“Rockin’ Christmas Party’s” Amy Stevenson is one of the six cast members in WaterTower Theater’s show. (Mark Oristano)

Continuing with Christmas tradition, Addison’s WaterTower Theatre opened its holiday themed show “Rockin’ Christmas Party” on Saturday, Nov. 26.

The show puts together a cast of Dallas’ finest singers as they journey through the season by singing some of history’s well-known songs.

The show, which was started by WaterTower in 2000, is making its 11th return to the stage, and this time, it’s here to rock.

The show’s relatively small cast consists of Gary Lynn Floyd, Denise Lee, Markus Lloyd, Sara Shelby-Martin, Amy Stevenson and Jenny Thurman.

All six cast members are theater veterans with bios that are long and accomplished.

“Rockin’ Christmas Party” opens with the upbeat and fitting “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

The show’s pace doesn’t let up as the singers melt into other popular songs like “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Feel Good” and “Rockin’ Robin.”

The show’s plot, however little it may have, takes a turn when a giant snowball with a letter from Santa rolls onto the stage.

The letter proclaims that five of the six cast members have been placed on the nice list and will get to live out their Christmas musicals fantasies, but Amy, the show’s usual brunt of the joke, is placed on the naughty list, no fantasy for her.

With that new information, the show segues into the cast members different fantasies.

Starting them off is Gary Lynn Floyd.

Floyd had always admired the Christmas variety shows that came on television when he was a kid. The kind that featured personalities like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. For his fantasy, Floyd dressed in a velvet coat and tries his best to emulate his childhood idols.

Floyd’s fantasy is perhaps the most traditional of the night, as it features the talented singer belts out holiday tunes like “The Christmas Song” and “Happy Holidays.”

Before one can blink, Floyd’s show is cut short by Sara Shelby-Martin’s fantasy.

In a transition that was more jarring than it was pleasant, Shelby-Martin explains to the audience that as a kid, her parents never let her go to school dances, so naturally, her Christmas fantasy is to have a dance party of her own.

Shelby-Martin proceeds to perform a dizzying amount of 70s karaoke music that includes titles like “Love Shack,” “Brickhouse” and “Play that Funky Music.”

Credit is due to Shelby-Martin, who despite having a wealth of numbers to be in, maintains the same upbeat and fast-paced energy throughout the entire show.

The first act of “Rockin’ Christms Party” concludes with Shelby-Martin singing “The Love You Save.”

The show loses a bit of energy near the end of the first act, but it quickly regains steam with Denise Lee’s funky fantasy.

Lee opens the second act in a larger than life headdress singing the classic “I Will Survive.”

Lee’s vocal range is impressive while her voice is impeccable as she boogies her way through other singles like “I Love the Nightlife” and “Turn the Beat Around.”

The show’s crowd participation level reaches it peaks as Gary Lynn Floyd and Markus Lloyd lead the crowd in a rowdy rendition of the “YMCA.”

The show’s best moments come with the next fantasy, led by Jenny Thurman.

Thurman takes the audience back the country’s golden days with a “Grande Ole Opry Christmas Show.”

Thurman breezes her way through country music classics like “Blue Christmas,” “End of the World” and “Stand By Your Man.”

Thurman, who won a Leon Rabin Award for his role as Patsy Cline in “Just a Closer Walk with Patsy Cline,” is a natural with the country twang.

Keeping with its quick transitions, “Rockin’ Christmas Party” fades from Thurman’s country fantasy to Markus Lloyd’s mo-town mashup.

Lloyd’s fantasy gets lost in the show, but is highlighted by performances like “Get Ready” and “Get Up Offa That Thing.”

The mo-town meledy soon fades into something with more soul as the six-person cast sing their hearts out in “Try a Little Tenderness” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

The cast, which at this point of the show are in silver glittery robes, is phenomenal as they give the overall upbeat show a more sobering feel.

A Christmas miracle occurs when Santa’s giant snowball rolls back onto the stage and finally grants Amy Stevenson the right to her own Christmas fantasy.

Stevenson doesn’t let the opportunity pass her by as she produces her own Christmas fantasy that fades back to Floyd’s traditional Christmas show.

Stevenson’s fantasy consists of classical Christmas songs like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “Run Rudolph Run.”

As a whole, “Rockin’ Christmas Party” is an entertaining hour and a half of catchy music and Christmas themes.

Set designer, Michael Sullivan, did a great job of creating a maximum holiday feel at minimum production value. The oversized tree and the ornament painted backdrop complimented the holiday songs nicely.

All six cast members did a great job of showcasing their vocal talents and range.

However cast member Amy Stevenson did encounter a rough patch as her voice began to go out near the end of the show.

In fact, at one point during the final numbers it felt as if the singer was just mouthing her words in place of singing.

Despite a few missteps in choreography and harmonies, Watertower’s “Rockin’ Christmas Show” is a family friendly musical that any age could love.