La Conner supplies talent for Christmas classic

Irving Berlin’s classic holiday musical “White Christmas” is jingling into the historic Lincoln Theatre in downtown Mount Vernon tonight, with a cast that includes many familiar La Conner faces.

The musical, which runs for the next three weekends, is put on by Theatre Arts Guild, and is based on the 1954 film that starred Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It remains to this day a staple in every holiday movie marathon.

When army buddies and Broadway directors Bob Wallace and Phil Davis follow singers Betty and Judy Haynes to Vermont for the holidays, they are shocked to find that their old C.O. Gene...