Holiday Specials 2003

NCPR Online Specials In the Concert Hall: Martha Gallagher & Sue Grimm, Holiday Music 2001 Holiday Candlelight Concert from The Crane School of Music In the Gallery: 2003 Gingerbread Houses at TAUNY in Canton 2002 Gingerbread Houses In the News: Celebrate Chanukah With NCPR Latkes 12/19/03  Listen to audio |  Download audio (8:02) Martha Foley & Ellen Rocco mix the latke batter. Below, latkes on the griddle!! Tonight is the first night of the Jewish holiday Chanukah. We start celebrations a little early this year by cooking latkes, Chanukah's most typical food. NCPR's Ellen Rocco and Martha Foley make them live in the NCPR kitchen. Potato Latke Recipe: 8 lg. potatoes (Idaho baking potatoes not recommended) 2 eggs 1 lg. onion 2 tsp. salt 2 T flour pepper to taste lots of cooking oil Grate potatoes; mince onion (finely or coarsely, depending on preference). Add egg, salt, pepper, and flour. Drain mixture to remove water. Fry in hot oil until crisp on edges. Drain on paper towels or eat right away!  Permalink |  Email story NORAD Tracks Santa 12/24/02  Listen to audio |  Download audio (8:01) David Sommerstein tells the story of the North American Aerospace Defense Command's tracking of Santa Claus. NORAD derives its history from a presidential meeting on the railroad tracks of St. Lawrence County.  Permalink |  Email story NORAD's Santa tracking website Celebrating Kwanzaa 12/27/01  Listen to audio |  Download audio (11:30) Todd Moe talks with North Country resident LeMoyne Robinson about this unique celebration of traditional African values of family, community and responsibility.  Permalink |  Email story

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Wednesday, December 24, 10 to 11:30 am
Annual live broadcast of the Christmas Eve service held at the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England, heard worldwide.

Jonathan Winters' A Christmas Carol
Christmas Day, 1 to 2 pm
A Public Radio tradition. Master comedian Winters presents a distinctive reading of Dickens' holiday classic, using a special performing edition prepared by Dickens for his own presentations.

Handel's Messiah
Christmas Day, 2 to 5 pm
A live performance of Handel's masterpiece from Symphony Hall in Boston by the venerable Handel and Haydn Society.

Crane Holiday Concert
Christmas Night, 7 to 8 pm
The annual holiday concert from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, recorded December 7 and featuring the Crane Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Too Hot to Handel
Christmas Night, 8 to 10 pm
A unique jazz/gospel/R&B reinterpretation of Handel's classic, with the Concordia Orchestra and the Morgan State University Choir.

Season's Griot
Tuesday, December 30, 7 to 8 pm
Madafo Lloyd Wilson hosts an engaging and thoughtful celebration of Kwanzaa
Some of the best-known storytellers and musicians from past programs join Wilson in exploring the seven daily principles upon which the seven days of Kwanzaa are based.

Capital Steps New Year's Eve Special
Wednesday, December 31, 7 to 8 pm
Ring out the old one with a year's worth of top-notch political satire.

Guy and Ellen's New Year's Eve Show
Wednesday, December 31, 8 pm to ???
Ring in 2004 with Ellen Rocco and Guy Berard --- it's live party time with blues, jazz and more, followed by NPR's Toast of the Nation all night live jazz party from around the country.

Be listening weekdays from 3 to 5 pm throughout the holiday season for special editions of our locally-hosted music programs.

Happy New Year!