"For the holidays, in this deployed environment, we get lots of goodies sent to us. "This is my Christmas present to " said Whaley, who is from Air Combat Command headquarters in Langley Air Force Base, Va. For the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection manager in Regional Command-South, the feat was his holiday gift. Narrator, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future - Whaley personified them all.įrom the first words of "Marley was dead," to the last, "God bless us, everyone," Whaley delivered line after line from practiced recollection. There, Whaley materialized and spoke with a deep, resonant voice. The weighted silence, palpable.Ī sudden flare of light shone upon the stage. Leathery hands scraped together, generating heat. A cough hacked from somewhere within the audience. 19 and 22 in the festivities tent on Kandahar Airfield.
Crowds of servicemembers experienced the major's One-Man Christmas Carol Dec. "I thought, 'I'd love to be Scrooge one day.'"Īt the peak of the holiday season in Afghanistan, Whaley brought his dream to fruition. wow," said Whaley, now a major in the U.S. "When I saw Patrick Stewart on the stage in that rendition. In attendance at one showing was a much younger Kevin Whaley. One such adaptation, a monologue starring actor Patrick Stewart, took the London theater scene by storm 15 years ago. "Humbug!"Īuthor Charles Dickens penned that famous line in his 1843 novella, "A Christmas Carol." The story tells of a stingy, tart Ebenezer Scrooge and his abrupt ethical, moral and spiritual renewal after the ghosts of Christmas descend upon him.įilm, opera, radio and other media have rereleased the story with much success. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - "Bah," said Scrooge. Whaley said his rendition of the Charles.
Kevin Whaley, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection manager for Regional Command-South, performs a One-Man Christmas Carol at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Kevin Whaley, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection manager for Regional Command-South, changes his posture and mannerisms to capture individual character traits of the Charles Dickens play "A Christmas Carol. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Kevin Whaley, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection manager for Regional Command-South, performs Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, D.
A crowd of nearly 100 people watch as U.S.
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