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ow that your holiday shopping is done (youre finished, right?) its time you relaxed and celebrated the season. Theres lots to do in and around Auburn and it all starts on Saturday with the Annual Festival of Lights Parade. The town literally lights up from the top of Lincoln way to the Gold Country Fairgrounds. Saturday also marks the first performance this year of The Nutcracker by Placer Theatre Ballet, as well as the first day of Rick and Janet Nicholsons holiday open house. Youll get blown away by their blown glass. Or maybe a music festival is what youre after. Members of Pablo Cruise and Tesla, along with the Parrotheads, hit Loomis in a concert that benefits the Placer County Homeless Shelter and Gold Country Wildlife Rescue. On Sunday, the Colla Voce Chamber Singers sing their Songs of Hope at two concerts, one at Pioneer Methodist Church and one at St. Teresa of Avila Church. On Tuesday its your chance to raise your voice at the Auburn Symphonys Messiah Singalong. But please keep your voices down as the Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center brings you Its a Wonderful Life as a live radio play on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14. And that Saturday is also the first of two Old Town Country Christmas celebrations in Old Town Auburn. Enjoy caroling,
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crafters, artists, live music and dance performances, hot cocoa and cider around the bonfire and, of course, Santa. Maybe the kids would enjoy creating a gnome home and visiting the cookie tree forest at a Holiday Faire at Live Oak Waldorf School in Meadow Vista. Or the adults could visit homes decorated for the holidays on Loomis Basin Holiday Home Tour. Theres Holiday Hysteria (not the shopping kind, you should be finished with that by now) with the Sierra Gold Chorus 18th Annual Christmas Show at Combie Bible Church, On Sunday, Dec. 15, Golden Bough will perform Celtic music and on Saturday, Dec. 21, Melvin Seals and friends will play Jerry Garcia music in A Very Jerry Christmas. Or if its contra dancing youre into, the Foothill Country Dancers are holding a Holiday Dance and Dessert Potluck at the Newcastle Portuguese Hall, And dont forget, every Saturday and Sunday beginning Dec. 14, Santa will set up shop in the Auburn Promenade. So come on down and see Santa, and while youre there, if you still havent finished that Christmas shopping, nows your chance.

KATHRYN WARREN AUBURN Every year my husband and I attend Just Desserts at Auburn Grace Community Church. They have delicious gourmet desserts and put on a different musical each year.

MIKE PACHECO AUBURN I love going to the Festival of Lights every year. It has a family atmosphere where you can run into old friends and get into the spirit of Christmas.

DAVE RYLAND MEADOW VISTA We always gather the kids and do an activity the week of Christmas. In the past we have done a sleigh ride, Christmas caroling and ice skating.

BRIAN HASSETT AUBURN This year, my whole family is going to rent a beach house in Marin County. We are only doing a small gift exchange. We try and always emphasize family time during the holidays.

GARY SANCHEZ NEWCASTLE Our family likes to do a family camping trip. This year we are going to Jawbone. Ill take my jeep out to do some photography. My family rides motorcycles and such.

CHERYL PETZOLD AUBURN The Turkey Trot in Truckee. Its a seven mile run around Donner Lake.

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Dance into the season with The Nutcracker

Plenty of local talent THE NUTCRACKER showcased in seasonal Who: Placer Theatre Ballet Tchaikovsky ballet When: 1 and 5 p.m. SatBY JUDY COOK

hats busier than Santas workshop in December? The Placer Theatre Ballet! No joking around for this venerable organization. For the past three months every weekend has been dedicated to rehearsing some 125 dancers from all over Placer County into the classic Christmas ballet drum roll please The Nutcracker. Placer Theatre Ballet is a production company dedicated to the joy of storytelling through the art of dance. It welcomes dancers from throughout the region and its goal is to provide quality performance opportunities by offering aspiring young dancers significant roles alongside professional artists. We have a great cast this year, said artistic director/choreographer Shea Wing. We have open auditions and drew on talent from all over Placer County. Sheas organization notifies Placer County dance studios of auditions and then winnows the hopefuls down by degree of training and talent to come up with the final Nutcracker cast. The chosen dancers then have rehearsals for three months. Granted not

