED.

OUR ARTS COMMUNITY HAS ALSO SHOWN A REAL DETERMINATION TO GET THIS BELOVED HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE BACK ON THE STAGE.

I KNOW THERE ARE OUTSTANDING ART STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY HERE TONIGHT, INCLUDING TWO WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT, THE YOUTH DANCE COMPANY AND THE LA'S GAY MEN'S CHORUS.

SO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, I WANTED TO REMIND US HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND HOW STRONG WE CAN BE WHEN WE ALL PULL TOGETHER, CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OURSELVES.

SO I WISH YOU A JOYOUS EVENT THIS EVENING AND A VERY HEALTHY AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

♪ SUZANNA: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SHE LOOK YOU'LL.

I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO DO ZOOM THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

SO FAR, WE'VE SEEN TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM WEST AFRICA, MEXICO, AND IRELAND.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A JOURNEY TO ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD, WITH THE LEELA YOUTH DANCE COMPANY.

THEY ARE AN ENSEMBLE THAT PERFORMS FROM NORTH INDIA, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION SINCE APPROXIMATELY 400 BC.

BRIAN: THIS GROUP WAS FOUNDED IN 2019 AD, AND IN ADDITION TO DANCE TRAINING, THE MISSION IS TO POWER THEIR TEENAGE STUDENTS TO BECOME ADVOCATES, LEADERS, CULTURAL AMBASSADORS FOR SOUTH ASIAN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

SUZANNA: THE DANCE STYLE WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE EMPHASIZES ATHLETICISM, RACE, AND TECHNIQUE.

THE PEACE THEY ARE PERFORMING TODAY IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AND CHOREOGRAPHY ENTITLED MALKAUNS TARANA, WITH MOVEMENTS THAT EMULATE THE PEACOCK, INDIA'S NATIONAL BIRD.

BRIAN: IT'S CHOREOGRAPHED BY THEIR COFOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, RINA MEHTA, AND THE CUBS-ISH AND WAS WRITTEN BY PANDIT CHITRESH DAS.

PERFORMING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PRESENT THE LEELA YOUTH DANCE COMPANY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS NO AUDIENCE WITH US HERE TODAY.

TRADITIONALLY, THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION IS A FREE CONCERT ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF L.A. COUNTY RESIDENTS.

TO BE EXTRA SAFE BECAUSE OF THE LATEST COVID SURGE, THE MUSIC CENTER MADE THE SENSIBLE DECISION TO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.

>> OUR NEXT ARTIST WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GOSPEL GROUP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY CANNOT BE HERE BECAUSE OF A COVID SITUATION IN THE GROUP.

>> WE STILL WANTED TO INCLUDE THEIR MUSIC IN THE SHOW SO WE WILL SHARE THEIR PERFORMANCE FROM LAST YEAR.

PLEASE ENJOY THE ON CORM -- ENCORE MEDLEY.

♪ >> GREETINGS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH ONE OF THE OLD HYMNS OF THE CHURCH THAT REMINDS US TO BELIEVE.

♪ >> ♪ ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE ♪ [VOCALIZING] >> ♪ ONLY BELIEVE ONLY BELIEVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ALL RINGS ARE POSSIBLE ♪ >> ♪ IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE ♪ >> ♪ WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

IT IS HARD TO NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE HOLIDAYS.

I GOT TO REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.

♪ ♪ CITY SIDEWALKS, BUSY SIDEWALKS, DRESSED IN HOLIDAY STYLE IN THE AIR, THERE'S A FEELING OF CHRISTMAS CHILDREN LAUGHING, PEOPLE PASSING MEETING SMILE AFTER SMILE AND ON EVERY STREET CORNER YOU WILL HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SILVER BELLS SILVER BELLS IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN MY CITY RING-A-LING CAN YOU HEAR THE BELLS RING?

SOON IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS DAY STRING OF STREETLIGHTS, STOP LIGHTS RIGHT READ AND GREEN AS THE SHOPPERS RUSHED HOME WITH THEIR TREASURES SEE THE KIDS, THIS IS SANTA'S BIGGEST SCENE AND ABOVE ALL YOU WILL HEAR NOT ONLY SILVER BELLS -- THERE WILL BE JOY BELLS JOY BELLS IT IS APPRAISING TIME IN MY CITY RING-A-LING CAN YOU HEAR THE BELLS RING?

