created by Rick Kish

 We not only enjoyed your wonderful voices and the great band, but your vulnerability and emotional connection with the audience" P. Browning

Join us for this Retro holiday celebration with Classic Christmas and seasonal tunes heard for only one month a year. And of course, delivered as only Rick & Connor can deliver!! Lot's of fun & surprises!!  Featuring... The Nevin Campbell Trio. (120 minutes - includes a 15 minute intermission).

Plans are already underway for Christmas 2024

THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!!

2024 ANNOUNCEMENT Coming SOON

Where we've been...

Pictures & BIOS of "The Crooner Christmas Show" Company 2022!

Rick Kish: Rick is the creator this show. He also produces and stages this production.. Each year Rick looks forward to this production and its various incarnations. He’s shared the stage with so many wonderful and talented people from the London and surrounding area over the years, too many to list here - see list below... It’s always and adventure and one that he’s so happy to see how people embrace these shows again and again. Rick is a 4 time nominee and the proud recipient of the 2019 FCLMA Jazz Vocalist Award.

Connor Boa: Connor is very excited to be back again doing another Christmas show along side Rick, He has been a part of almost every Christmas show with Rick for the last 9 years. These shows have always been Connor’s Segway into the Christmas spirit and season and he hopes that they do the same for everyone attending. He is also an actor and musical theatre performer. He has appeared at Jazz for the People at Wolf Performance Hall with Rachelle Courtney and Nevin Campbell. Connor began performing at 6 years old at many Renaissance and Pirate Festivals. He has been in six of the Grand Theatres Highschool Projects.

Credits: For LINK theatre; The Crooner Show 21 & 22, An Intimate Crooner Christmas 20 & 21, a really Retro CROONER Christmas 15, 17, 18, 19, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens 2017 & 2018 as Mitch and JUDY: Stonewalled!', a public reading as Steve.

Nevin Campbell: Nevin has been MD/Pianist and arranger for various Crooner themed shows with LINK since 2017. He is a jazz pianist from London, Ontario. He is a graduate from the prestigious jazz performance program at Humber College and has studied with some of Canada’s top jazz pianists including Dave Resitvo, Brian Dickinson and Mark Eisenmann. Nevin spent several years touring the world while performing on Holland America and Celebrity cruise ships.  Now settled in London, you can see Nevin perform regularly at Restaurant Ninety One and as a frequent guest of the Jazz for the People series at Wolf Performance Hall. He plays with many of Southwestern Ontario’s finest musicians and ensembles including the Basically Basie Big Band, London Jazz Orchestra, Alfredo Caxaj Latin Ensemble, Peter Hysen Septet, Denise Pelley, Sonja Gustafson, Rachelle Courtney, Larry Smith, Darryl Stacey, Sandy MacKay, Jeff Christmas, Paul Stephenson, and Barry Usher. Nevin is a regular with Rick Kish & Friends!

Larry Ernewein: Larry has been playing bass, both electric and acoustic, since the 1970’s. He has toured Canada and the United States as a classic rock bassist with numerous show bands, and performs in several styles including jazz, country & western, classic rock and folk music. He is one of the busiest bass players in Southwestern Ontario, working with many small combos, backing vocalists (which he’ll be sharing with you all here), and recording. He’s looking forward to hanging out with these guys onstage and entertaining you!

Sandy MacKay: Drummer Sandy MacKay has a long history with Port Stanley starting with the old Stork Club in 1969. (There's a photo signed by Sandy back in the day on display at Mackie's) . He has played several Crooner shows with Rick & Connor, including a really Retro CROONER Christmas at PSFT.  Sandy has performed with various groups at Jazz Festivals in London, Brantford, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver. In 2011 he was the recipient of the (London) FCLMA award for best jazz instrumentalist. Sandy "digs all this cool music" and hopes you will as well!

An Intimate Crooner Christmas / a really Retro Crooner Christmas

The show comes in various forms.  4 to 8 artists on stage. The show always filled with swingin' tunes as we celebrate those Dean, Frank & Bing style Christmas Specials. Filled with festive fun & surprises, the show features popular standards of the era as well as a whole lotta Christmas Music.

Our 2021 Tour

Our Shows in 2020

Our 2019 Tour

Check out our YouTube Video to see where we went in 2019

About The Show

This show brings together Crooners Rick Kish & Connor Boa, with the Nevin Campbell Trio, as we celebrate those Dean, Frank & Bing style Christmas Specials. Filled with festive fun & surprises, the show features popular standards of the era as well as a whole lotta Christmas Music. A LINK theatre Concert. Created by Rick Kish.

