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Posted by MaryO on June 28, 2021

🎵 Folding Music Stand Light Sale ends Today
This is on sale for $21.23 today as part of Black Friday/Cyber Monday. This stand lamp is 11oz only. The extra bag is easy for your to storage and carry around. The clamp opens about 2.1in and clips on music stand/piano/desk tightly. The clip can be opened wide enough to be fixed in various objects. […]
🎄 Local Events: Church Street Holiday Stroll, Today
Enjoy live holiday music from local groups, a tree lighting lead by Mayor Linda Colbert and great deals from local Church Street Businesses! Come and join the Jubil-Aires and many other groups usher in the holidays at the Annual Church Street Holiday Stroll. Visit historic sites such as the Freeman Store and Museum, Little Library, […]
🧑🏼‍🎄 Local Event - Gingerbread Cookies and St. Nick - December 2
Your little ones are invited to a delightful gingerbread cookie and ornament decorating extravaganza! We’ll provide all the supplies needed for them to craft their own holiday masterpieces. After the artistic adventure, we’ll settle in for a heartwarming holiday movie screening. A fun family event, including a photo with St. Nick himself.
⛳️ Local Events: Monster Mini Golf Night for Young Adults!, December 2
⛳👾 Monster Mini Golf Night for Young Adults! 🌟🏌️‍♂️ Light up your Friday night with a round of mini-golf like you’ve never seen before – it's mini-golf with a monster twist! Whether you’re the king of the course or just in it for the laughs, grab your friends and join us for an evening where […]
🧑🏼‍🎄 Local Event - Elf Scramble 5K - December 3
Your little ones are invited to a delightful gingerbread cookie and ornament decorating extravaganza! We’ll provide all the supplies needed for them to craft their own holiday masterpieces. After the artistic adventure, we’ll settle in for a heartwarming holiday movie screening. A fun family event, including a photo with St. Nick himself.
🎵 Grooves, Vibes, and Tales, November 29
The Mason Bands invite our dedicated audience to enjoy the final concert of the Mason Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr. William L. Lake, Jr., Director of Concert Band, and Derik J. Wright, Graduate Conductor titled, “Grooves, Vibes, and Tales.” This concert features works inspired by popular music instrumental ensembles, picturesque scenes in nature, […]
🎄 Local Events: Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights, Today-January 7
Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights is an elegant garden trail aglow with countless sparkling lights. Take an evening walk through the enchanting Meadowlark Botanical Gardens adorned with lighted trees and displays featuring nature, winter, and holiday themes. Our half-mile Winter Walk paved trail is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Sip on a cozy, hot beverage (with […]
🎄 Local Events: Ice and Lights, Now through January 1
NOVA Parks is proud to offer Ice & Lights-The Winter Village at Cameron Run for the winter season. Cameron Run Regional Park offers holiday cheer for the entire family! Ice & Lights provides a fun, outdoor family experience to see unique light displays, take family pictures or selfies with a variety of light displays, enjoy […]
🎄 Local Events: Merry and Bright Tree Lighting, December 1
A fun-filled, family-friendly night to welcome the arrival of the holiday season with a Merry and Bright Tree Lighting. Visitors will also be able to pose for a free photo with Santa, meet holiday characters, enjoy live performances, hot cocoa, games, and more!
🎵 Family Concert - December 2
What do you get when you mix a boy, a duck, a cat, a wolf — and an orchestra? You get Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev’s beloved symphonic fairytale that uses the playful story of a wolf on the prowl to introduce young listeners to the instruments of the orchestra.
🎄 Local Events: Bull Run Festival of Lights, Today-January 7
Welcome to the Bull Run Festival of Lights, a 2.5 mile drive-through of festive light displays, walk-through Christmas Village and Carnival. The show is open starting November 10-12 and then nightly from November 17, 2023 through January 7, 2024
🎼 Pender Music: Badinerie
For Pender's offertory on June 18, 2023 Brian Stevenson, Director of Music Ministries, played Badinerie BWV 1067 from "Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor" by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) on his flute. He was accompanied by Heidi Jacobs on the piano.
🖍️ Christmas Listening and Coloring Pages
The Shades of Sound Listening and Coloring Books are a great way to encourage students to listen to great piano and orchestral repertoire. Students of all ages will love coloring the fun pictures while listening to and learning from the music of the great composers.
🦃 Over the River and Through the Woods
“The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day”, also known as “Over the River and Through the Wood”, is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child originally published in Flowers for Children, Volume 2. Although many people sing “to grandmother’s house we go,” the original edition shows that the author’s words were “to grandfather’s house.”
☦️ Hymn History: Come Ye Thankful People, Come
The Pender UMC Traditional Service Opening Hymn “Come Ye Thankful People, Come” on Thanksgiving Sunday November 20, 2022 was played by Liz Eunji Moon on piano, Teresa Rothschild on clarinet, Brian Stevenson on flute and sung the Pender Sanctuary Choir and congregation.
🥸 Thanksgiving-ish
I’ve been using ChatGPT to do a lot of things lately, including many of the “Featured Images” on this blog. The one on this post was a second attempt. At first glance, I really liked this first attempt. The friendly chat window told me “Here’s your 16:9 Happy Thanksgiving image. It depicts a warm and […]
꩜ Happy Fibonacci Day
November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3. A Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is the sum of the two numbers before it. For example: 1, 1, 2, 3…is a […]
🦃 Happy US Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
🦃 Giving Thanks
I think this poem by Aileen Fisher says it best… ~ All In A Word ~ T turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
🦃 In NYC? Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Get ready for a whirlwind of excitement with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the ultimate holiday extravaganza! On November 23 this year, the streets of New York City will come alive with a spectacle that’s been dazzling audiences since 1924. Imagine a day where giant balloons take to the sky, larger than life and more magical […]

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