OPEN MONDAY THROUGH THURAYSD FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00 P.M. KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE, A CENTRAL IOWA USE THIS AND IS HELPINDOG THAT. MARCUS MCINTOSH OWSHS US HOW. MARC:US THIS IS THE 50TH YEARF O THE DES MOINES METRO OPERA, MICHAEL PATTERSON HAS BEEN INVOLVED FOR 48 OF THOSE YEARS AND PUT TOGEERTH A BOOK OF HIS CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE OPERA. PATTERSON STARTED WRITING HIS OWN ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS CAROLS BACK IN 1980 WHILE TEACHING IN DALLAS CENTER GRIMES. >> I LOVE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS BUT IIST NICE TO HEAR NEW MUSIC THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL SEASON. SO I THOUGHT IT IS ALSO NICE TO HAVE A REASON TO WRITE MUS.IC MARC:US NOW HIS ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS ARE IN THIS BOOK. HE SAYS HE HAD LONG THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING HIS CAROLS INTO BOOK FORM BUT PEER PRESSURE HELPED SEAL THE DE.AL ONE OF MY STUDENTS, LEAVE IT TO THEM, SAID YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER. YO U SHOULD REALLY DO THIS BOOK WHILE YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO DO THIS BOOK. MARCUS: MONEY RAISED FROMHE T BOOK GOES TO THE DES MOINES METRO OPERA. PATTSOERN SAYS GIVING BACK TO A PLACE HE LOVES AND HAS SPENT DECADES OF HIS LIFHIE TS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES. >> I BELIEVE IN WHAT THIS COMPANY DOES. I AM TEACHER. I HAVE TAUGHT FOR FORTY YEARS AND THE DES MOINES OPERA HAS A REMARKABLE EDUCATIONAL OUTREHAC PROGRAM TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MARCUS: PATTERSON SAYS PEOPLE ARE BUYING HIS BOOK OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS, IT WARMS HIS HEART TBEO ABLE TO STRIKE THE RIGHT CORD WITH THOSE WHO LOVE MUC ANDSI HIS MISSION. >> IT’S GRATIFYI FNGOR PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN MY MUSIC AND ALSO SUPPORT WHAT I BELIEVE. MARCUS: IN INDIANOLA, MARCUS MCINTOSH, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. JAMES: CHRISTMAS COLBYAR MICHAEL PATTER