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December happenings
The Melting Pot of Pensacola, located at 418 Gregory St., will host a benefit, called Winter Wine Festival, from December 24, to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The Winter Wine Festival events include a Reserve Wine Dinner on Friday, December 2 from 6 9 p.m.; the Grand Tasting on Saturday, December 3 from 2-6 p.m.; and the VIP Sponsors Reception on Sunday, December 4 from 5 8 p.m. For more information about the events and sponsorship opportunities, please call
The Melting Pot at (850)
438-4030. Melting Pot Wine and Fondue Fest supports St. Jude’s Hospital Dec. 2
Dec. 2, 3 Christian Symphonic Band and Strings presents concert
The Christian Symphonic Band and Strings will be opening the Christmas season with a lively concert entitled, “Christmas Sketches”.
There will be two performances this year: Friday, December 2, 7 p.m. at the Navarre United Methodist Church, 9474 Highway 98, Navarre, FL and Saturday, December 3, 7 p.m., at Cinco Baptist Church, 26 Yacht Club Drive, Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Both concerts are free to the public with an offering taken during the concert.
For more information regarding band membership or concert information, please call 939-6552. Dec. 3
P e n s a c o l a Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with Choral Society, Presents Handel’s Messiah at Hillcrest Baptist Church
For ticket information, call the Symphony office at (850) 4352533 Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or visit www.pensacolasymphony.com for more information. Tickets begin at $15. Families are welcome, and group rates are available. Students and military receive discounts.
Dec. 4
ABATE’s Toy Run Ride
Bikers Rev Up to Make Christmas Merry for Area Kids
Polish your chrome sleigh and put on your black leather boots. It’s time for the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education’s annual Toy Run. Rev up and ride over to the Hadji Shrine Temple on Nine Mile Road in Pensacola at 9 a.m. Sunday, December 4. The Gulf Coast Chapter of ABATE of Florida once again will host the police escorted Toy Run which begins at 11a.m. The cost to ride is $10 per person. For more information about the Toy Run or ABATE, please call Dec. 10
Make your own glass ornament at Belmont Bizarre
Pensacola, Fla. The Belmont Arts Center will its host Belmont’s Bizzare, Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring more than 40 area artists will
exhibit and sell their original works of art at this event.
Shop for items such as acrylic paintings; pastel drawings; Raku pottery; handmade fabric bags; mosaic glass; watercolors; hand blown glass; beaded jewelry; wheel thrown and hand built clay pottery; hand painted wearable silk; metal jewelry; glass etchings; handmade knit hats; holiday ornaments; and more.
As a special holiday twist, resident glass artist Joe Hobbs will be assisting children and adults with the creation of their very own glass ornament. The cost is $20 per ornament made.
In addition, there will also be food, beverages, tours of the center, live glass blowing and glass bead making demonstrations and a special children’s booth.
For additional information, contact (850) 429-1222 or visit www.belmontartscenter.com.
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