December 20, 2019
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Holiday events
Christmas comes to Clatsop County
performance.
The Columbia Press
The final weekend before
Christmas is filled with hol-
iday treats – the edible kind
and the viewing kind.
There are two plays, music
and dance events, plus some
family-friendly activities with
food.
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North Coast Chorale pres-
ents “Amahl and the Night
Visitors,” a one-act opera, as
well as other holiday favor-
ites at 7 p.m. Fridays, Dec.
20, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
22, at the Clatsop Commu-
nity College Performing Arts
Center, 588 16th St., Astoria.
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“The Holiday Spectacular”
hosted by Encore Dance Stu-
dio begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday
at the Liberty Theater, 1203
Commercial St., Astoria.
The Radio City Rockettes
are the inspiration for the
Warrenton dance group’s
performance. It’s a nontick-
eted event, although dona-
tions will be accepted at the
door for Encore Perform-
ing Arts Foundation. Doors
open a half-hour before the
p luM p udding , d eC . 20-23
The Flavel House Museum
will have its traditional Tea
and Plum Pudding event in
the festively decorated mu-
seum from 1 to 4 p.m. daily
Dec. 20-23 and from 1 to 4
p.m. Dec. 26-30.
Admission is $12 for non-
members and $8 for mem-
bers of the Clatsop County
Historical Society. It includes
warm plum pudding, hot tea
and a self-guided tour of the
museum. Reservations are
recommended for groups of
eight or more.
The event is sponsored by
the historical society and
Providence Seaside Hospital.
For more information, call
503-325-2203.
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Gingerbread Tea at the But-
terfield Cottage, 570 Necan-
icum Drive in Seaside, is at
1 p.m. Saturday. The tea is
sponsored by Seaside Muse-
um and Historical Society.
It includes homemade gin-
gerbread cake baked by the
museum
“grandmothers,”
warm drinks, candy canes
and music by the Seaside
Strummers.
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A “White Christmas” sing-
along will be held at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Lib-
erty Theatre.
There are many Irving Ber-
lin classics from the 1954
film, including “The Best
Things Happen When You’re
Dancing,” “Snow,” “Sisters,”
and the title song.
Admission is $8 and
available at libertyastoria.
showare.com. Doors open at
6:30 p.m.
V isit s anta , d eC . 21
Visits with Santa, spon-
sored by the Liberty Theatre
and the Astoria Downtown
Historic District Associa-
tion, will be from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. every Saturday between
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The event is free inside the
lobby of the Liberty Theatre,
1203 Commercial St., Asto-
ria. Parents should be sure to
bring a camera to capture the
moment.
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“Scrooged in Astoria,”
loosely based on the tra-
ditional holiday story, “A
Christmas Carol,” will be per-
formed at 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 20-21, and 2
Courtesy ASOC
Above: A scene from Scrooged in Astoria. Below: Plum pudding,
a traditional holiday cake, will be served with tea at the Flavel
House.
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22.
The musical melodrama is
a production of Astor Street
Opry Company and held at
the playhouse, 129 W. Bond
St., Astoria.
Tickets are $10 for every-
one on Friday. On Saturday,
tickets are $30 for front-row
seats and $15 for all others.
Children 10 and younger are
$10. Tickets are available
at the door and at asocplay.
com.
The ticket booth opens an
hour before performances.
Ft Clatsop has after-Christmas plans
Lewis and Clark Nation-
al Historical Park will offer
special programs about the
Corps of Discovery’s winter
at Fort Clatsop on the days
following Christmas.
Starting Dec. 26, Fort Clat-
sop will feature scheduled liv-
ing history programs by park
rangers from 9:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. each day through
Jan. 1.
Rangers in period cloth-
ing will present flintlock
muzzle-loading
programs,
demonstrations, talks and
walks about various aspects
of the explorers’ winter at
Fort Clatsop.
“A Clatsop Winter Story,” a
22-minute movie about the
1805-06 winter from a Clat-
sop Indian perspective, and
“Lewis and Clark: Conflu-
ence of Time and Courage,”
a 34-minute movie about the
entire voyage, will be offered
every hour.
The park is closed on Christ-
mas Eve and Christmas Day.
Admission is $7 per adult –
increasing to $10 on Jan. 1.