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While fewer vendors have changed some of the activities planned for Downtown Valdosta’s Winterfest, there is still plenty of Christmas and holiday activities planned for the coming week.
With fewer vendors, Valdosta Main Street will focus more on Downtown Valdosta businesses while still providing plenty of Christmas cheer on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Winterfest will include breakfasts with Santa, a bazaar and bake sale, the Converse-Dalton-Ferrell House open house, the Camellia Show, Santa visits in the historic Lowndes County Courthouse Square, an afternoon Winterfest 5K, a Gingerbread Players of Theatre Guild Valdosta holiday play, all concluding with the Greater Valdosta Community Christmas Parade starting at 5 p.m. running from Woodrow Wilson Drive down North Patterson Street to downtown.
See today’s edition for more details on these events.
Dance Arts presents performances of its 40th production of “The Nutcracker” next weekend. Since the early 1970s, Linda Chase of Dance Arts has presented her choreographic vision of Tchaikovsky’s famed Christmas ballet.
Dance Arts has presented this holiday treat every year since 1972, with one exception when Mathis City Auditorium was undergoing renovations. For the third year, the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra partners with Dance Arts to present composer Ptior Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s music live.
On Sunday, Dec. 2, Valdosta State University choirs present the annual Candlelight Concerts, 3, 5 and 7 p.m., on campus.
Other groups ensure that Valdosta and Lowndes County do not celebrate all of its Christmas shows on one date.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, First Christian Church, St. John Catholic Church, Christ Episcopal Church, etc., present Handel’s “Messiah,” 4 p.m. today, St. John Catholic Church, 800 Gornto Road. Admission: Free, though donations will be accepted to benefit Lowndes Associated Ministries to People.
In the coming weeks, The Crescent hosts its Christmas open house on the second weekend of the month. Valdosta Choral Guild also presents its annual concerts on the second weekend of December at the Valdosta High School Performing Arts Center.
So, there are plenty of talented folks wanting to help the community celebrate the holidays in the coming weeks. All you have to do is show up with a little Christmas spirit.
What We Think
City gets into Christmas spirit
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THUMBS UP: To Dr. John Gaston, retiring dean of Valdosta State University’s College of the Arts. For the past 10-plus years, Gaston has worked to build a more interconnected program with various artistic and communications departments working together. Given that you are likely to see one College of the Arts department collaborating with another during events is proof of Gaston’s success.
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On the go this weekend
Take a breath.
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Sharing the roads with motorcycles
With the recent pleasant temperatures and sunny skies, the number of motorcycles on area roads has increased.
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Thank your local law enforcement today
Today, May 15, was designated Peace Officers Memorial Day back in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy was in office.
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Visit musical roots this weekend
Beginning Saturday, May 18, Nashville, Ga., will be hosting a special Smithsonian exhibit, “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.” The exhibit will continue through the end of June and Nashville has done a tremendous job in promoting and planning for the exhibit.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A few years ago, a television commercial asked, Who first believed in you? Many folks may have instinctively answered by simply saying, Mom.
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THUMBS UP: To mail workers, volunteers and food bank staff for gathering food for the annual Stamp Out Hunger postal food drive today. A plastic bag designated for canned goods and other non-perishable food items should have arrived in your mailbox earlier this week. If you haven’t already, take a few moments to fill the bag with food and hang from your mailbox. If you didn’t receive the special Stamp Out Hunger bag, any plastic bag filled with food will do. This food drive helps feed thousands of South Georgians annually. Valdosta-Lowndes County often donates more food than nearly all other cities and counties in Georgia.
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Celebrating nurses
She is considered the founder of modern nursing so it seems only natural that National Nurses Week would include Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
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Helping the hungry: Mail it in!
Valdosta-Lowndes County continues revealing its generous spirit.
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New school scoring system
The first year of any new program is always a tough one.
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