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Selections from French operas will be the focus of the annual Opera Evening on Saturday, January 28, at 8:30 p.m. in Armstrong Auditorium at Shenandoah College and Conservatory, Winchester. The Voice Department of the Conservatory will present the program which will highlight works spanning three centuries of music.

The first half of the concert will consist of arias, duets, and trios by Lully, Bizet, Massenet, Gounod, Tchaikovsky and Charpentier. Excerpts from Offenbach’s “Tales of Hoffman” will begin the second half.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Dulcimer Workshop Set

The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) will hold a dulcimer workshop on February 4 from 9:30 to 3 at Blackwater Creek Homestead near Boston.

Participants will build a dulcimer in the morning and learn to play it in the afternoon. RAAC recommends this as a joint project for children and parents or grandparents, couples, teachers, beginning and experienced musicians.

Cost is $10 for RAAC members and $15 for non-members plus $20 for the cardboard dulcimer kit. For additional information, call 5473405 or 675-3193.

After February 1, for emergency calls to police, fire and rescue, dial 9878525

from Amissville, Washington, Castleton, Sperryville, Woodville and Flint Hill (987, 937, 675 and 547 exchanges).

After February 1, for emergency calls to police, fire and rescue, dial 6354488

from Chester Gap and Huntly (635 and 636 exchanges).

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