MUSKEGON, MI — A peek behind the garland of America’s tallest singing Christmas tree reveals a production that spans far beyond the 200 singers and 75-piece orchestra showcased every December at Frauenthal Center.

Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, alumni and Boy Scouts make up the hundreds of hands that are needed to support the performing Mona Shores Choir and their new director, 2003 alum Brendan Closz.

The final shows, featuring more than 25,000 lights and 15 tiers of singers, are Saturday, Dec. 6.

Tony Ross leads the support crew.

A project manager by trade, Ross was introduced to Mona Shores’ arts department when his daughter joined the theater program in middle school.

After years of volunteering as a “set dad,” Ross assisted former producer John Patrick in 2015, taking o

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