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• New Artists Productions singers will present “A Little Bit of Broadway and A Little Bit of Christmas” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at The Station Restaurant in Bandon.
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Chip Dombrowski, entertainment editor
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This weekend
New Artists Productions singers will present “A Little Bit of Broadway and A Little Bit of Christmas,” at The Station Restaurant in Bandon on Saturday. Vocalists Hope and Zeta Hay, Emily Wampler and Jeneveve Winchell will perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. Free; dinner and dessert available. Information, 347-2517; reservations, 347-9615.
“A Victorian Christmas With John Doan” will kick off Florence’s first-ever Dickens Festival, at 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St. A live version of Doan’s public broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago, featuring 20-string harp guitar, classical banjo and ukelin. $12. (541) 997-1675 or 902-9091.
Next week
Oregon Shakespeare Festival will present a special performance by two festival actors at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at the Sawdust Theatre, 114 N. Adams St., Coquille. 396-2163.
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Music Department will hold three free concerts at 7 p.m. on each night of Dec. 1-3 at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts. On Monday, the SOCC symphonic choir will present Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” The SOCC brass ensemble will also perform works, including traditional Christmas songs. On Tuesday, the Oregon Coast Lab Band group “Evolution” will perform various jazz arrangements. On Wednesday, the SOCC vocal jazz choir and chamber choir will perform standard jazz works, Christmas songs and traditional Chamber choir works. The SOCC orchestra will also perform Christmas songs and orchestral literature. 888-7422.
The Bay Area Concert Band will present its holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the North Bend Presbyterian Church. An array of winter and Christmas music, with small group ensembles including flutes, clarinets, sax quartet, brass quintet and low brass. Free.
Little Ole Opry presents “Country Christmas” at Little Theatre on the Bay in North Bend, Friday, Dec. 5, through Sunday, Dec. 7. Country music variety show with comedy and dance. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. $12. www.ltob.net or (800) 595-4849.
This weekend
New Artists Productions singers will present “A Little Bit of Broadway and A Little Bit of Christmas,” at The Station Restaurant in Bandon on Saturday. Vocalists Hope and Zeta Hay, Emily Wampler and Jeneveve Winchell will perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. Free; dinner and dessert available. Information, 347-2517; reservations, 347-9615.
“A Victorian Christmas With John Doan” will kick off Florence’s first-ever Dickens Festival, at 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Florence Playhouse, 208 Laurel St. A live version of Doan’s public broadcasting television special, which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago, featuring 20-string harp guitar, classical banjo and ukelin. $12. (541) 997-1675 or 902-9091.
Next week
Oregon Shakespeare Festival will present a special performance by two festival actors at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at the Sawdust Theatre, 114 N. Adams St., Coquille. 396-2163.
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Music Department will hold three free concerts at 7 p.m. on each night of Dec. 1-3 at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts. On Monday, the SOCC symphonic choir will present Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” The SOCC brass ensemble will also perform works, including traditional Christmas songs. On Tuesday, the Oregon Coast Lab Band group “Evolution” will perform various jazz arrangements. On Wednesday, the SOCC vocal jazz choir and chamber choir will perform standard jazz works, Christmas songs and traditional Chamber choir works. The SOCC orchestra will also perform Christmas songs and orchestral literature. 888-7422.
The Bay Area Concert Band will present its holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the North Bend Presbyterian Church. An array of winter and Christmas music, with small group ensembles including flutes, clarinets, sax quartet, brass quintet and low brass. Free.
Little Ole Opry presents “Country Christmas” at Little Theatre on the Bay in North Bend, Friday, Dec. 5, through Sunday, Dec. 7. Country music variety show with comedy and dance. Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. $12. www.ltob.net or (800) 595-4849.
