DECEMBER CALENDAR

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Final weekend showings of The Music Man at the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton. Local actors and musicians give their closing performances of the Touchet Valley Arts Council's annual live theater production at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets can be purchased online at www.libertytheater.org or by calling (509) 382-1380. Blue Mountain Artisan Guild presents its Holiday Bazaar Art Show & Sale in Pomeroy from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Maple Spinners

Hall on the corner of 7th and Columbia Street. This is a judged show with a $50 prize for Best of Show.

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Over 70 wineries located in the Walla Walla Valley will welcome in the holiday season with a Holiday BarrelTasting Friday through Sunday. A 32-page, free booklet on the event can be downloaded or printed online at the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance website: http://www.wallawallawine.com or call (509) 526-3117 for more information.

In the Touchet Valley, Dumas Station Winery will join in the festivities with samples poured from new releases and straight out of the barrel, paired with local cheeses and festive decorations, on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dumas Station is located on Highway 12 just four miles west of Dayton. Visit their website for more information at www.dumasstation.com. New tasting room Dayton Wine Works, located at 507 E. Main in Dayton, is open from 12-8 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. In December

the Wine Works features Wine for the Holidays, Food Pairings and Spiced Wine Recipes.

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Waitsburg Turkey Bingo, sponsored by the Waitsburg American Legion Auxiliary Post #35, begins at 4 p.m. in Ye Towne Hall in downtown Waitsburg. Bingo winners will take home a turkey.

Food, friends and entertainment await those who attend the Prescott CommunityDinner at the community center. Kids' crafts begin at 4:30 p.m. and dinner, including ham, turkey and all the traditional fixings, will be served at 6 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Goody bags and crafts are planned for the kids. Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue, local cowboy musicians, will lead the caroling at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Libby at (509) 849-2621 or Sue at (509) 849-2825.

Enjoy gourmet delicacies and a fine Christmas Tea served on English china at Country Cupboard Bakery's Christmas Tea starting at 3 p.m. Reservations are required. Call (509) 382-2215. All are invited to come watch the 15th Annual Macy'sHoliday Parade of Lights in downtown Walla Walla starting at 6 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation.

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This year Waitsburg's Hometown Christmas is back in Ye Towne Hall downtown. See page 3 for an article detailing event activities.

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Beginning at 5:30 p.m. all ladies are invited to bring a friend and enjoy Ladies' Night Out, an evening making wish lists and sampling refreshments at a variety of shops on Dayton's Main Street. Participating retailers will stay open late into the evening. Wish lists will remain on file at each store to make holiday shopping easier for your friends and family. A wide variety of vendors will set up shop for Kids' Night to Shop in Waitsburg's Ye Towne Hall from 6-8 p.m. Children can shop for Christmas gifts to give to friends and family on their list. All items are priced $10 and under. Free gift wrapping available. Contact Rose Engelbrite for more information at (509) 337-8875. Sponsored by the Waitsburg American Legion Auxiliary Post #35.

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Ladies are invited to Time Out for Tea, a Christmas-themed tea and lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Delany Room at Dayton Memorial Library. The event is free and onsite childcare is provided. Contact Annie Nelson at (509) 382-2248 for more information. Musicians are invited to Skye Book & Brew's AcousticJam Night in downtown Dayton starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Mike at (509) 382-4677.

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The whole family is invited to an Old-Time ChristmasParty at Waitsburg Hardware from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come see Prescott cowboy singers Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue croon tunes from their Christmas Shoppin' at the General Store album free of charge.

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A Tree of Life Ceremony will take place at the Die Brucke Building, on the corner of Main and First in Walla Walla. The ceremony, sponsored by Walla Walla Community Hospice, includes the reading of names in the Tree of Life book, music, candle lighting and refreshments. Lights and ornaments may be purchased at the hospice office 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by calling (509) 525-5561. Order information is also online at www.wwhospice.org.

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Walla Walla resident Nathan Riley, whose Thronson grandparents were early settlers of Columbia County, will present "Traveling Along the Lewis and Clark Trail" in the Delany Room at the Dayton Memorial Library starting at 7 p.m. The Blue Mountain Heritage Society will also provide refreshments and give a brief report on the Smith Hollow School, the Palus Museum and other society activities of the year. For more information, call Jacque Sonderman at (509) 382-8919.

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The entire family is invited to see The Nutcracker, live at Cordiner Hall on the Whitman College Campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Walla Walla Symphony under the direction of Yaacov Bergman, will be performing with the Eugene Balley Company and Walla Walla area dancers. Visit www.wwsymphony.org or call (509) 529-8020 for more information.

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Christian Women's Connection will present its monthly luncheon, this one called Home Baked Christmas, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Seneca Activity Center, Dayton. The cost for this event, catered by CWC Planning Team, is $9. Reservations are required. Babysitting is available. Call Judy Jackson at (509) 399-2005 to reserve a spot. Guests are asked to honor reservations, gift them to a friend or call to cancel if plans change. The Walla Walla Academy Bell Choir will perform, and speaker Lynne Franz, from Hermiston, will delight guests with her humor. Sponsored by Christian Women's Connection and Stonecroft Ministries, www.stonecroft.org.

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Local musicians will provide an evening of music and entertainment at the CommunityChristmas Concert at the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton. Call (509) 382-1380 for more information.

Waitsburg High School will present its annual ChristmasConcert at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

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Dayton retailers invite all guys to a Men's Night Out beginning at 5:30 p.m. in downtown Dayton. Check for wish lists made out at local shops by the ladies in your life, or just enjoy later hours and gift wrapping at local stores.

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Waitsburg Community Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be at the Waitsburg Chapel, 320 W. 2nd, at 6 p.m.