Jeff Lams, who is one of Broadway's Musical Directors (The Civil War, Kat and the Kings) has found out how big the heart of Broadway is. Jeff's daughter, Aria, is seven years old and has been battling leukemia since she was 3 1/2. She underwent bone marrow transplant last spring which was not successful. She is undergoing another one and to help pay for the operation, the Broadway community, lead by Jason Howland and Dani Davis of Half-Pint Productions, has rallied to help out the Lams family by producing a recording where ALL the revenue will go directly to the Lams family.
Love at Christmas Time
Music by Jason Howland -- Lyrics by Dani Davis
Not many presents are under our tree
Been a year of ups and downs
We're tired and worn feeling not so free
But a spirit has come around.
Working so hard just to help us get by
Seems we are always behind
But when we're together my heart breathes a sigh
And the spirit warms winter's night.
The season's blessings ring through our home
With each hello and goodbye
I know my child is the lucky one
She has love at Christmas time
Worries about what the future will bring
Seem not important at all
While we sit by the fire happy carolling
The spirit dances as snowflakes fall
The season's blessings ring through our home
With each hello and goodbye
I know my child is the lucky one
She has love at Christmas time
Remember the boy being born with God's love
Remember He made this day
Love was a miracle then
It's a miracle now
His love lives in us today
Remember the boy who was born
Under angels' eyes
Born for children everywhere
To make their spirits fly
So many gifts are surrounding our tree
The angel's eyes glitter above
And I feel that spirit that holds my soul
in the arms of this family's love
The season's blessings ring through our home
With each hello and goodbye
I know my child is the lucky one
She has love at Christmas time
I know that I'm the lucky one
Giving love at Christmas time
We'll always be the lucky ones
We have love at Christmas time
Lead vocalists:
Matt Bogart, Dani Davis, Capathia Jenkins, Joe Machota, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Clarke Thorell
The Choir:
Whitney Allen, Becca Ayers, Bertilla Baker, Steven Bogard, Laurie Brown, Andy Burns, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Kimberly Cavallo , Douglas Cohen, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Kyra Little DaCosta, Robin DiLauri, Drew Distefano, Julie Foldesi, Jennifer Gambatese, Steve Gannon, Jeff Gardner, Kathy Guida, Jeremy Hamilton, Daria Hardeman, Hope Harris, Joan Hess, Rachel Hoffman, Lance Horne, Timothy Johnson, Keith Byron Kirk, Michelle Kittrell, Frank Lawson, Robert Krahen, Norm Lewis , Stacie Morgan Lewis, Aliza Locwy, Alison Lory, Joe Machota, Anthony Mackie, Amy Mair, Stuart Marland, Greg Marlow, Corinne Melancon, George Merritt, Dina Morishita, Jan Murphy, Jack Murphy, Kelli O’Hara, Maegan Osterhaus, Carl Pasbjerg, Jim Price, Kwame Michael Remy, Julie Scharnberg, Carol Sharar, Alex Sharpe, Jennifer Shrader, Brandon Singleton, Amy Spanger, Jodi Stevens, Doug Storm, Gregory Tapscott, Lawrence P. Thomas, Lawrence Thompson, Tracie Thoms, Brek Williams, Randall Wreghitt
The Orchestra:
Sanford Allen, Herb Besson, Ravi Best, Laura Bontraeger, Jeff Caswell, Mike Davis, Matt Dine, Karen Diyanni, Victoria Eanet, Arthur Fiacco, Juliet Hafner, John Herington, Greg Hesselink, Bill Holcomb, Jim Hynes, Eun Chong Jo, Karl Kawahra, Paul Kim, Shin Won Kim, John Korba, Scott Kuney, Kate Light, Larry Lelli, Roy Lewis, Arlene Locala, John Miller, Karla Moe, Ted Mook, Warren Odze, Laura Oatts, Patrick Pridemore, Maxine Roach, Oleg Rutkovsky, Veronica Salas, James Saporito, Carol Sharar, Roger Shell, Hisaichi Shimura, Deb Shufelt, Uli Spethq
The Angels:
Mary and Pierre Cossette, Ken Gentry, Stephanie and Carter McClelland, Linda Eder, Frank Wildhorn, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Inc., Mike Davis, Dave Fink and Robin Skye
