The Christmas Show
Starring Joe Bennett

Synopsis:

In 1957, a host of talented adventurers traveled the country purveying a pop-culture gospel to preteen baby boomers. Their efforts changed an adolescent fad into a generational force and their siren songs signaled a seminal change that would forever alter the way society viewed entertainment. These balladeers trail blazed a formerly black and white world becoming the colorful vanguard for all who would follow them. Once famous, most of these shadowy legends have faded into the background residing among us, yet now, only as unrecognized faces in the crowd. "The Christmas Show" is the story of one forgotten folk hero's last chance for relevance. The consequences of his life choices reveal the multifaceted relationship between the musician and his music, the performer and his audience, the lover and his beloved, and the believer and his belief. The tale begins the day after Thanksgiving as a holiday vacationer breaks bread with his childhood mentor. During casual conversation, the retiring teacher inadvertently reveals his secret past life. Intrigued by this revelation, the former student embarks on a journey of discovery through which he's forced to question the meaning of music, celebrity, faith, love, and the implications of one mystical moment on culture. Along the way, the former student's effort to substantiate his mentor's significance becomes a quest to restore his own lost calling. The search allows him to do the penance he must endure and gives him the absolution he so desperately desires. At the same time, his teacher's example reaffirms the most valuable lesson of all; the ultimate meaning that every single moment in anyone's life has: no matter how humble, no matter how seemingly inconsequential.

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