"It was the quickest sellout of their holiday season (last year), and the people just adored this show." "We've only done this show twice before, at the Fireside Theatre inside the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres," he said. Sterling also noted that Detroit Lakes was the first stop on their 2016 holiday tour.
especially not with the combination of these two artists in the same setting." "People have lived with these songs all their lives, but at the same time, unless they saw Andy in Branson, or are from the World War II generation, they've never seen these songs performed live. this show has a very unique combination of freshness and familiarity. "Ben and I are in tuxes and the band is all in black suits, the women are in red gowns. "We don't try to imitate them, but we do try to honor Andy and Bing as much as we can," Sterling added. Sterling sings Crosby's hits, while Utecht sings Williams' songs. we have some of the top musicians from the Twin Cities area in this band." "It's a 19-piece band so there are strings, horns, percussion. "We basically do the complete albums of Andy Williams and Bing Crosby, those perfect Christmas albums that everyone's been loving for decades," says Sterling. Though they do not actually play the roles of Bing Crosby and Andy Williams, Sterling says, they have assembled a 19-piece orchestra and five female backup singers to recreate the sounds of the singers' original recordings as authentically as possible. "We have put this wonderful Christmas show together and it's just a riot." "Having grown up listening to those two singers, I was very excited to become the third producer of the show (along with Sterling and Fiero)," says Utecht. In 2015, a mutual friend of his and Mick Sterling's, Cate Fiero, approached him about taking part in a new holiday show that she and Sterling were working on getting to the stage. Utecht continued to pursue both of his passions through both high school and college, attending music school even while continuing to play football with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals.Īfter suffering his fifth concussion during his playing career, Utecht retired from football and focused on music. "I just fell in love with both sports and the arts at a very early age," he added, noting that he plays guitar in addition to singing. "I grew up in a very athletic and musical family," says Ben Utecht, who along with performing partner Mick Sterling, will be bringing the holiday show, "An Andy & Bing Christmas," to the stage of Detroit Lakes' Historic Holmes Theatre for two shows this Saturday, Dec.
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How does a former professional football player, who still proudly wears his 2006 Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl Championship ring on his finger, end up making his living as a singer?
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