Arts & Entertainment

The Music at Noon concert series at Lexington Presbyterian Church will present keyboardists Daniel Brinson and William McCorkle in three concerts on Wednesdays, Dec. 6, 13 and 20, all at noon in the Lexington Presbyterian sanctuary.

Carolyn Bradley, 258-2720

Winning entries in the Glasgow Christmas parade, held Saturday, Dec. 2, are as follows: Best appearing float – Faith Mountain Baptist Church, Lexington, first place; Union Baptist Church, Glasgow, second.

Josh Gardner captured this photo of the long, smoky white trail left behind after a meteor flew over Arnolds Valley this past Sunday evening around 5:20. The long trail remained visible for what was left of the evening daylight.

Area residents are encouraged to bring family and friends to Boxerwood this Saturday between 1 and 5 p.m. for the nature center’s annual Gifts of Nature workshop.

Evelyn Ayers, 463-2727

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

Varsity and junior varsity girls basketball teams from both Parry McCluer and Rockbridge County high schools will compete in PM’s Jaden Baker Tournament in Buena Vista this weekend.

Santa arrived by firetruck for the annual Breakfast with Santa festivities at the Rockbridge Baths firehouse Saturday morning. He proceeded to meet with a large number of local children, including (at right) Kylee Montgomery who showed Santa her ring and told him that she had missed him since last year. (all photos by Stephanie Mikels Blevins)

The Glasgow Public Library will be celebrating Gingerbread Days on Thursday, Dec. 14. Kids of all ages are invited to come build their dream houses with the tastiest of building materials. The activities begin at 3 p.m.

Outdoor Christmas Concert Dec. 17

Esther Pennington, 540-291-2629 This past Sunday, High Bridge Presbyterian Church welcomed its new pastor and his wife, the Rev. Steve and Amy Willis. During the children’s sermon, the (Hope) Advent candle was lit by the children. A reception to welcome the new pastor was held after worship in the fellowship hall.

The Blue Forest Theatre Academy is undertaking its inaugural venture into adult community theater with a presentation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8 and 9, at 7 p.m., in Virginia Military Institute’s Marshall Theater.

The Rockbridge Regional Library in Lexington will host a family gift-making extravaganza on Dec. 13 and 14 from 4 to 5 p.m. Projects will include sweater mittens, personalized key rings, hand-decorated wind chimes, and fruit and veggie refrigerator magnets.

Rockbridge Bird Club invites area residents to join them for this month’s Second Saturday morning walk at Boxerwood on Dec. 9 at 8:30 a.m.

A number of area families turned out for Breakfast with Santa at the Fairfield Volunteer Rescue Squad Saturday morning. Among the scenes were (clockwise from above left) 23-month-old Weston Campbell checking out Santa’s bell; Abrielle Poulin, 5, telling Santa what she wants; Santa shaking hands with Pirate the puppy, held by Ciara Casady; Aaliyah Martin talking with Santa; and McKenzie Craft and Steve Reese cooking up pancakes. (Mary Woodson photos)

Glasgow Public Library will host local author Peter Farnham on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 5 p.m.

Walkers Creek Fire & EMS will be taking pre-orders for smoked hams and whole turkeys for Christmas dinners. Cost is $55 each.

10th Main Street Event Has Record Turnout

The following area students are among those attending college this fall. Their names were submitted to The News-Gazette for its annual Off to College list.

CEO Sherri McKinney-Frantz of Blue Ridge CASA presents the Most Donations Award to Reid Mackey at the M4K Stache Bash Nov. 29 at Devils Backbone. Also pictured is Sam Collins who won Best Stache, and Lexington Mayor Frank Friedman who had the most donors. Blue Ridge CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) launched its first “Mustaches for Kids” (M4K) fundraiser this fall, a creative campaign aimed at raising funds to support abused and neglected children in the community. For more information about M4K, visit www.m4kblueridge.org or contact Chelsey Hughes at chelsey@blueridgecasa. org or Rosanne Facciolo at [email protected]. (photo by Julie Goodrich)