hello hello and welcome to the calming mat the show yes indeedy we are gearing up for the holiday season and i have a st company that i love in new brunswick new jersey we have the cast and crew from crossroads theater company they are going to present black maid to everything yes i know the direct social media from events throughout the years but before we get started and before you meet them and we welcome this wonderful cast we have a piece song by the choir the full wonderful recording artist or minister you name it he's an all around con a guy and directly behind me we have the thought in m it is in all black cat and it tells the story of course of his birth and it goes through his travels all the way up to the actual world the actual commencement of the giving him back to the earth and that all takes place in the st act of the show the nd act is basically a jubilation everything that was told in the st act and we dance major dance overdyes company yes so you did so a lot to look forward to in this particular production absolutely not how did you form this i mean how long have you been doing this oh my coming full circle type of situation when i st was introduced to black nativity back in the early eighty's and it was my st major theatrical production and it just happened to be at cross information throughout this show now mr canton well how did you join this cast i received a call from asking me if i would be interested in being a part of the show years here in harlem actually the pastor in the church so now you've become a recording star and actor well i was having all of that at the same firm i was with the record company called black bear records which is owned and operated by the williams used to be the minister of music at the church where i was so now the song that you sang no room is that is that from the show is that from all of the black nativity shows i don't understand how it is so that's one of the songs on this is one of my favorite ones when i st started doing back into the room was actually my solo oh my god i wonder when i knew that i had to find someone to do the number you know i had to go for the encore theater i mean i remember that you have and i worked there for several years and moved to new york ten years ago so now so you majored in theater or and dance or what directed it's just you know just all across the board so how did he find you how did mr do i have the pleasure working with him under his direction a few years ago  a show called crowns oh yes yes so i got a chance to get a taste of his direction and i have to say it was a pleasure then and it's still a pleasure no good and no and you missed over that and i want you to introduce the next song but tell us about where you from and and i know everybody knows you tell us a little about yourself personally from brooklyn new t choreographer on black to me the movie the movie yeah so that's how wound up here yes i remember see you know ladies and gentlemen you never know because i know addition for that one time but you know who was very nice to me  the table is just be as nice as you possibly can and he was very nice to me i remember that and that when i didn't know you that well before but that may mean know you all that well all those years ago so you see you never know ladies and gentlemen is so now you know i want him do something with me i'm out of there and right there we're going to win or something together soon so watch out for that will made the announcement not too soon to tell all my this walk of life i tried to make sure that whenever i leave someone's presence or someone leaves my presence that they feel a little differently than they did before they came into my circle and if i can do that you know then i think that stepped out once again to be the director she is wonderful and bossing everybody around then did it all right today we have also a new person for the st time thank you lamell as the technical assistance for signing up and helping out we really appreciate you and looking forward to seeing you again we have a production assistant that is mr travis bennett who came down from love they who helped us a lot i tell you've been so blessed my friend and associate producer veronica blackwell provided the hospitality for the cast in this group and they thank you for this chicken american and i would like to thank rich who is the pursuit of the table for him in and thank you as usual rich for helping us out so much and thank you him in for giving me this platform to bring this wonderful talent i adore it i want to thank you for watching as usual and helping to make the common math the show the great success and i want to to remember and in