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urday, Dec. 7 and 14; noon and 4 p.m. Sunday Dec. 8 and 15 Where: Placer High School Theatre, 275 Orange St., Auburn Cost: $20 premium reserved, $16 adults reserved & $13 children reserved Info: placer theatreballet.org

We have a great cast this year. We have open auditions and drew on talent from all over Placer County.
Shea Wing, artistic director, choreographer and board president

everyone goes to every rehearsal but its still a long time for families to mind the calendar and schedule other activities around the shows needs. While all this rehearsing is going on the costumes are being considered, altered to fit new dancers and some built from scratch. The ballet has a warehouse of costumes to draw on but they wear out and so there is always an addition or two or maybe more to be decided and constructed. Nearly everyone knows at least one refrain from this Russian classic written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892. The original choreography was by the revered Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Wing doesnt pretend that the kids dancing in this

production are ready to tackle Petipa. He tweaks the choreography each year to suit the particular skill level of his corps de ballet and principal dancers. The policy is always open auditions, he said. There is no true company even though the same dancers may be cast year after year. Busy as Wing may be getting things under control for the opening of this family tradition ballet, he took time out to send this message to those who think they might not enjoy a ballet or that hesitate to take their children for fear they will be bored. Live theatre and live ballet are wonderful things, he said. If you dont experience them you will never know what you are missing. Try it out just one time with your family, especially your kids, and decide with them if it is something that is really just right for you after all.
Judy Cook is a freelance writer who lives in Applegate. You can reach her at words-nimages.com.

Dancers in this years production of The Nutcracker include, clockwise from top left, Kristen Flowers (French doll), Joselyn Cesare (party girl), Makeila Lee (Chinese tea), Ariana Lordge (Arabian coffee) and Maile Zeng (marionette).
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Colla Voce holiday concert features nearly 100 singers

Colla Voce Chamber Singers, the adult performing ensemble under the umbrella of the nonprofit local organization Colla Voce of the Sierra, will host its 9th annual holiday concert series, Songs of Hope, on December 7 in Grass Valley and December 8 in Auburn. This year the number of performers will be triple what it has been in prior years because several concert pieces will include 62 young singers from the Colla Voce Childrens Choruses. A segment of the concert features Auburn storyteller Joan Stockbridge, as well as the art series Virtues of Northern California by local artist Sondra Hersh. Local filmmaker, Jason Phipps, will create the multimedia dimension of the show. Audience participants are invit-

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Who: Colla Voce Chamber Singers When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 1979 Ridge Road. Grass Valley When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 Where: St. Teresa of Avila Church, 11610 Atwood Road, Auburn Cost: $16 general, $14 seniors and students, $3 ages 17 and under. Info: (530) 889-9760, collavoce.org.

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Members of Pablo Cruise, Tesla and others live at the Blue Goose
Concert aims to raise awareness and $10,000 for local homeless
BY KATHY SPOTO

ake off winters chill with the warming tunes from members of Pablo Cruise, Tesla, The Parrot Heads, Mr. December, and Nashville singer Jaime Kyle at a live concert raising funds for The Gathering Inn and Gold Country Wildlife Rescue.

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Loomis resident Nancy Price took action when she saw the bleak contrast of two newspaper stories opening doors: a multimillion dollar sports arena and closing doors: a local homeless shelter without funds. Nancy and her husband, Steve Price, a founding member of Pablo Cruise, asked for a little bit of help from their musician friends to start the Be the Change, Winter Music Festival two years ago.

And according to Steve Price, They rocked the place, adding that, one hundred percent, every dime we raise, goes to our two charities. On Saturday, the Prices are asking Loomis-area friends and neighbors to bundle up the family and join the party under the glowing holiday lights at the Blue

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Glass work will blow you away T

heir handmade Christmas ornaments have hung in the White House and the Governors mansion, but you dont need to be a political bigwig to enjoy the fine craftsmanship of these local artisans. Rick and Janet Nicholson, of Nicholson Blown Glass, will open their studio to the public for demonstrations during their annual Holiday Open Studio held on three weekends in December. There is no admission fee. We will be demonstrating throughout the day, said Janet Nicholson. We usually do the bigger pieces in the morning; toward the end of the day we tend to work on smaller things. Its somewhat determined by what we are working on. We just received an order from New York for an eight-piece wall sculpture. New items this year include glass mandarins, created for the 20th anniversary of the Mandarin Festival as gifts for the volunteers. Old favorites include oil candles, wine stoppers, decanters and the ever popular Christmas tree ornaments.

