Cheers for Ellen's gift to community
Kerri Thoreson
On Friday, the 11th season of Ellen Travolta’s annual Christmas show at The Coeur d’Alene Resort opens. It’s a little bittersweet with the announcement last month that this will be Ellen’s final season. On Oct. 16, the first morning tickets went on sale, I snapped up front-row seats to the Dec. 17 show, which will be her final Christmas show for the season and forever. By Nov. 1, every performance was sold out!
I’ve attended each year except for 2020 when every event went dark.
In October 2017, Jack Bannon, Ellen’s partner in life and on stage, died unexpectedly. Surely, the holiday show would be canceled. But it wasn’t. Ellen is a trouper, even with a broken heart. The show went on and I thought it was absolutely the best way to honor Jack’s lifelong passion for performing.
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