SOON IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ WEIGHT -- IT IS THAT SOUND AGAIN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE ROY BELLS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

NO IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRIST-MAS.

CHRIST-MAS BE PRAISED.

>> ♪ YOU HEAR THE SILVER BELLS RINGING BECAUSE ♪ >> ♪ IT IS CHRISTMAS ♪ >> ♪ I HEAR MY JOY BELLS RINGING BECAUSE OF CHRIST ♪ >> ♪ BECAUSE IT IS CHRISTMAS ♪ >> ♪ SEE THE MISSIONARIES MARCHING IN THE CHURCH DON'T GET IT TWISTED WITH THE LIGHTS DON'T GET DISTRACTED I THE TREES, BUT REMEMBER ♪ >> ♪ DON'T LET THE BELLS RING YOU INTO DEBT BUT REMEMBER THE ONE WHO PAID THE PRICE TELL SOMEBODY!

♪ >> ♪ BELIEVE ♪ >> ♪ PRAISE ♪ ♪ LORD BE PRAISED ♪ COME ON, FRIEND.

♪ KEEP PRAISE ON YOUR LIPS, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS CHRIST IS THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN BE HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN OR LOW IN THE VALLEY YOU KNOW THAT IT COULD BE BE PRAISED GIVE GOD THE PRAISE COME ON, COME ON COME ON, GIVE GOD THE PRAISE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT HERE LORD, BE PRAISED RECEIVE ALL GLORY AND HONOR RECEIVE OUR PRAISE!

ALWAYS REMEMBER CHRIST I'VE GOT A REASON, I'VE GOT A REASON I'VE GOT TO GIVE THE GLORY IN AND OUT OF THE SEASON ♪ >> ♪ GIVE GLORY, GIVE HONOR, GIVE PRAISE ♪ >> ♪ RING IN EVERY DAY ♪ >> WAIT, IT IS THAT SOUND AGAIN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRISTMAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE PEACE FOR OUR NATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE HEALING FOR THE LAND.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

LORENZO JOHNSON AND PRAZIUM WISH YOU A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> OUR NEXT PERFORMER IS A PROFESSIONAL CELLIST WHO GRADUATED FROM A SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, AND ALSO TOURED WITH A YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF L.A.

HE IS CURRENTLY ON.

AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

>> I KNOW HOW IMPRESSIVE THAT IS GOOD AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PRODIGIOUS MUSIC SAVANT.

HE WAS FEATURED IN A DOCUMENTARY.

LAST YEAR, THE FOLLOW-UP FILM DOCUMENTED HIS JOURNEY AS HE BECAME THE FIRST STUDENT WITH CLASSIC AUTISM IN THE WORLD TO ATTEND A FOUR-YEAR MUSIC CONSERVATORY.

>> HE WILL BE PERFORMING TWO PIECES FOR US TODAY, ACCOMPANIED BY A CLASSICAL PIANIST.

THE FIRST IS A MODERN ROMANTIC ARRANGEMENT OF FANTASIA ON GREENSLEEVES.

THEN, AVE MARIA.

PLEASE, WELCOME ADAM MANDELA WALDEN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [PLAYS "AVE MARIA"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [MUSIC CONCLUDES] >> ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, WELCOME BACK TO THE MUSIC CENTER'S DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION FOR A LIVE PERFORMANCE.

IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY YEAR.

DESPITE THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE FACED, WE CONTINUE TO BRAVELY PERSEVERE AS A COMMUNITY.

TO CLEARLY THE ARTIST, THE CREW AND THE STAFF THAT IT WORKED SO HARD TO PUT ON THIS BELOVED HOLIDAY TRADITION.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITTED SERVICE TO THE ARTS.

WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE COME TOGETHER THROUGH THE POWER OF ARTS, WHICH BRINGS SO MUCH JOY AND HEALING DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY THE SHOW.

>> [SPEAKING SPANISH] YOU ARE AMAZING.

EVERY YEAR, THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION BRINGS NEW ARTISTS TO OUR STAGE LIKE ADAM MANDELA WALDEN, AS WELL AS WELL-ESTABLISHED GROUPS.

