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Christmas in the Northwest History
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The first Christmas in the Northwest album was released during the 1985 Holiday Season and has been sold during subsequent years in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1994. Volume II was released in 1987 and again during the 1988 Holiday season. Volume III was released in 1989 and was sold again (along with Vol. I & II) in 1990. In 1994 the "Best of" album compilation was produced and sold.
Total net proceeds provided to Children's Hospital exceed $675,000 to date.
The concept for the album came when Alex Lawson (daughter of Steve and Debbie Lawson) was admitted to Children's Hospital at the age of 2, suffering from E.coli. The Lawsons were so impressed with the treatment their daughter received, along with the care they received during their family crisis that they wanted to do something in return for the hospital.
The Lawsons then owned Lawson Productions; a Seattle based recording company which later became Bad Animals/Seattle. They enlisted help from an "A" list of the Seattle music world to provide contemporary Christmas music for the first and subsequent CDs. Past artists have included Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Steve Miller, David Lanz and Paul Speer, Tickle Tune Typhoon, Tim Noah, and Walt Wagner.
The first album launched the hit song "Christmas in the Northwest", written and sung by Brenda Kutz. That song has become a Northwest classic, and was the second most requested holiday song during Christmas 2001, on Seattle's Warm 106.9.
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Sheet Music for the song "Christmas in the Northwest" is now available. To purchase click below!
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