By P.J. GLISSON
IRONWOOD - Excited patrons of the Historic Ironwood Theatre packed the house for Saturday night's annual Claudette Christmas show, during which they were clapping and cheering even before the acts began.
Even musical director George Ackerman-Behr, who offered a pre-show warm-up by playing organ tunes such as "Winter Wonderland," received cries of "We love you!"
The Claudettes began the show by applying their jazzy dance skills to pop Christmas tunes, which eventually allowed for Santa Claus to run down one of the theatre aisles, shouting "Ho, Ho, Ho!" be...