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Wednesday, December 10, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick TAKES
Holiday light display coming to Wallowa County
BE SAFE OUT THERE
By Ann Bloom
For EO Media Group
‘Tour of the Symphony’
LA GRANDE — Unable to per-
form its annual Children’s Concert,
the Grande Ronde Symphony
put together a virtual “Tour of
the Symphony.” Both educational
and entertaining, the recording is
appropriate for all ages and may
be viewed on the Grande Ronde
Symphony YouTube channel.
The video presentation is hosted
by music director Zach Banks and
gives an introduction to the four
instrument families of a symphony
orchestra. Individual instrument
examples are demonstrated by
members of the Grande Ronde
Symphony orchestra.
The fi nale of ‘A Tour of the Sym-
phony’ video is a mash-up of the
artists performing the theme from
Harry Potter.
Gingerbread Walk &
Scavenger Hunt
BAKER CITY -- Gingerbread
creations of Baker City’s most
notable buildings and locations are
now on display in downtown busi-
ness windows. Maps with locations
and scavenger hunt details are
available outside the CASA offi ce,
1937 Washington Ave. Maps and
scavenger hunt cards also can be
found online at www.casaeo.org.
The gingerbread creations will
be on display through Dec. 31. Also,
Gingerbread houses made by local
youth are on display at the Little
Bagel Shop until Saturday, Dec. 12.
Jingle Thru Joseph Bazaar
JOSEPH — The Jingle Thru
Joseph Holiday Bazaar continues
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12,
at the Joseph Community Center,
102 E. 2nd St.
The bazaar is open each day
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and
includes a variety of gifts, decora-
tions, jewelry, photography, metal
signs, blacksmithing, woodwork,
knitted and woven items, quilting,
pottery, felted ornaments, soaps,
wreaths, antiques, artwork and
more.
Josephy Center ‘Gift of
Art’ auction
JOSEPH — The Josephy Center
for Arts and Culture’s “Gift of Art”
online auction is underway. The
fundraiser, which supports youth
programs at the center, concludes
Dec. 24. The artwork may be
viewed and bids made at www.
josephy.org. The pieces also are
displayed at the Josephy Center,
403 N. Main St., Joseph.
Festival of Trees online
auction
LA GRANDE — The Soropti-
mist International of La Grande’s
Festival of Trees fundraiser is
an online auction this year. The
auction concludes Dec. 12 at 5 p.m.
Bidders must register at Charity-
auction.bid/FestivalofTrees2020
or www.auctria.com/auction/Festi-
valofTrees2020.
ENTERPRISE — A holiday light display will soon turn the Wallowa County Fairgrounds into a magical won-
derland of glowing and animated reindeer, candy canes, holly, snowfl akes and snowmen. Fair Lights, a drive-thru
event sponsored by the Wallowa County Fair Board, opens Dec. 18 and will run nightly from 5-8 p.m. through
Dec. 27. Cars will enter the display area through a gate located across from Les Schwab, then drive around the
track to view the display, exiting through a gate at the western edge of the fairgrounds onto Litch Street.
On opening night, the fi rst 100 cars will each receive a goody bags fi lled with candy canes and other giveaways
donated by businesses and individuals. Santa will be there to welcome attendees with a wave. Children can give
their letters to him, but will not be able to have their pictures taken with
Santa due to COVID-19 precautions. Participants will also be required to
stay in their cars.
“We’re going to keep us safe within COVID guidelines,” said Tera Elliott,
Wallowa County Fair manager.
The idea for the Fair Lights event has been in the works for some time,
according to Elliott and Debi Warnock, OSU Extension Service 4-H/FCH
agent.
Warnock said many people have fond memories as children of loading
into the family vehicle in pajamas, thermoses of hot chocolate in hand, to
drive around the neighborhoods looking at holiday light displays.
“The main intent is raising community spirit,” Warnock said of the 2020
drive-thru display. “The purpose is to make us happy and give us some-
thing to look forward to.”
Warnock and Elliott stressed the event is free and open to the public.
Both said they hope the community event will be a success and become an
annual event for the holidays.
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