WE WOULD LOVE YOUR GROUP TO JOIN US NEXT YEAR.

PLEASE JOIN OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE APPLICATION LINK TO SIGN UP FOR 2022.

>> OUR NEXT PERFORMERS REPRESENT A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRADITION THAT GOES BACK OVER 50 YEARS.

BASED OUT OF CITRUS COLLEGE IN GLENDORA, THEY ARE THE CITRUS SINGERS, AND A CAPPELLA CHORAL TROOP THAT CARRY A RICH LEGACY OF ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY HAVE OPENED CEREMONIES AT THE PASADENA ROSE PARADE, AND COLLABORATED WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.

>> THEY ARE LED BY THEIR PROFESSOR THAT HAS HELMED THE GROUP FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

TODAY, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING THREE SONGS FOR US, ACCOMPANIED BY HANDBELLS.

FIRST IS A REGAL RENDITION OF MICHAEL W SMITH'S CHRISTMAS TIME PEWTER >> THEN, THEY WILL SING THE CHRISTMAS WALTZ, ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR FRANK SINATRA.

HERE ARE THE CITRUS SINGERS.

♪ [VOCALIZING] >> ♪ RING CHRISTMAS BELLS RING THEM LOUD WITH THE MESSAGE BRINGING PEACE ON THE EARTH TIDINGS OF GOOD CHEER COME CAROLERS COME AND JOIN WITH THE ANGELS SINGING JOY TO THE WORLD CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN CHILDREN GATHER AROUND AND LISTEN YOU'LL HEAR THE SOUND OF ANGELS FILLING THE SKY TELLING EVERYONE CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE RING CHRISTMAS BELLS RING THEM LOUD WITH THE MESSAGE BRINGING PEACE ON THE EARTH TIDINGS OF GOOD CHEER COME CAROLERS COME AND JOIN WITH THE ANGELS SINGING JOY TO THE WORLD CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN LOVED ONES CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS AND STRANGERS IN LANDS AFAR TOGETHER SHARE IN THE JOY EMMANUEL TO TELL THE WORLD HE HAS COME TO DWELL THE TIME IS NEAR WITH ONE VOICE LET THE WORLD REJOICE [VOCALIZING] RING CHRISTMAS BELLS RING THEM LOUD WITH THE MESSAGE BRINGING PEACE ON THE EARTH TIDINGS OF GOOD CHEER COME CAROLERS COME AND JOIN WITH THE ANGELS SINGING JOY TO THE WORLD CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN COME CAROLERS COME AND JOIN WITH THE ANGELS SINGING JOY TO THE WORLD CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE AGAIN ♪ ♪ [BELLS CHIMING] >> ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS MAY YOUR EVERY NEW YEAR DREAMS COME TRUE FROSTED WINDOW PANES CANDLES GLEAMING INSIDE PAINTED CANDY CANES ON THE TREE SANTA'S ON HIS WAY HE'S FILLED HIS SLEIGH WITH THINGS THINGS FOR YOU AND FOR ME IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE WORLD FALLS IN LOVE EVERY SONG YOU HEAR SEEMS TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS MAY YOUR NEW YEAR DREAMS COME TRUE AND THIS SONG OF MINE IN THREE-QUARTER TIME WISHES YOU AND YOURS THE SAME THING TOO [BELL SOLO] AND THIS SONG OF MINE IN THREE-QUARTER TIME WISHES YOU AND YOURS THE SAME THING TOO ♪ ♪ >> THE HOLIDAYS ARE AT TIME OF COMING TOGETHER, TAKING TIME TO REFLECT ON THE PAST AND LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE.

IF WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN, ENVIRONMENT AND ONE ANOTHER, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

>> WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.

REMEMBER COVID VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN FIVE AND UP THROUGHOUT L.A. COUNTY AT NO COST.

IF YOU ARE ABLE, WE WANT YOU TO GET A BOOSTER.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND YOUR LOVED ONES.

>> THE JUNG IM LEE KOREAN DANCE ACADEMY PERFORMS TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM KOREA.

IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE STUDENTS ALSO LEARN ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE AND SERVES AS AMBASSADORS FOR THE CULTURE.

