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CUMMING EVENTS
Listings in Cumming
Events are free and available
to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost
events for the public.
Groups may submit notices
by fax at (770) 889-6017 or
via e-mail at events@forsyth
news.com.
Festival of Trees
... Unicoi State Park &
Lodge is partnering with the
White County Chamber of
Commerce and the Alpine
Helen/White County CVB to
host the “Festival of Trees”
through Dec. 10. Visitors can
choose their favorite tree and
place a bid on it. The winning
bids will be announced
Saturday, Dec. 10 and the
winners will take home the
decorated trees and trimmings.
No admission is required, and
the trees will be on display for
everyone to enjoy. All pro¬
ceeds go to White County
United Way. For more infor¬
mation, please call (800) 573
9659, ext. 305.
WinterFest at
Tanglewood Farm
... step back in time to the
1800s and visit Christmas past
in this Wild West town.
Tanglewood Farm is home to
more than 100 miniature farm
animals, including horses,
donkeys, cows, sheep, goats,
pigs and more. WinterFest
begins lasts through Saturday,
Dec. 31. Hours are Wednesday
through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. open Christmas Eve and
New Year’s Eve until noon.
Closed Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day. Last tickets
are sold at 4 p.m. Cost is $8
per person, (free for infants
under one) and includes tour
and pony ride. Hayride is $2
per person. Tanglewood Farm
is located at 171 Tanglewood
Dr., Canton. For more infor¬
mation, call (770) 667-6464 or
visit www. tanglewoodfarm
minis.com
Sons of Confederate
Veterans
... Hiram Parks Bell Camp
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No. 1642 will meet Monday,
Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Bell
Research Center at the historic
Cumming School, Room 113,
at 101 School St. in
Cumming. The program will
be by Jack Marlar on the
Confederate submarine
Hunley, recently found off the
coast of Charleston, S.C. Over
one dozen members of Camp
No. 1642 attended the funeral
of the Hunley crew in
Charleston in 2004.
For information call Ted
Brooke at (770) 781-9221 or
Clark Rye at (770) 887-3200.
Pack 3740 to Receive
75th Anniversary Award
... on Monday, Nov. 28,
Cub Scout Pack 3740 will be
awarded in recognition of
their work to remember the
past 75 years of Scouting. The
Cub Scouts, leaders and fami¬
ly members will accept their
award at the monthly pack
meeting at 7 p.m. The pack is
sponsored by The Church of
the Good Shepherd on
Holtzclaw Road in Cumming.
For information on joining the
pack, please contact Bill
Roberts at (770) 889-5713 or
e-mail roberts3118@bell
south.net.
The Historical Society of
Forsyth County
...will be open for research
and browsing on the following
dates: Sunday, Nov. 28, from
2-4 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 29,
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The soci¬
ety will open for groups by
appointment. Call (770) 887-
8464 to schedule an appoint¬
ment.
Operation Christmas
Child
... local kids, families, and
volunteers can help turn a
warehouse into a Christmas
workshop, where 750,000
gift-filled shoe boxes will be
prepared for overseas ship¬
ment and hand-delivery to
needy children around the
world. The event will take
place Wednesday, Nov. 29, at
10:30 a.m. at the Operation
Christmas Child Processing
Center located at 4030 Buford
Hwy., Duluth. The volunteers
are working to help ensure
that more than 7 million chil¬
dren in some 90 countries suf¬
fering from natural disaster,
war, terrorism, disease, pover¬
ty, and famine will have a
Christmas gift this year. For
more information, contact
Todd Shearer or Kristen Lee at
(770) 813-0000 or (770) 757-
5098.
Preceptor Alpha Gamma
... chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi will meet Tuesday, Nov.
29, at 7 p.m. at the home of
Karen Gaston. The program
for the evening will be “Good
and True Reflections,” pre¬
sented by Mrs. Gaston. For
information call Mrs. Gaston,
vice president, at (770) 887-
5051.
Red Cross Training
Classes
... the Northeast Georgia
Chapter of the American Red
Cross will hold training class¬
es at its location on 311 Jesse
Jewell Pkwy. in Gainesville.
Scheduled classes include:
• Pet First Aid/CPR,
Tuesday, Nov. 29 from 6-10
p.m. - $35
• Adult CPR/AED,
Thursday, Dec. 8 from 5-10
p.m. -$42
• First aid class,
Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 6-9
p.m. - $36
• Adult CPR class,
Thursday, Dec. 15 from 6-10
p.m. - $36
• Infant/child CPR class,
Friday, Dec. 16 from 6-10
p.m. -$38
Please call Beverly Walker
to register at (770) 532-8453,
ext. 16
Southside Dance
Company
...a student-run organiza¬
tion of South Forsyth High
School, will be performing
Dec. 1-3 from 7-9 p.m. in the
South Forsyth High School
Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $5 for students and
$8 for adults.
