text: This is a tough event to review If I could give half stars I would go with nnI had never been to a performance of the Singing Christmas tree before so I was looking forward to checking it out As Chad mentioned in his review the show was an odd mixture that included traditional Christmas songs international Christmas songs puppets and dancers nnThe singers making up the tree did sound pretty good for most of the songs they performed and the soloist had a nice voice However there were a few songs that did not get very good treatment For example I felt that their performance of Feliz Navidad was watered down and washed out It was a disappointment Overall though I would rate the singers a solid stars nnThe dancing was hit or miss I enjoyed the Irish dancers but some of the other dances were not my cup of tea A couple of times I felt the dances seemed a bit out of place for this type of performance the rockette style dancing by younger performers seemed a bit odd to me I would give this portion of the show starsnnI like the Grey Seal Puppets but honestly the storyline of the polar bear puppet was a bit on the silly side The talents of the Grey Seal Puppeteers are much more apparent in their other performances nnHowever the biggest problems I noticed were with the venue itself I would give the venue star First off when we arrived there were a lot of seats that had been doublebooked I have never seen that type of chaos at any type of performance I have been to It was bizarrennThe acoustics in this venue have always been bad and they still are nnThen the seats were actually uncomfortable and I felt squished into my seat sitting between one big person and one tall person I almost felt claustrophobic at times nnTo top it all off it was really hot in there so uncomfortable that we thought about leaving halfway through the show We did end up staying for the entire performance but I have to admit I felt a sense of relief when the show was over