Theatre Of Night Christmas Tour Video Showcase!!

Of course, it is Christmas tomorrow, so what better local band to feature on the SMS today than Sault Michigan classical metal project Theatre of Night? I have intentionally held our coverage of their out of town concerts and related videos in the past two weeks in order to give them the Christmas Eve spotlight. These videos were all posted on or shared to the band's Facebook page and/or group. One (shared by keyboardist Craig Harrison) is a holdover from their Holland concert at Great Legs Winery on December 8th, and it's of guitarist Steve Giles warming up for their set by playing the opening of "What Child Is This?". Short but well played, so give it a look at the appropriate link! I can't embed videos from the venue's Facebook page here. Despite a teaser on December 14th indicating that they would live-stream their local show at The Dreammakers Theater at the Soo's Kewadin Casino branch, I can't find any evidence of that occurring, at least on a public page.

However, we do have one video to share from the local date, courtesy of Roadhouse/ex-Power Slug guitarist Chris Leask, who shared this clip onto their Facebook page the day afterward. The 47 seconds-long video features Theatre of Night playing "Away In A Manger", and while the short length and over-exposed lighting do it no favours, the performance itself sounds great, and Rachel's vice still hits all of the right notes! Check this video out below, and also check out the post he made above it, where he positively reviewed the concert, which was also his daughter's first concert, and they even got a photo of her with Rachel. Looks like everyone had a good time!



Today's other new videos come from Theatre of Night's return trip to Holland (a half hour southwest of Grand Rapids) on Saturday night to end their third annual Christmas tour, this time at The Park Theater. Unfortunately, these are not from the set proper, and one doesn't even have any musical performances. That video (shared by Craig onto the band's Facebook group) is just 17 seconds of them setting up for the show, and the other, which Craig shared to their Facebook page, is 29 seconds of Steve and bassist Scott Andringa (on drums) jamming Black Sabbath's "Into The Void". Didn't expect that, but they make it sound good while it lasts, so give it a look below!



To end this post on a festive pre-Christmas note, especially as the Kewadin live-stream has not surfaced at press time, here's the 1:46-long live-streamed video from last year's local date, so you can relive Theatre of Night's whole stage show in all of it's glory. I don't think a lot changed year-to-year, for what it's worth, but it's always fun seeing Craig, Steve, Rachel, Scott, and Erik metallize Christmas carols on the big stage like this. Give last year's local date a look below!



That's all for now, but I wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas, and I will see you guys back here on Boxing Day with weekend concert previews, plus our next YouTube Channel Profile will follow as well. Thanks everyone!