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Its a fun tradition for people to come and choose their ornaments, she said. Nicholson Blown Glass is located on the corner of Bell and Cramer roads, just off Hwy. 49, in North Auburn.

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Messiah Singalong finds its roots in American past

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AUBURN SYMPHONY When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 Where: Placer High School Theatre, 275 Orange St., Auburn Cost: $10-$20 Info: (530) 823-6683, AuburnSymphonyOffice@gmail.com, auburnsymphony.com

n 2042, Handels Messiah will celebrate the 300th anniversary of its first performance. If you do some fast math, that makes 2013 the 271st anniversary of this classic of English Oratorio music. Thats a long time for a piece of music, any music, to hang around and morph with the passing years but Handel had it as they say and his Messiah remains one of the most performed works of Western choral music. The Auburn Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Peter Jaffe, invites the public to join in what has become a local tradition that is enjoying its own anniversary. This is the 25th year that the Auburn Symphony has presented a Messiah Singalong.

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The backbone of the Messiah Singalong is the orchestra. The choral singers, pictured here in the 2012 presentation, are the muscle. Talented choral singers and soloists are drawn from the entire region to participate on stage at this annual celebration of the Christmas Season. Maestro Peter Jaffe, inset, will conduct.
Handel himself might view with pleased surprise the enduring appeal of this kickoff to the Christmas season. Yes, it is time, friends one and all, to venture away from electronica and stow cell phones, tablets and other jangling and distracting

oddments of our culture, pick up musical scores and wend the path to the Placer High School Theater to participate, partake of and otherwise revel in the Annual Messiah Singalong. Huh? Singawhat? Too true. We are not schooled as a general rule to raise our voices in unrehearsed song in public places. But this tradition, this music, is so special and the Symphony so attuned to making this a glorious participatory event that it wont

matter if your pipes are rusty, a little off-key or even if you are just too, too shy to start right in. Really. It wont matter. The singalong is an event born for the Messiah but also an echo of our not-so-distant past, according to Peter Jaffe. Prior to prerecorded sound, the music of the people was made in the home with a concert only as a special treat, Jaffe said. It was not uncommon for a family to perform together for each

others enjoyment and to enjoy making music as a group, Jaffe said. Robert Haswell, business manager of the Auburn Symphony, credits Jaffe for holding the Symphony together so it remains a mainstay of the community and is still around to perform this 25th edition of the Messiah Singalong. We have found that people enjoy opening the concert of traditional Christmas Carols and we do that with a wonderful medley, Haswell said. We recruit our choral singers from many sources ... we also stratify our audience to put the bass voices in one section, the sopranos in another and so forth. This is an inclusive event, a great event for families as a start to the Christmas season.

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Classic movie comes to life on stage M

ost of us know the story of George Bailey and Mr. Potter and Clarence the Angel. Weve seen it countless times in television. But now, Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center offers you a fresh look at a timeless classic. It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a stage play adaptation of Frank Capras 1946 film starring Jimmy Stewart as a small-town man whose life has come to a desperate point. Adapted and performed live on the radio in front of an audience. Director Glenda Gonzales and a talented cast return to the State Theater stage with this enchanting rendition presented as an old fashioned live radio play for a one weekend run. Colorfully presented in full costume and stage lighting with the charm of onstage sound effects, experienced and well known Auburn actors and community leaders make up the cast. Rick Schlussel as George, Pam Harrold as Mary, Mike Holmes in multiple roles, and Elly award winning actor Fred Burkes as the wonderfully evil and hiss worthy Mr. Potter.

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Its A Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Show will warm your hearts. You wont want to miss this holiday favorite. Tickets will be available at the door, with a limited number of seats available for advance purchase online at livefromauburn.com.

