Well, it's been an amazing year around here at thatguitarman.com

KIND OF A FUN UPDATE TODAY!

Thanks you to every single one of you who spent even one afternoon with me in Central Park this year, or down on Pier 45 in The Village, or at any of my gigs.

But, here we are in December. Wrapping up another trip around the Sun.

December.

Holiday Season.

AND WE'RE 10 DAYS OUT FROM THE YEAR-END CONCERT ON DECEMBER 11.

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

Tickets are still available. (More about that further down the page.)

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Now this is the time of year when we start seeing great, classic old films and animated features like "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas"...

And this is the time of year when someone will air one of the ONLY 3 versions of Charles Dicken's classic novel "A Christmas Carol" worth watching. (Forget Patrick Stewart, Reginald Owen and George C. Scott and all the rest.)

For my money, These are the only 3 that count! The Leslie Bricusse musical film with Albert Finney was well-done and fun. And the updated comedy version with Bill Murray called "Scrooged" was a blast. But the ONLY definitive, straight, dramatic version of this story starred Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge. It was just a brilliant, brilliant piece of film-making and and even more brilliant performance. Still... years ago I noticed something.

I had seen this film at least 20 times in my life through all my years growing up. Then one night around Christmas time years ago (And I can tell you this is a long, lonnnggg time ago... because as most of you know, I haven't had a drink in almost 20 years.) ...I came home after a night of partying, blind drunk about 4:00 in the morning. I hit the refrigerator for a cold chicken leg before crashing and turned on a little black and white television in the kitchen, and was delighted to see that this movie was on.

But after a few minutes, in my drunkenness, I thought I saw something on the screen. I think I kinda put a hand over one eye and stared at the TV screen.

Yep!

Checkout the video I posted here today. Then at 3:08 look in the mirror.

Some bonehead-stage-hand or some guest on the set pokes his head out from around a piece of scenery. It looks like he almost realizes that this is a bad idea and backs off a little, but stays in the line of sight through the mirror. I think the scene was such a "keeper" that they had to hope nobody would see it. (Or no one ever noticed it before it went to final print.) Alastair Sim is dead-on in this scene and I'm sure they would never get another take quite like it. When Scrooge returns to the mirror at 3:57... yeah, this guy is still there watching the scene.

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Funny... never saw that until I was absolutely hammered!

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Okay, moving on!

Do you have your tickets already for the concert in 10 days!? I'll check the box office today so I can give you an update about ticket availability in the orchestra. I can tell you this for sure, though. The balcony in this beautiful venue is, like, right on top of the stage! So the seats in the balcony are great! (And they're actually less expensive that the orchestra seating.) So, you might wanna go ahead and grab the best seats up there while they last!

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Gonna have a blast at Kaufman Center again!

GO AHEAD AND GET TICKETS TODAY OR TOMORROW! (There are still about 100 tickets left in the orchestra! But they're starting to move.)

THE BOX OFFICE IS OPEN TODAY! CALL YOUR FRIENDS!

Then call the box office directly:

212-501-3330

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Or you can order tickets online right now to make sure you get the best seats.

Click on this banner to grab your tickets right now!

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So if you don't grab tickets online today, maybe you can make today a day to call a few friends, round them up, make plans to make a night of it... and then grab tickets sooner than later!!! The box office will be open all week.

It's a chance for us to all get together and share that same feeling we share out in Central Park all summer. And thanks to every single one of you who spent even one afternoon with me in Central Park. (No matter where in the world you're reading this, if you've ever hung out with me you might find your smiling face in one of the galleries!!!)

Click to visit this year's gallery

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Click for the gallery from 2009

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Here are a few moments from last year's concert!

CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS FROM LAST YEAR!

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Okay now...

Here are a couple of different galleries.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?) I'll be back tomorrow with another update.

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Thanks for everything.

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PEACE