TICKETS for the 11th annual Festive Spectacular are selling well.
About 500 have gone so far, says concert chairman Nigel Wood.
The show, at the Spa Grand Hall on December 13, will again be hosted by Look North presenter Harry Gration.
The performers include the United Schools Choir and Scarborough Citadel Ba
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This year's guest artist is singer and actor Stuart Pendred, who has performed at the Albert Hall and the Royal Opera House and shared bills with Sting, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Westlife, Il Divo and Lionel Ritchie.
On TV, he has been in Spooks, London's Burning, The Bill, Rosemary & Thyme and Casualty. On stage, Stuart has been in productions of Les Misérables, Calamity Jane, Wuthering Heights, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth and the operas Carmen and The Magic Flute.
The proceeds of this year's Festive Spectacular will go to the Martin House Children's Hospice near Tadcaster and the Scarborough branches of the Citizens' Advice Bureau and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Last year's went to Advocacy Alliance, the Amicable Society and Scarborough & District Mountain Rescue Team.
Nigel says: "It's a high-profile public event and has gathered momentum every year. We've given more than £45,000 away to local charities in the last nine years."
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