>> TODAY THEY WILL BE PERFORMING A KOREAN DANCE DATING BACK TO AROUND 60060A.D -- 660 AD THAT WAS PERFORMED TO HONOR OCCASIONS WHEN PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND OVERCAME GREAT HARDSHIP.

>> THE SWORD DANCE IS KNOWN FOR ITS GRACE.

YOU WILL NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES THEY WEAR, IN THE STYLE OF MILITARY UNIFORMS.

PLEASE WELCOME THE JUNG IM LEE KOREAN DANCE ACADEMY.

[DRUMMING] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IF YOU ARE IN A PERFORMING ARTS GROUP AND YOU WANT TO BE PART OF OUR 2022 HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SINGING GROUPS, BANDS, DANCE COMPANIES, AND ANY OTHER GROUP THAT WERE -- THAT SHOWCASES THE PERFORMING TALENTS OF L.A. COUNTY RESIDENCE.

>> JUST HAD TO OUR -- HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE.

THIS NEXT GROUP IS ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONS IN THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

THE ACCLAIMED GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES.

>> FOUNDED IN 1979, THEIR MOTTO IS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND POWERFUL COMMUNITY.

THEY HAVE SPREAD THEIR MESSAGE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE WITH CONCERTS ACROSS THE WORLD, SINGING EVERYTHING FROM GREGORIAN CHANTS TO POP MUSIC.

FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE LOOKING TO DISCOVER THEIR OWN VOICES AND IDENTITIES.

>> THEY ALSO GIVE BACK TO LOS ANGELES WITH A FREE CONCERT SERIES THAT HAS PROVIDED MEANINGFUL CHORAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAM INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OF ACCEPTANCE, INCLUSION, ANTI-BULLYING, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE VOCAL ARTS.

IN RECENT YEARS, THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL AND THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL WITH HUGH JACKMAN, AS WELL AS A MEMORABLE APPEARANCE AT THE 35TH INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS.

>> ALWAYS A CROWD FAVORITE.

THEIR FIRST SELECTION IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, A SONG POPULARIZED BY PEER EQUAL MORE.

THEN THEY WILL -- PERRY CUOMO.

>> PLEASE WELCOME THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES.

♪ >> ♪ THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME LIKE HOME LIKE HOME OH, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 'CAUSE NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY YOU ROAM WHEN YOU PINE FOR THE SUNSHINE OF A FRIENDLY GAZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, YOU CAN'T BEAT HOME SWEET HOME I'M GOING HOME I MET A MAN WHO LIVES IN TENNESSEE HE WAS HEADIN' FOR PENNSYLVANIA, AND SOME HOME MADE PUMPKIN PIE FROM PENNSYLVANIA, FOLKS ARE TRAVELIN' DOWN TO DIXIE'S SUNNY SHORE FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC GEE, THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIFIC OH, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 'CAUSE NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY YOU ROAM IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY IN A MILLION WAYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS YOU CAN'T BEAT HOME, SWEET HOME I'M GOING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS YOU CAN'T BEAT HOME I'M COMING I'M COMING HOME ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ HANUKKAH IS HERE IT'S A HAPPY TIME OF YEAR EVERY JEWISH GIRL AND BOY IS GLAD YES, HANUKKAH IS HERE SUCH A HAPPY TIME OF YEAR SO WHY DO ALL THE SONGS SOUND SO SAD?

[VOCALIZING] KONICA IS HERE -- HANUKKAH IS HERE TIME TO CUT A RUG HANUKKAH IS HERE EVERYBODY JITTERBUG WITH A BOOGIE-WOOGIE HANUKKAH [VOCALIZING] WITH A BOOGIE-WOOGIE HANUKKAH ♪ ♪ ♪BOOGIE-WOOGIE HANUKKAH DANCE THE NIGHTS AWAY A BOOGIE-WOOGIE HANUKKAH BOOGIE-WOOGIE HANUKKAH ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ PEACE, PEACE, PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL THIS IS A TIME FOR JOY THIS IS A TIME FOR LOVE NOW LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER OF PEACE, PEACE, PEACE ON EARTH PEACE, PEACE, PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL THIS IS A TIME FOR JOY THIS IS A TIME FOR LOVE NOW LET'S ALL SING TOGETHER OF PEACE, PEACE, PEACE ON EARTH ♪ ♪ >> PEACE ON EARTH.

