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Schaap Center construction delays force cancellation of ‘White Christmas’ BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTE PARK — High hopes for a happy holiday season for Grosse Pointe Theatre and its audiences were dashed Dec. 2 by news that the production
of “White Christmas” — which had been slated to run Dec. 5 to 21 at the new Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park — had to be canceled. Unanticipated construction delays on the building — which had already led to the cancellation of a ticketed community event
Nov. 30 — mean that the Schaap Center isn’t ready to host shows or other events yet. “It is very sad,” Grosse Pointe Theatre Board President Danielle Caralis said. “This cast and crew worked six months to put this on. … It’s so heartbreaking to not let them perform.”
Caralis said GPT did contact other venues in the area — including a high school in St. Clair Shores — but with school and community performances that had already been scheduled months in advance, there wasn’t a place that could accommodate the GPT See SCHAAP on page 8A
‘It reminds me of a Hallmark movie’ FORD HOUSE HOLIDAY TOURS FILLED WITH MAGIC OF THE SEASON BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores is welcoming visitors Home for the Holidays this month with the sights, sounds and flavors of the season. On Thursdays through Sundays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. now through Dec. 21, guests can tour the lighted, decorated grounds and historical house. On select evenings, community vocal groups will greet attendees at the entrance with carols. There’s more music along See FORD HOUSE on page 18A
Lights greet visitors as they approach the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House during Home for the Holidays tours. Photo by John Martin, provided by Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
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