Fred Waring’s Christmas Shindig (or “the Shindig”) is an original holiday musical that uses the Christmas music of mid-20th century band leader and choral arranger Fred Waring. It tells the story of an amazing, awkward and ultimately uplifting reunion of three branches of the same family at "Fred Waring’s house", which is a kind of magical Christmas wonderland. And it uses a cast blended with professional actors, high school actors, and actors with disabilities.