The Star Radio Show: A Christmas Program

By Leigh Ellen Carson

It’s Christmas Eve in the late 1940s and people have hunkered down in their homes to celebrate the holiday together. All except Happy Highmore, seasoned host of STAR Radio, who finds himself spending his Christmas alone playing tunes over the airwaves in his empty studio. As the evening progresses and the clock ticks closer to midnight, the grouchy man is lulled to sleep by the records he plays. Only to be awoken moments later by Jack Alonzo, his vivacious co-host with full STAR Radio crew in tow! Jack informs Happy they have a big show planned with three musical guests ready to dazzle their audience. But there’s something suspiciously familiar about the acts that come trooping through the studio. Are they really who they say they are? As confusion, commercials, and chuckles ensue, will anything that happens during the Christmas special be enough to break Happy’s sour mood?

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781664278080

Leigh Ellen Carson

Leigh Ellen Carson laughs as much as she writes. After a decade of designing and facilitating various ministry programs for all ages, she firmly believes that the best way to help people witness the transformative power of Jesus Christ is through laughter. Leigh has spent the past five years writing and directing her own children's plays, harnessing every kindergarten one-liner and middle schooler attempt at sarcasm to create shows that sparkle with humor and magic. In 2022 the Holy Spirit came calling and she took a step back from teaching to focus on sharing the joy of her experiences in the director's seat with the general public. Small-town ministry remains her passion and she continually strives to uphold her curriculum standard: quality over quantity. Leigh lives and writes voraciously in Conrad, Iowa. The STAR Radio Show is her first published work.

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THE

STAR

RADIO SHOW

A Christmas Program

Leigh Ellen Carson

Copyright © 2022 Leigh Ellen Carson.

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-7809-7 (sc)

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WestBow Press rev. date:  10/19/2022

Contents

Act I: Prologue

Scene 1    What Show?

Scene 2    Baa Humbug

Scene 3    A King Changes Everything

Act II: Intermission

Scene 1    Hark! A Turning Point!

Scene 2    What Day Is It?

Scene And Character Breakdown

About The Author

Thank you to Drew Carson for being

the STAR of the cover