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Front Royal Oratorio to celebrate
The Front Royal Oratorio Society invites everyone to its 40th birthday party on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Boggs Chapel, Randolph Macon Academy. The society has a gift for everyone, an exciting concert of beautiful music. Magnificat by John Rutter and Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi.
Director George Amos is bringing the RMA chorus to sing, a real event with wonderful soloists and instrumental accompaniment. A second performance will be held Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Front Royal Presbyterian Church. Free admission and for more information call Ann Andersen at 622-6974.
Garden Club to host greens sale
The Rappahannock Garden Club members will once again be gathering greens and assembling Christmas swags, wreaths, and garlands for distribution on Dec. 6. Orders for those greens may be placed with Sally Havstad at 987-9342 before Dec. 1. The club makes fresh wreaths of boxwood and of mixed greens, white pine garlands, and door swags.
McGlothlins to host holiday gathering
Family and friends are invited to join the McGlothlin family for a Christmas dinner on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Jeffersonton Community Center. Bring a dish to share, as well as old photos and videos. For more details call Cathy Lou Smith at , 937-5024.
Ragged Mountain activities set
The Ragged Mountain Resource Center will be coordinating the following activities in December 2000:
Saturday, Dec. 9: Second Saturday Hike Series. Destination - Hazel Mountain and Hazel River Headwaters. Meet at Mountainside Market on US 211, west of Sperryville 987-9100, between 8-8:30 a.m. and caravan from there. Return mid-afternoon. Bring food and water for self and layered clothing accord- \ ing to the weather of the day. Fee: Donations welcome. Hike leader: Hunt Harris. 540-987-3366.
Saturday, Dec. 9: Moonlight Hike of Old Rag Mountain. Meet at Mountainside Market on US 211 west of Sperryville, 987-9100 by 5 p.m. or at upper lot of Old Rag on Nethers side off Route. 231 by 5:45 p.m. Bring food and liquid for self and layered clothing according to the weather. Return time ??? Fee: Donations I welcome. Hike Leader: Hunt (987-3366). Not an adventure for whiners or those who think they are in shape but are not really!
Ragged Mountain Resource Center will also be coordinating clean-ups of older dump sites and other events into the next year, such as: Native Planting Programs; Surveys of damage and health in the SNP after recent fires; Surveys of older, notable trees; Establishment of a Quick Response Citizen Task Force: and much more.
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