Article: Lettermen bring 'Spirit of Christmas' to the Valentine.

Byline: David Yonke

Dec. 14--It's the 18th year in a row for The Lettermen's "Spirit of Christmas" tour, including a return engagement Saturday night in the Valentine Theatre. But the vocal trio, led by founding member Tony Butala, is not forgetting its nonholiday hits. "You've got to dance with the one who 'brung ya,'--" Butala said in an interview last week. "In the first half of our show, we do a 15-minute segment where we squeeze in all of our regular hits." That's 48 years' worth of harmonizing for a group that traces its roots to Los Angeles, 1958.

Butala, 66, a native of Sharon, Pa., was singing professionally at age 7 on Pittsburgh ...

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