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'Schooner' carries cargo of holiday spirit
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'Schooner' carries cargo of holiday spirit, legend
By SHARON MILLER CINDRICH Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, November 23, 2003
The Skylight Opera Theatre will sail into the holiday season with
a musical that combines the spirit of Christmas with local legend.
"The Christmas Schooner," written by John Reeger with music and
lyrics by Julie Shannon, chronicles the efforts of a shipping captain
to bring Christmas trees to homesick German-American families in the...
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