Holiday Shopping Extravaganza and Festival of Trees

Friday, December 4, 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Photos with Santa
Pets...........Friday Children..............Saturday

Christmas Gifts that will entice any holiday shopper!!!!!

Rabun County Civic Center
201 West Savannah Street

For more information contact: Margaret Dunn
706-212-2149 or email: mdunn@rabuncountygov.com

"Amal and the Night Visitors"

On Saturday December 5, 2009 the Peach State Opera group will present the Christmas Story "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at the Rearden Theater in Rabun Gap Georgia. The Rearden Theater is located on the campus of Rabun Gap Nacoochee School. The performance times are 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.. General admission is $15.00 and Student /Senior is $10.00. This is a great Christmas Story and enjoyed by both young and mature music lovers.

"Pickin' for the Park" Benefit Concert for Stekoa Creek Park

What: "Pickin' for the Park" Benefit Concert for the Stekoa Creek Park project
When: Saturday, December 5th at 6 p.m.
Where: Stekoa Creek Trading Post Concert Hall (located just off Hwy. 441 S, behind Checkers in Clayton).

Bring the family, join the fun, and support the Stekoa Creek Park Project!

Come hear music performed by:

THE FOXFIRE BOYS
MOUNTAIN HOODOO
BRAD BARRETT
JOHN OLIVER & CARMEL RIDGE

also, see a BUCK DANCING performance by Dale Oliver
SHINER'S RESTAURANT will be there too, serving a buffet supper of great food!

And, be prepared to bid on some great auction items!

Donations will be accepted at the door.

About the Stekoa Creek Park project:
The City of Clayton and the Chattooga Conservancy have teamed up to establish a new city park on a 2.9-acre tract donated by the United Community Bank, that's located next to Stekoa Creek and Hwy. 441, just north of downtown Clayton. The park is to include a nature trail, picnic tables, handicap access, playground equipment, and landscaping with native plants. When complete, the park will be a wonderful new place to enjoy in Rabun County!

Questions and for more info, call 706-782-6097 or email info@chattoogariver.org

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All the best,

Mary

Winter Wine Highway Weekend - December 11, 12, 13

The Winegrowers Association of Georgia will hold its first Winter Wine Highway Weekend December 11-13. Plan ahead to take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle and spend a few days in the northeast Georgia mountains where you can find unique and authentic "Georgia Made/Georgia Grown" items for everyone on your gift list!

For more information on the Wine Highway Weekend, please visit www.georgiawine.com

Foxfire Fall Heritage Festival

The fifteenth annual Foxfire Fall Heritage Festival next Saturday, September 26, features old-fashioned fun, food, crafts, and music.

The festival is set up at Dillard City Hall, next to the world famous Dillard House. From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., festival-goers will experience over 35 exhibits and demonstrations such as pottery, cornshuck dolls, crocheted and knitted items, berry basket making, woodworking, broom-making, flint knapping, blacksmithing, corn-shuck chair-bottoming, folk art painting, nature & wildlife photography, hand-made jewelry, stained glass, railroad history, and more. Foxfire Magazine students will also be present to autograph and sell their current and back issues.

A raffle of donated items by local and regional businesses will be featured along with great mountain music by The Foxfire Boys, as well as other bluegrass and gospel groups. Good food will also be available until sold out. Admission: $4, ages 11 up; children age six to ten, $2. All proceeds benefit Foxfire’s Local Educational Programs. www.foxfire.org

U-Pick Raspberries

Tiger Mountain Orchards in Tiger has raspberries at $2.00 per pint (u-pick). Sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. Call 706-782-3290 for additional information.