The Lakeway Sing Alongs have been hopping for the last 10 years, but the latest production will go a step, or a hop, further with Christmas Around the World.

The shows at 2 and 4:30 p.m. at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek Road, will feature, in one number, a dozen performers dressed as kangaroos and reindeers singing “6 White Boomers from Australia” as they hop and prance on the stage and through the aisles.
Other numbers in the internationally themed music and dance show produced and directed by Martha Kubala include familiar songs such as “Silent Night” from Germany and “Good King Wenceslas” from England and others such as “Gesu Bambino” from Italy, “March of the Kings” from France and “Agios Vasilis” from Greece.
After 10 years of shows, it’s all the cast and crew can do to not ham it up too much through the show and remember that they are putting on a production.
“We feel like we are family,” chairperson Joann Anderson said. “We have to tone it down a little because we have so much fun on the stage.”
No one forgets, however, that all the fun supports the serious efforts of the Hudson Bend Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s Green Santa program. Admission to the Christmas show is one unwrapped toy suitable for a child up to age 17.
The Sing Along Group of the Women’s Club of Greater Lakeway and the Lakeway Activity Center sponsor the Christmas Sing Alongs that serve as the kickoff event for the Green Santa toy drive and are its biggest contributor of donations. The piles of presents require a fleet of pickup trucks to transport them to Green Santa Headquarters where they await local families in need that come to meet the special Santa and pick up the donated toys.
“This provides something extra special for those who might do without. We’re making Christmas a little brighter,” Anderson said.
The Christmas Sing Alongs, which are funded by proceeds from their spring counterparts, started with 10 to 12 performers and have grown to a cast and crew of about 80 people, most of whom hail from Lakeway and the Lake Travis area.
Audience members enjoy the treat of their family members, friends or neighbors singing and dancing for a worthy program, Anderson said.
“The Sing Alongs get people in the holiday spirit by seeing a show and donating for a good cause,” she said.
Organizers encourage audiences to arrive early because the Christmas shows are usually standing room only.
“We always sell out. It always seems to work about right for people to get all in there,” Anderson said.
The Ladies Auxiliary will provide cookies and hot chocolate after the shows.
For information, call Anderson at 261-3313.