Want a good view of the Bluffton Blaze of Lights parade? The parade is Saturday, Nov. 24. Here's this year's parade route. Line up starts at 4 p.m. on Snider Road at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. The parade starts at 5 p.m. Its route is south on Main Street to College Avenue. From there, the parade will turn onto East College. It will disband on Triplett Drive.
There's still time to enter the parade. Contact [email protected] to indicate your interest in being in this year's parade.
Peter Suter of Shannon Theatre announced that "Rise of the Guardians" (PG) and will be shown at the theatre from November 21-29.
2D show times are every evening at 7:00 and 9:30 PM with Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30 and 4:00 PM. 3D show times are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning at 11:00 AM only.
The Shannon Theatre will be open for normal evening shows on Thanksgiving.
“An Old-Time Christmas at the Homestead” is the theme of the Christmas Season Open House to be held by the Swiss Community Historical Society of Bluffton and Pandora at its historic 1843 Swiss Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, on Dec. 1 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Christmas decorations of the 19th century will highlight the occasion, which will also feature live music in the parlor, hearth-cooking at the kitchen fireplace, and candle-making in the basement of the recently-restored Schumacher House.
St. John’s United Church of Christ will host the November concert of the Full Sound Chamber Group on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in the church sanctuary, 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.
The concert, which is free and open to the community, will begin with the piano
“Prelude and Fuge in E-minor” by Mendelssohn. The ensemble continues with “Concrerto Grosso in G-minor” by Corelli (arranged by Tsidqah Loritsch), “Romanze" by Wilhelm Popp, and a “Serenade for Strings” by Tchaikovsky. A hymn (orchestrated by Shalem Loritsch), will complete the concert.
There’s a lot to do in Bluffton this weekend. In fact, you’d think Christmas is around the corner. Here are events from The Icon calendar:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOV. 9-10
Town and Country Flowers
Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, announces a store-wide Christmas open house, according to Connie Kruse, of the store.
