My Winston-Salem Weekend Roundup for December 6-9, 2012

Top Outdoor Pick:
Tanglewood Festival of Lights

• Now through the New Year
• 6-11PM
• Tanglewood Park
• 4061 Clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC
• Admission: Weekends $15/vehicle; Weekdays $10/vehicle (cash only)
• www.TanglewoodPark.org

Ride in the comfort of your own vehicle, or join a hay ride or carriage ride to view over a million lights in shapes and scenes of the season. Visit the holiday village and craft store and see Santa!

Top Holiday Pick:
Candle Tea at Old Salem

• Thurs & Fri, December 6 & 7, 1-8:30PM
• Sat, December 8, 11:30AM-8:30PM
• Single Brothers House, Old Salem
• Admission: Adults $5; kids 12 & under $1
• www.homemoravian.org/candletea

Top Family Pick:
Salem Christmas

• Saturday, December 8, 2012
• 10AM-5:30PM
• Old Salem
• Tickets: Adults $21, kids $10
• www.oldsalem.org

Old Salem presents a full day of Christmas activities, including "A Soulful Christmas" at the St. Philips Heritage Center, where local artists will perform Motown Christmas Carols at 11:30AM and 12:30PM, along with a dance performance by Positive Image Performing Arts, and visual artist Leo Rucker will create a painting during the event. Other activities include rifle and musket firing demonstrations, wagon rides, make your own marzipan treats, sample Moravian Christmas cakes, hearth cooking demonstrations, a puppet show, a discussion of 19th century Christmas decorations and a visit from St. Nick. The day concludes at 5:15PM with carol singing and the lighting of the 16' traditional Moravian pyramid on Salem Square.

Top Kids Pick:
SciWorks-Who Kidnapped Santa?

• Saturday, December 8, 2012
• 11:30AM-2:30PM
• SciWorks
• 400 W. Hanes Mill Rd
• Admission: Adults $11; youth ages 4-19 $9; ages 4 & under free
• www.sciworks.org

SciWorks takes kids on a Christmas Forensics Adventure as some of Winston-Salem's finest CSI Technicians lead them in extractiing DNA (from strawberries), analyzing fingerprints, and solving other clues to help find Santa.

Top Theatre Pick:
UNCSA's The Nutcracker

• Saturday, December 8, 2PM & 7:30PM
• Sunday, December 9, 2PM
• UNCSA's Stevens Center
• 405 W. Fourth St 
• www.uncsa.edu

This enchanting classic ballet, The Nutcracker is a proud tradition of the UNCSA, and a Winston-Salem holiday tradition for many. The fantastic talent of the dancers, wearing exquisite costumes, set to live orchestra music is simply magical.  

Winston-Salem
Theatre Alliance:
Sordid Lives

• Thursday- Saturday, December 6-8 at 8PM
• Sunday, December 9 at 2PM
• Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance
• 1047 Northwest Blvd
• Tickets: Adults $16; students/seniors $14
• www.wstheatrealliance.org

This dark comedy about "white trash" is one of Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance's most popular comedies. Sordid Lives, by Del Shores, tells the story of how chaos erupts in a small Texas town when Peggy, a good Christian woman hits her head and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover's wooden leg in their motel room.

Historic West End 
Holiday Homes Tour

• Sunday, December 9, 2012
• Noon-5PM
• Old Winston Social Club
• 1131 Burke St., Winston-Salem
• Admission: $12 advance; $15 at start site
• www.historicwestend.org

Tour historic homes and sites dressed up for the holidays. Tickets are $12 in advance and may be purchased at Old Winston Social Club, Whole Foods Market, Re-Tale, 1502 Fabrics, and online. Save $3 off day-of tickets with the donation of at least 3 canned food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. Free carriage rides and van transportation between stops will be available. Ticket holders will also receive 15% off at Mozelle's, The Old Fourth Street Filling Station and Burke Street Pizza the day of the event.

Piedmont Chamber Singers
Candlelight Concert

• Sunday, December 9, 2012
• 5PM & 6PM
• Historic Bethabara Park
• Admission: FREE
• www.bethabarapark.org

Listen to traditional Christmas carols sung inside the 1788 Gemeinhaus. There will be two performances, one at 5PM and another at 6PM.

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Holiday Gift Giveaway!

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• This week, we are giving away a Salem Baking Signature gift box of chocolate-dipped mint cookies

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