Christmas, no matter where and how it is celebrated, finds its heart and soul in holiday music. International favorite Mannheim Steamroller (www.mannheimsteamroller.com) perfectly captures the spirit of the season this year with a 38-city tour produced by Chip Davis' Sound Track Inc.

STUDIO CITY, Calif., July 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Tix Productions, Inc. (TPI), a subsidiary of TIX Corporation (Nasdaq:TIXC), and Mannheim Steamroller today announced a two year touring producing partnership.

Magic Arts and & Entertainment and Mannheim Steamroller today announced a two-year touring producing partnership. The agreement will cover the 2008 and 2009 U.S. tours. Grammy Award winner Chip Davis, the creator of Mannheim Steamroller, will continue as the director and co-producer of the live show.

By Garaud MacTaggart According to advance publicity, Friday evening's program in Shea's Performing Arts Center was to include the "famed Mannheim Steamroller multimedia images, synchronized lighting, special effects and, of course, the world-renowned music of Mannheim Steamroller." For those who don't know, the whole Mannheim Steamroller project is the brainchild of Chip Davis who, via a prerecorded video played just prior to the concert, welcomed the audience to the show and explained that he was back in his studio working on a new Christmas album scheduled for release later this year.

By Christina Killion Valdez, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Sep. 27--The inspiration for Chip Davis' newest work with Mannheim Steamroller dates back to his childhood. "My grandfather gave me a telescope when I was 9 or 10 years old," said Davis, who founded Mannheim Steamroller.