Posted on 12/03/2022 8:48:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper — you know, the one who uses electric chairs and guillotines as props and once famously threw a chicken off the stage — isn't the most likely host of a beloved, family-friendly Christmas show.
But likely or not, Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, the holiday-themed variety show created by the longtime Valley resident and his wife, Sheryl, is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of bringing top-tier talent to town for a good cause.
This year, the sold-out show on Saturday, December 3, at Celebrity Theatre boasts its typical all-star lineup, including Sammy Hagar, Rob Zombie, Wally Palmar of The Romantics, the Gin Blossoms, Sixwire (who Cooper will perform with), and comedian Jim Breuer. Also on the bill are the winners of Cooper's American Idol-esque youth talent competition, Proof Is in the Pudding: singer Eleeza, band The Darn Kids, and dance troupe Fierce & Fabulous.
Proceeds from the Christmas Pudding benefit the work that the Coopers do through their Solid Rock Teen Centers, two facilities in north Phoenix and Mesa that provide free arts programming and safe spaces for young people ages 12 to 20.
The Coopers' interest in helping teens began, as Alice tells it, when he saw "a really awkward drug deal go down with these two 16-year-old kids. I'm sitting in the car and I'm looking over and I'm thinking, how does that kid not know that he might be the best guitar player in town? And the other kid might be the best drummer?"
The couple began the nonprofit Solid Rock Foundation in 1995 with their friend Chuck Savale. The stated mission is to "make an everlasting difference in the lives of teens." At Solid Rock, that happens through music, dance, and art training, talks by people in the entertainment industry,
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
I wear that t shirt to every election polling day.
Have not played it in about 30 years due to a disc between my L2 and 3. It was fun alright. I got into archery. My church peeps like to play, I caddy for them on occasion. I cannot ride horses or motorcycles anymore. I need surgery/fusion.
Have not played it in about 30 years due to a disc between my L2 and 3. It was fun alright. I got into archery. My church peeps like to play, I caddy for them on occasion. I cannot ride horses or motorcycles anymore. I need surgery/fusion.
Have not played it in about 30 years due to a disc between my L2 and 3. It was fun alright. I got into archery. My church peeps like to play, I caddy for them on occasion. I cannot ride horses or motorcycles anymore. I need surgery/fusion.
Could not find that on youtube. Found Delores O’Reirdon’s song, but none of your pal’s.
Delores was the Cranberries’ lead singer. Loved her.
Would love to hear it.
Don’t know if it’s on youtube, but look on iTunes for “An Ordinary Day” or “The End-Time Legacy Project” on Amazon.
I have the same affliction one in my neck too, but hey golf with alice and iggy? i’d brave it out... :)
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