Come Celebrate the Holidays in CROONER Style...

About The CROONERS

Rick Kish (R) **

Rick is the creator this show. He also produces and stages this production.. Each year Rick looks forward to this production and its various incarnations. He’s shared the stage with so many wonderful and talented people from the London and surrounding area over the years. It’s always and adventure and one that he’s so happy to see how people embrace this show again and again.  FULL BIO Click HERE

Connor Boa (L)

Connor is very excited to be back Crooning in his favourite Christmas Special! Connor is a long time crooner and has a deep love for the music. He is also an actor and musical theatre performer. He recently appeared at Jazz for the People at Wolf Performance Hall with Rachelle Courtney and Nevin Campbell. Connor began performing at 6 years old at many Renaissance and Pirate Festivals. He has been in six of the Grand Theatres Highschool Projects.

Credits: For LINK theatre; a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2015, 2017 & 2018, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens 2017 & 2018 as Mitch and JUDY: Stonewalled!', a public reading as Steve.

He encourages you to sit back, relax and enjoy this wonderful band and fun afternoon/evening.

** The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy.”

About The BAND

PIANIST / Band Leader /Musical Director - Nevin Campbell

Nevin Campbell is a jazz pianist from London, Ontario. He is a graduate from the prestigious jazz performance program at Humber College and has studied with some of Canada’s top jazz pianists including Dave Resitvo, Brian Dickinson and Mark Eisenmann. Nevin spent several years touring the world while performing on Holland America and Celebrity cruise ships.  Now settled in London, you can see Nevin perform regularly at Restaurant Ninety One and as a frequent guest of the Jazz for the People series at Wolf Performance Hall.  He plays with many of Southwestern Ontario’s finest musicians and ensembles including the Basically Basie Big Band, London Jazz Orchestra, Alfredo Caxaj Latin Ensemble, Peter Hysen Septet, Denise Pelley, Sonja Gustafson, Rachelle Courtney, Larry Smith, Darryl Stacey, Sandy MacKay, Jeff Christmas, Paul Stephenson, and Barry Usher. Nevin is a regular with The Rick Kish Combo and can be seen monthly at Michael's Jazz Room and occasionally at Olive R Twists. 

He's thrilled to be back working with this amazing company of performers!

About The ARTISTIC TEAM

Setting Designed by Eric Bunnell

"If it weren't for Christmas, what would we do December 25th"? worries set designer Eric Bunnell, who is grateful for the day. He has been involved in a number of a LINK theatre productions ... Most recently, by wallpapering a dive space bar with a lot of tin foil for Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. Eric has a very long collaborative design relationship with Rick, Including, Wang Dang Doodle at the Grand Theatre in London, and far too many to mention at Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Bluewater Summer Playhouse and a missing link theatre company. Happy Holidays!

LINK theatre& concerts  would like to say "thank you" to the following people without whom a really Retro CROONER Christmas, An Intimate Crooner Christmas and The Crooner Christmas Show would not have been possible...

Thank You!!

a really Retro CROONER Christmases Past

Samples

Opening Theme with VO

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2017

The Croonettes - Kaitlin Benoit, Caitlin McKeon, Kieryn Mounsey
with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums

Composed by Eli Pasic

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2017

The Crooners - Rick Kish & Connor Boa

with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.

Written by Edward Pola & George Wyle

Jingle Bells - Edited

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2018

Those Fabulous Croonettes - Caitlin McKeon, Kieryn Mounsey, Kaitlin Benoit
The Crooners - Rick Kish & Connor Boa
with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.
Written by James Pierpont - Arranged by Dave Foster, Patty Andrews, Victor Schoen and Mac Huff

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2018
The Crooner - Rick Kish
with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums
Written by Irving Berlin from the musical film On the Avenue in 1937

with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.

Written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé

I Won't Dance

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2018

The Crooners - Connor Boa with Rick Kish & Caitlin McKeon

with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.

Written by Jerome Kern. Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields, originally performed in Three Sisters in 1933

Witchcraft

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2017

The Crooner - Connor Boa
with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.

Composed in 1957 by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh

Jingle Bells

a really Retro CROONER Christmas 2017

The Croonettes - Maya Lacey, Nicola Klien, Jesslyn Hodgson

The Crooners - Rick Kish & Connor Boa

with Nevin Campbell on Piano, Anne Pin on Bass & Jake Schindler on Drums.

Written by James Pierpont - Arranged by Dave Foster, Patty Andrews, Victor Schoen and Mac Huff

PAST PERFORMANCES - Where we've been...