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The Griswold familys plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big, hilarious disaster. Not without its tender and nostalgic moments of a good intentioned Dad, the overriding fun of the movie is not to be missed. See it at 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19.
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Immortal guardians including Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost join forces for the first time to combat evil Pitch Black and protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world. See it at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21. Free, but reservations strongly suggested, Children under 13 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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Slow down the season at Old Town Country Christmas

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f you want to relive what Christmas might have been like in Auburn a century ago, you wont want to miss the Old Town Country Christmas. Its all about family and kids and believing, said Linda Robinson of the Old Town Business Association. What I try to do with Old Town Country Christmas is bring in a lot of my childhood. We as grandparents need to create those memories for our grandkids. Just as they did years ago, when families, friends and neighbors would gather in the town square to share the spirit, Old Town Auburn comes alive for two Saturdays in December with music and dancing and kettle corn and clam chowder, the latter compliments of the Auburn Hook n Ladder. The fire department is

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Zoe Haskins and her mom Valerie Haskins warm up by one of the fire pits in Old Town during the last years Country Christmas celebration.
right up the street, and weve been doing clam chowder in bread bowls for decades now, said John Williamson, Auburn City Fire Department captain. We only do it for Country Christmas. We sell out pretty much every year. So if chowders on your radar, be sure to get there early. Each night begins with a flag ceremony and singing of the national

anthem, a tradition since 2001. Its sort of a peaceful way to begin, a moment of silence, Robinson said. Next up is a brass ensemble, representing the Auburn Community Concert Band. The Weimar Academy will perform, as well as stroll through Old Town caroling. Not strolling, but stepping in time, will be the Thunderfoot Cloggers, Country Scottish Dancers and troupes

from In Sync and Pamelot dance studios. The bonfire will be roaring, the Sugar Plump Fairies will be roaming and John the chimney sweep will make his annual appearance. But for Robinson, her favorite part is when she pulls out the great big storybook, sits in a chair in the plaza and has all the children gather around for a reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas while Santa acts out the story behind her. I was born in 1942 and my birthday is Dec. 18th so every year, we would get our tree (a silver tip) and decorate on my birthday, she said. My dad loved things like roasted chestnuts and roasted potatoes with the tree vendors in those days. Memories like that and with Country Christmas is what I'm determined to do with this event.

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Get ready for some Holiday Hysteria with the Sierra Gold Chorus

f you can imagine the frenzy and hysterics of planning a big party during the holidays, just try to imagine planning a big holiday production. Sit back and relax as Sierra Gold Chorus takes you through some comical steps in the production of their show, Holiday Hysteria. Sierra Gold Chorus, the Auburn Chapter of Sweet Adelines International, presents "Holiday Hysteria" at its 18th Annual Christmas Show at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Combie Bible Church, 22924 West Hacienda Drive, Grass Valley, near Lake of the Pines. The Sierra Gold Chorus is looking forward to their first Christmas Show under the direction of new director, Ron Black. Hold on to your seats while the chorus, joined by 12 new members and the Christmas Chorus, sing traditional

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Six Loomis Basin homes decorated for holiday tour

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he Loomis Basin Holiday Home Tour features an eclectic mix of homes in a variety of rural settings that will all be decked out for the holidays. Homes range from a historic 1860s cattle ranch to a New Mexico style hacienda on the tour slated for Saturday, Dec. 14. A free holiday boutique featuring crafts and a $15 buffet lunch are also part of this holiday event and take place at H. Clarke Powers Elementary School. Proceeds benefit the Loomis Basin Education Foundation. Laurel Krein, home tour committee chairperson, along with an army of volunteers, create a country elegant event which helps fund technology and the arts for local school chil-

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LOOMIS BASIN HOLIDAY HOME TOUR

What: Six Loomis area homes decorated for the holidays When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14 Tickets: $25 advance; $30 day of tour Benefits: The Loomis Basin Education Foundation Info: www.lbef.net

and other docents will be dressed in period costumes for the tour.
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This home on Dick Cook Road was featured in last years Loomis Basin Holiday Home Tour. This years tour takes place on Saturday, Dec. 14.
dren in the seven Loomis Union School District elementary schools. Krein said each home is unique and reflects the personality of its owners. I love going on the tour and getting ideas. I love seeing the different styles of homes tucked away that youd never get to see except on the tour.

