Dec 02 2011
Check Out These Great Holiday Events in South Central PA!
Canadian Brass: November 29 at Leiffler Chapel at Elizabethtown College. The fabulous fivesome in the famous white shoes is back in Central PA for the first time in seasons, and just in time for the holidays! Don’t miss the chance to deck the hall – the concert hall, that is – with Canada’s – with North America’s – heck, with planet Earth’s best-loved brass quintet. 717-361-1000 or www.etown.edu
Hairspray: November 30 at the Fulton Theatre. Just in time for the holidays comes Broadway’s big fat musical hit. Jump back to early 1960s Baltimore, where pleasantly plump Tracy Turnblad has big hair, an even bigger heart, and a huge dream to be a dancer on the Corny Collins Show. This musical-comedy blockbuster inspired a film and swept the Tony Awards-and audiences off their feet. Through December 31. 717-397-7425 or www.thefulton.org
A Dickens of a Christmas: December 1 at Mount Hope Estate & Winery. Victorian Mount Hope Mansion and the Dickensian characters will lift your Holiday spirits with joyous caroling, parlor games and intimate theater shows. Celebrate the Yuletide season with timeless classics that still pull on our heartstrings. Through December 23. 717-665-7021 or www.parenfaire.com
Christmas Candlelight Tours: December 1 at Hans Herr House. Add a dash of old-world charm to your holiday season. Experience holiday customs from some of the earliest ethnic groups who settled in Lancaster County. Learn the origins of beloved Christmas traditions. House tours end with hot cider and caroling around a bonfire. Through December 3. 717-464-4438 or www.hansherr.org
Old Fashioned Christmas: December 2 at Kitchen Kettle Village. Enjoy down-home caroling. Pass brass bands as you dash from one shop to another. We have cookies to treat you. And shopkeepers to greet you. Start off the holidays in Lancaster County – a great place to come home each year. Saturdays through December 17. 800-732-3538 or www.kitchenkettle.com
Countdown to Christmas: December 1 at the Hands-on House. Deck the yard, deck the halls and deck yourself out in a reindeer t-shirt that’s sure to have you prancing with pride in this make-it, take-it holiday workshop. Each child needs to bring a new white t-shirt or sweatshirt. Through December 2. 717-569-5437 or www.handsonhouse.org
Holiday Open House Weekend: December 3 Twin Brook Winery. Tis the season to Spice things up. Mulled Spice Wine, holiday treats and all your other favorite Twin Brook wines will be yours to sample. Complimentary wine tasting this weekend, our treat. We’ll have stocking stuffers too. 717-442-4915 or www.twinbrookwinery.com
16th Annual Christmas at Cornwall House Tour: December 3 at the Cornwall Iron Furnace. Our Christmas at Cornwall House Tour, now in its 16th year, will once again offer you the opportunity to see some historic homes and a lovely newer home. Ticket holders will receive a map and a tour booklet to plan their route for the tour. 717-272-9711 www.cornwallironfurnace.org
Breakfast with Santa: December 3 at Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. Enjoy breakfast with Santa in Downtown Lancaster featuring the P.T. Waggs Vaudeville Show starring Jerry Brown and his monkey pal, Django. Event includes breakfast, entertainment, gift and visit with Santa. 717-291-4758 or www.lancastercityevents.com
Christkindlmarkt Holiday Market and Festival: December 3 at The Hershey Story. In celebration of its Pennsylvania German collection, The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue will host the annual Christkindlmarkt Holiday Market and Festival. Twenty-one exhibitors will be featured at the festival. 717-534-3439 or www.hersheystory.org
Home for the Holidays: December 3 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Take a nostalgic glimpse at holiday rail travel and meet costumed engineers, conductors, ticket agents and passengers representing the past century. Enjoy seasonal music and festive decorations among our world-class collection of trains. Send a telegram to the North Pole and, who knows, Santa may come to town! Through December 4. 717-687-8628 or www.rrmuseumpa.org
The Christmas Cabaret Show: December 4 at The Ware Center at Millersville University Lancaster. The Christmas Cabaret Show” features some of Lancaster’s best cabaret professionals singing your favorite holiday tunes. Like the rest of the “Glorious” cabarets, this one is sure to wow audiences and leave you in a wonderful holiday mood. 717-871-7308 or www.millersville.edu