HOW BEAUTIFUL.

MARIACHI MUSIC HAS A RICH HISTORY.

THESE TRAILBLAZING MUSICIANS ARE NOW PART OF THAT STORY.

>> FORMED IN 1999, THE MARIACHI DIVAS DE CINDY SHEA HAVE THE STATION OF BEING -- DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST ALL-FEMALE MARIACHI BAND TO BE NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY.

THEY HAVE PLAYED MUSIC ON FILMS AND TELEVISION, AND FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS HAVE PERFORMED EACH AND EVERY DAY AT WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS IN ANAHEIM.

>> IN A MOMENT, THEY WILL PERFORM ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU EN ESPANOL.

BUT FIRST, A SELECTION BY THEIR FOUNDER AND TRUMPET PLAYER TO HONOR THE PASSING OF HER BELOVED FATHER THIS PAST SUMMER.

IT IS MARIAH CAREY'S MISS YOU MOST.

HERE IS MARIACHI DIVAS DE CINDY SHEA.

♪ [VOCALIZING] >> ♪ THE FIRE IS BURNING, THE ROOM'S ALL AGLOW OUTSIDE THE DECEMBER WIND BLOWS AWAY IN THE DISTANCE THE CAROLERS SING IN THE SNOW EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING THE WORLD IS CELEBRATING AND EVERYONE'S SO HAPPY EXCEPT FOR ME TONIGHT BECAUSE I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND I CAN'T GET YOU, GET YOU OFF MY MIND EVERY OTHER SEASON COMES ALONG AND I'M ALL RIGHT BUT THEN I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME [VOCALIZING] I GAZE OUT THE WINDOW THIS COLD WINTER'S NIGHT AT ALL OF THE TWINKLING LIGHTS ALONE IN THE DARKNESS REMEMBERING WHEN YOU WERE MINE EVERYBODY'S SMILING THE WHOLE WORLD IS REJOICING AND EVERYONE'S EMBRACING EXCEPT FOR YOU AND I BABY, I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND I CAN'T GET YOU, NO, NO, NO, NO, GET YOU OFF MY MIND EVERY OTHER SEASON COMES ALONG AND I'M ALL RIGHT BUT THEN I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE SPRINGTIME THOSE MEMORIES START TO FADE WITH THE APRIL RAIN THROUGH THE SUMMER DAYS TILL AUTUMN'S LEAVES ARE GONE I GET BY WITHOUT YOU TILL THE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL AND THEN I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND I CAN'T GET YOU, NO, NO, NO, GET YOU OFF MY MIND EVERY OTHER SEASON COMES ALONG AND I'M ALL RIGHT BUT THEN I MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME ♪ ♪ [SINGING " ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU" IN SPANISH] ♪ ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU ♪ [RESUMES SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪ ♪ ♪ ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU YOU ♪ [RESUMES SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪ ♪ BABY, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU, BABY ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU, BABY ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU, BABY ♪ ♪ >> ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TO KEEP THIS ENERGY GOING.

THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, STAY WELL, STAY BLESSED, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

GOOD NIGHT.

♪ >> ♪ SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT ROUND YON VIRGIN MOTHER AND CHILD HOLY INFANT, SO TENDER AND MILD SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE NOCHE DE PAZ, NOCHE DE AMOR TODO DUERME EN DERREDOR ENTRE LOS ASTROS QUE ESPARCEN SU LUZ BELLA ANUNCIANDO AL NIÑITO JESÚS BRILLA LA ESTRELLA DE PAZ BRILLA LA ESTRELLA DE PAZ SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT SON OF GOD, LOVE'S PURE LIGHT RADIANT BEAMS FROM THY HOLY FACE WITH THE DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE JESUS, LORD AT THY BIRTH JESUS, LORD AT THY BIRTH NOCHE DE PAZ, NOCHE DE AMOR VED QUÉ BELLO RESPLANDOR LUCE EN EL ROSTRO DEL NIÑO JESÚS EN EL PESEBRE, DEL MUNDO LA LUZ ASTRO DE ETERNO FULGOR ASTRO DE ETERNO FULGOR SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT ROUND YON VIRGIN MOTHER AND CHILD ♪