SFHS Habitat for
Humanity Club
...will host an arts and
crafts show in the lobby of
South Forsyth High School’s
Performing Arts Center Dec.
1-3 from 6:30 p.m., coinciding
with the Southside Dance
Company performance. All art
pieces are created by students
and all proceeds will go to
Habitat for Humanity, an
organization that builds hous¬
es for those less fortunate. For
more information, e-mail
Alanna Ford at
alannaford@akorn.net.
Retired educators
... The Forsyth Retired
Educators Association will
meet Friday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m.
at the system’s Professional
Deveopment Center on
Dahlonega Hwy. Members are
encouraged to bring a toy for
the Santa’s Helper Project to
benefit The Place. The speaker
will be Dr. Gene Bottoms,
who has served in the field of
education at both the state and
regional levels. For informa¬
tion call (770) 887-8464.
“Breakfast with Santa 99
... will be held at Cross
Plains Baptist Church on
Saturday, Dec. 3, from 8-11
a.m. There will be home
cooked breakfast, photos with
Santa, and children’s craft
activities. There will also be
crafts, gift items and baked
goods for sale. The Cross
Plains Youth Choir will sing
Christmas carols at 9:30
a.m.The church is located at
6500 McGinnis Ferry Road.
For information, call Joy
Boling at (770) 886-9611. No
reservations are necessary.
Breakfast is $5 for adults and
$3 for children.
All proceeds go toward
church youth summer camp.
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... the kick-off event for
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scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Sunday, November 27,2005
Atlanta Road and McGinnis
Ferry Road in Cumming. The
family fun day is sponsored
by New Balance Athletic
Shoe, Inc., Girls on the Run
Forsyth and the Shops of
Shakerag. The goal is to com¬
bine the power of running,
workouts and life skill games
to promote the development of
girls in grades 3-5. Bob
Lancer, host of Parenting
Solutions on WSB Radio, will
speak at 12:30. Preregistration
will be available for the
Spring Session of Girls on the
Run, which will take place
February through May 2006.
The twice-a-week curriculum
combines training for a 3.1
mile run/walk event with
social and physical workouts.
For more information, call
Girls on the Run Forsyth at
(404) 667-4101.
Deck the Halls •><)
... Unicoi State Park &
Lodge will host a “Deck the
Halls” event on Saturday, Dec.
3. From 2-5 p.m., visitors can
make holiday ornaments and
crafts and enjoy hayrides.
From 2-7 p.m., cider and
cookies will be served and
Santa Claus will be in the
lodge for visits. Musical enter¬
tainment will be provided by
Benny Allison’s Bluecreek
Bluegrass Band from 2-4
p.m., and Buck & Nelson will
perform from 5-7 p.m. For
more information, please call
(800) 573-9659, ext. 305.
Auditions for
“Oklahoma!”
... will be held at the Holly
Theatre, 69 West Main St. in
Dahlonega, Saturday, Dec. 3
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rehearsals will be Monday
and Wednesday evenings and
Saturday afternoons beginning
January 4. Please bring
rehearsal schedule conflicts in
writing to the audition. The
show runs March 10-26, 2006.
Auditions will consist of one
song, readings from the script
and a brief dance routine
(dance audition not necessary
for all roles). All roles require
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a vocal audition.
For more information or to
schedule an audition appoint¬
ment, please contact Colleen
Quigley at the Holly Theatre
at (706) 864-3759, ext 4.
Foothills Guild of Arts
and Crafts
... will celebrate its 22nd
annual Holiday Tour of
Artists’ Homes and Studios on
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-
4. All nine artists will be at
two locations for the tour: The
Gourd Place in White County,
and John Kollock’s home/stu¬
dio in Habersham County.
Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Saturday Dec. 3, and
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday,
Dec. 4. Brochures for the tour
are available at local business¬
es and organizations, or you
may request a brochure by
calling (706) 865-4048, by
writing to 2391 Duncan
Bridge Rd., Sautee, GA
30571, or by e-mailing
pwjl@hemc.net.
“A Nutcracker Tea
... presented by Sawnee
Ballet Theatre will be Sunday,
Dec. 4, from 2-4 p.m. at the
Windemere Golf and Country
Club. Treat your little princess
to a very special holiday tea
with some of your favorite
characters from “The
Nutcracker” including the
Sugar Plum Fairy. Tickets are
$25 per person and are avail¬
able at Sawnee School of
Ballet or Victoria’s Children’s
Boutique. Seating is limited.
For information, call (770)
887-0756. All proceeds bene¬
fit Sawnee Ballet Theatre, a
nonprofit organization.
Sounds of Sawnee
Christmas Concert
...the Sounds of Sawnee
Community Band and the
debut performance of the
Forsyth County Community
Chorale will present a
Christmas Concert at the
Performing Arts Center at
South Forsyth High School,
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