Sing one of Handel鈥檚 greatest works on stage with the Civic Orchestra of Victoria at the annual Sing-Along Messiah at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall on Wednesday.
This is the 19th year for the annual event, a highlight of the Christmas season for singers and non-singers alike.
You can sing with soprano Eve-Lyn de la Haye, contralto Eva Rebecca Bild, tenor Sunny Shams, baritone Andrew Erasmus and Dave Flello on trumpet, under the direction of Hilary Coupland.
There will be some vocal scores to borrow during the performance (donations are greatly appreciated). If you have your own score, please bring it with you or purchase them at local music shops.
Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and $10 for students. The performance runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at 907 Pandora Ave.
Tickets are available through the Alix Goolden box office, online at , by phone at 250-386-5311, or at Long and McQuade, Munro鈥檚 Books, Ivy鈥檚 Book Shop, The Shieling, Tanner鈥檚 Books or at the door.
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Theatre kids want the shirt off your back
You can be part of the fashion machine at an event that is part- installation, part-performance and all fun at the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum from Friday to Sunday.
Fashion Machine 100, a live performance event hosted by Theatre SKAM, features 100 local children aged between nine and 14 remaking audience members鈥� outfits in under one hour.
Upon arrival, each audience member is given a choice between two stickers.
Choose the sticker with a chicken on it and the kids will leave you alone. But if you choose 鈥淚鈥檓 in,鈥� it means you鈥檙e willing to have the clothes you are wearing cut up, redesigned and remade. (Don鈥檛 worry, they give you a robe to wear in the meantime.)
You will be interviewed by groups of four show members before they transform your clothes into a piece of wearable art. You can move about to observe each team of children at work, listen to pop music and view multimedia projections of the children at work.
The children have been prepared for the event by a team of professionals who provided 13 hours of training in theatre, photography, clothing manufacturing and design.
The project is supported through the Victoria Foundation鈥檚 ALACS Fund and the Ruby Red Fund.
The show is $10 per person, or $30 per family (two adults and up to three youths).
It runs 7 to 9 p.m. Friday to Sunday at the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum, 675 Belleville St.
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Government House opens doors for holiday gathering
Join sa国际传媒 Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon at a holiday open house at Government House on Tuesday.
You can join in singing seasonal songs and Christmas classics in the ballroom and enjoy refreshments.
Visitors can wander through rooms open to the public in the house or take a walk in the many different gardens, which are open sunrise to sunset throughout the year.
While admission is free, donations for the Mustard Seed Street Church will be gratefully accepted.
The event runs from 5 to 7 p.m. at Government House, 1401 Rockland Ave. Free parking is available on site.
If you鈥檙e taking sa国际传媒 Transit, routes 11 and 14 stop at Fort Street and Joan Crescent, three blocks away from Government House.
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Listen to world music in historic setting
Enjoy a performance of Celtic and world music in the lead-up to Christmas at St. Ann鈥檚 Academy, a National Historic Site, on Sunday.
The Society of Friends of St. Ann鈥檚 Academy is hosting the two-hour recital, with a musical performance by Brad Prevedoros (classic guitar), Greg Joy (hammered dulcimer and guitar) and Niel Golden (percussion).
Admission is by donation, renewal of membership or obtaining a new membership. Organizers encourage visitors to consider donating a gift or non-perishable food item for the Giving Tree.
The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. St. Ann鈥檚 Academy is at 835 Humboldt St.
For more information, contact Satinder (Satty) Virdi, executive director, at [email protected].
Travel back in time to sample Christmas past
Experience what Christmas would have been like in Victoria more than 100 years ago at the Helmcken House Old-Fashioned Christmas, from Sunday until Dec. 31 in the grounds of the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum.
There will be decorations, music and first-hand accounts of Christmas past behind the door of one of the oldest houses in British Columbia.
Entry is included with regular museum admission or by donation. The decorated house will be open from noon to 4 p.m. from Dec. 17 to 31 (closed on Dec. 25).
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Make a lantern to light up the Gorge
Celebrate the holiday season at Lights On the Gorge, at both the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club and Gorge-ous Coffee, on Sunday.
Sponsored by the Gorge Tillicum Community Association, the neighbourhood event includes a lantern-making workshop, music, tree-decorating, carol-singing, seasonal storytelling, a Mummers play, Morris dancing and a lantern procession as dusk falls.
Activities start at 1 p.m., when families are invited to make a lantern for the procession for free.
Live music starts at 2, with the tree light-up and lantern procession beginning at 5:15 at the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club, 355 Gorge Rd. West.
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