SPIKED! Put Some Punch in Your Holidays

Overview

Spiked! — Table Salt Productions’ perennial holiday favorite — is back and coming to the Celtic Junction!

Laura MacKenzie delivers music from Scotland, Ireland, England, Sweden and Central France on an array of traditional wind-powered instruments and voice. Enjoying a richly varied career grounded in traditional music, Laura has performed and recorded with diverse ensembles, worked with theatrical productions and for public radio, and has performed at festivals across the United States. She performs solo and in ensembles of all sizes, including her Celtic big band, Brass Lassie. Laura has received numerous honors and performing arts awards throughout her career, and she especially enjoys listing stunt piping in her resume.

Gary Rue has been writing and performing his own music ever since he was released from piano instruction in 1963 for intentionally altering the works of Mozart and Chopin. Since then he has gone on to write 90 music theatre scores, has been to Carnegie Hall and back as music director for Gene Pitney, has had songs recorded by Helen Reddy and Nick Lowe (among others), is a 2010 inductee of the MN Music Hall of Fame and the Mid-America Hall of Fame, and was awarded an IVEY for music direction of The Buddy Holly Story.

What is Spiked?

First-rate music plus sketch comedy, all mixed up in a sparkling holiday punch! Featuring local music headliners, Hooley veterans, and Brave New Workshop alums, it’s Saturday Night Live meets Mariah Carey … with cocktails!

Work off that turkey dinner with plenty of belly laughs, plus good old-fashioned hooting and hollering! Rocking holiday songs will get you in the spirit; sweet foreign language carols will tug at your heart; and sketches that take aim at the workplace, the home — and an exploration of what exactly the family pets are getting up to — will have you rolling in the aisles!



Additional Dates & Times:

Dec 2: 7-9 p.m.