The Phantom of the Opera star, Doug LaBrecque hosted the first Holiday Showcase at the newly opened Sears Centre in 2006.
[1] It featured the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Cirque du Soleil aerialists, and a chorus of over 400.
"[3] For the past 25 years, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra had held holiday concerts at The Hemmens Cultural Center.
The 2007 Holiday Showcase was hosted by soprano Diane Penning and tenor Benjamin Brecher and featured Cirque du Soleil aerialists and jugglers, director Michael Weber, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and Olympic ice skaters Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov.
[4] It featured Cirque du Soleil aerialists and jugglers, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and Olympic ice skaters Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov.