Meaford Hall does the Wright thing for Christmas

This Christmas, Meaford can expect more than a jolly fellow in red for the holidays: Michelle Wright is coming to town.

Wright is touring Ontario this December and plans to make a stop at Meaford Hall on Dec. 6 as part of the "I'm dreaming of a Wright Christmas" tour. It's sure to be a great holiday event.

"I believe it's music for everybody," said Wright in a phone interview with The Express from her home in Nashville. "It's a show for family and for people who enjoy good music performed by a group of great musicians that like to have a good time."

Her Christmas album, A Wright Christmas, features her interpretations of famous carols like Joy to the World and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, most of which are Wright's favourites. She is looking forward to a second Christmas album, which she hopes to start recording this summer, as long as her European tour goes according to plan.

Wright says the Meaford show will be about 70-per-cent Christmas songs and 30-per-cent hits.

"It's a wonderful music experience," she said, adding that she enjoys touring. "I love it all, I really do."

She is glad she will make it home for Christmas this year. She plans to be back in Nashville on December 20, and says she celebrates Christmas like many faith-based households, and enjoys "all the rest" of the Christmas traditions.

"Food, family, gifts, decorations, hanging around in flannel pajamas, watching Christmas movies," she said. "I love to decorate."

Wright is a great Canadian success story, launching her cross continent career in the country music industry in 1990 with a debut, self-titled album. She previously released an album in Canada called Do Right by Me. She went on to record eight other albums including two greatest hits discs.

She's had 25 top-10 Canadian hits, including the famous, Take it Like a Man, and has received about 30 awards.

Wright now lives in Nashville with her husband and white German Shepherd, Winter.

Tickets are $48.50 and available at the Meaford Hall box office. Showtime is 8 p.m. Click her link for more information.