The Old Turner Ranch, owned by Barbara and Ken Mackey, will be a highlight of this years event. Barbara is a descendant of a Gold Rush era family who established the ranch in 1853. The Mackeys have created a family museum on the property inside an 1890s barn that contains historic and vintage items found on the property. The Mackeys said they

A Penryn Mediterranean-style home, designed and built by All Pro San Francisco 49ers football player Forrest Blue and his wife, Kelly. The Hess Hacienda, owned by George Bernie and Kim Hess. A home featuring Christmas collections from Christopher Radko, Fitz and Floyd, Hallmark and Annalee, along with handcrafted, custom arches and floral arrangements. Two neighboring homes in Clos du Lac feature a Christmas village that spreads across two tables in one and five decorated and themed Christmas trees in the other.

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Why not dance away those holiday calories?

ust what you need: physical activity in the midst of the holidays, along with conviviality, good cheer and tasty desserts. The Foothill Country Dancers are holding a Holiday Dance and Dessert Potluck at the Portuguese Hall in Newcastle this month. They promote New England-style contra dancing, what they describe as a non-commercial, do-ityourself, socially inclusive, community-building, participatory, musically driven recreation. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught and prompted, and no partner is required. Its a form of community dancing designed to

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Who: Foothill Country Dancers What: Contra dancing When: 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 Where: Newcastle Portuguese Hall, 690 Taylor Road, Newcastle Cost: $8, $7 members Info: (530) 346-0099, foothilldancers.org

include everybody, said Eric Engles, board member with the Foothill Country Dancers.It doesnt require any fancy footwork, in fact there is no footwork at all. Its pretty easy and every dance is taught before-

hand. Engles said they typically get around 45 dancers, 60 on a big night. Ages range from 5 years old to 95 years, and skill levels are all over the map. There is an orientation

workshop a half hour before, he said. If you dont know anything you can learn enough in that time to do quite well. He said contra dancing is a form of New England folk dancing from the 1700s, kept alive and revived in the 1970s. It underwent an evolution, but there is still a connection to the old tradition, he said. There are hundreds of cities where you can go and find a contra dance today. The music is always live, and Engles said the band might even play a few Christmas songs, done so that they can be danced to. Please bring a dessert for the potluck spread during the break.

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Put a little Celtic in your Christmas with Golden Bough

eltic music of Ireland and Scotland has continued to increase in popularity for the past several years. One of the groups spearheading this popularity is the international touring and recording group Golden Bough. Besides the music of the better-known Celtic countries of Ireland and Scotland, Golden Bough will also perform music from the lesser-known nations of Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, French Brittany and Galicia in Spain. For more than 20years, Golden Bough has brought their music to enthusiastic fans throughout the United States and Europe, as well as Japan. Their interpretation of this music has made them a favorite with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, gaining critical acclaim and

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enthusiastic support from folk fans wherever they perform. With a dazzling array of acoustic instruments and haunting vocal styling, this trio of modern day minstrels presents a program that leaves little room for audience members to lose interest. Blending their voices in three-part harmony they sing ballads, lively singalongs and beautiful

acapella pieces and back themselves with the Celtic harp, guitar, penny-whistle, recorder, violin, viola, octave-mandolin, accordion, and bodhran. This year they have just returned from an extensive tour through Holland, the Netherlands, Austria, and France. The music of Golden Bough is enjoyed by listeners of all ages and you'll be hard put to sit still once the fire of the Celtic music is flamed by these fine musicians.

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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!

Where: Auburn Promenade, at 853 Lincoln Way When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14, 15, 21 and 22.

ner at 6 p.m. at the Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall, 100 East St., Auburn. Social hour begins at 5 p.m. Cost is $5 with a raffle prize, $10 without. Members are asked to bring an unwrapped gift for a veteran living in the California Veterans Home in Yountville or Reno Veterans Hospital. RSVP: (530) 889-8574, cdbradbury@sbcglobal.net. Christmas celebration in the heart of historic Newcastle at 5:30 p.m. at Marshall Square. Christmas tree lighting, photos with Santa, choir, bonfire. Free

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Create a gnome home and visit the Cookie Tree Forest at a Holiday Faire from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Live Oak Waldorf School, 410 Crother Road, Meadow Vista. Info: liveoakwaldorf.org.

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Three Sheets to the Wind, an Irish Sea Shanty band, brings their fun-loving brand of Christmas Carols to Old Town Auburn at 1 and 3 p.m. Info: (925) 8224518, 3sheets2wind.com.

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