What’s up in the Wiregrass

Contributed reports
Published: November 21, 2008

SUNDAY, NOV. 23
MUSIC
Mercy Me will perform on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church in Montgomery with special guest Bebo Norman. Frazer Memorial is at 6000 Atlanta Highway. Call (800) 965-9324 or (334) 272-8622 for information or visit http://www.itickets.com. Tickets range from $18 for groups, $24 for advance tickets and up to $35 for gold circle tickets.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 2
The Downtown Christmas Celebration will kick off in downtown Dothan on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the annual Christmas tree lighting at the Dothan Civic Center. The Montana Magnet School fifth-grade chorus will perform, and Santa will arrive on the back of a Dothan fire truck.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 4
ETC.
A Downtown Holiday Gathering will be held by WIND (Women Investing in a New Downtown) on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The District, 158 N. Foster St., in downtown Dothan. Admission is $12 per person. There will be appetizers, music and a cash bar.

THEATER
“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams will be performed by the Wallace Community College Fine Arts Department on Dec. 4-6. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Bencze Theatre-Cherry Hall. Free admission. Call Mark Shope at 983-3521, ext. 2294, to make accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act at least two weeks prior to a performance.

ETC.
A Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. by the City of Enterprise Parks and Recreation Department at the Enterprise Recreational Complex on Highway 167 North. The event will feature Christmas carols, hot chocolate, coffee and pictures with Santa Claus. Rain date will be Friday, Dec. 5.
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FRIDAY, DEC. 5
MUSIC & DANCE
The Dothan Opera House Holiday Spectacular will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Downtown Christmas Celebration. Entertainers include Patti Rutland Jazz, Ron DeVane’s Understudy Dinner Theater, Westgate Praise Team, the Ringtones, Chipola Show Choir and Dothan Dance Club. Tickets are available at the Dothan Civic Center box office or by phone at 615-3175.

THEATER
“Christmastime at the Circus Marvello” will be performed at Cotton Hall in Colquitt, Ga., Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 12-13 at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with a matinee on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The youth theater production is produced by the Colquitt Miller Arts Council, which also produces Swamp Gravy. For more information, please visit http://www.swampgravy.com or call (229) 758-5450. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.

MUSIC
A Skaggs Family Christmas featuring bluegrass musicians Ricky Skaggs and The Whites will be at the RiverCenter in Columbus, Ga., on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. Music will feature Christmas classics and new holiday songs. Ticket prices range from $32 to $44. Charge by phone at (706) 256-3612 or Tickets.com, (888) 332-5200. RiverCenter box office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit http://www.rivercenter.org.
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SATURDAY, DEC. 6
ETC.
The Downtown Christmas Celebration will continue on Saturday, Dec. 6, with a street fair featuring live music, arts and craft vendors, food vendors, visits with Santa, a dog fashion show, horse-and-buggy rides and free train rides throughout the day. Activities and music will continue until 5 p.m. A free snow zone will be open from 9 a.m. to noon.

MUSIC
The Tri-State Community Orchestra will be in concert Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Dothan Opera House as part of Dothan’s Downtown Christmas Celebration. The Enterprise Ozark Community College Concert Choir will perform. Guest conductors are former Ozark mayor Bob Bunting and Dothan Mayor Pat Thomas. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens. Call the Dothan Civic Center box office at 615-3175 for information.
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SUNDAY, DEC. 7
THEATER
“Santa’s Workshop,” a play about a girl who has difficulties becoming an elf, will be performed by Patti Rutland Jazz on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dothan Opera House. The performance includes singing and jazz dancing and is geared to children. General admission tickets are $15 and $10 for students. On Sunday, students and senior citizens can enter with two cans of food.