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ANGELS ON HIGH: Angels on High, a lighted Christmas display thorough the woods at Hunter's Lake, concludes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Spring Hill Community Association site on Kenlake Avenue in Spring Hill. Admission is $2; children 6 and younger get in free. Tickets for the indoor entertainment will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. The Gold and Silver Brass Quartet entertains tonight and the Hernando Hills Hi-Lites women's barbershop chorus and the Silvertones (lip synch) perform Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Spring Hill Community Association. Call 666-4746 or 684-0713.

MERMAID MAGIC: The annual Weeki Wachee Springs Christmas Festival continues from 6 to 10 p.m. today and Saturday. The event includes holiday lights and special holiday shows. Admission is $13.95 for adults; $10.95 for children ages 3 to 10. Weeki Wachee Springs is at Commercial Way and Cortez Boulevard in Weeki Wachee. Call 596-2062.

CHICAGO GOES SOUTH: The work of Chicago artist "rory" will be on display at 4:30 p.m. Fridays and by appointment at New Millennia Studio's DanceGallery, 316 S Broad St., Brooksville. The exhibit features original paintings, drawings and sketches, as well as posters and prints of the artist's work. Call 592-0184 or go to DanceGallery@msn.com

BIG APPLE CELEBRATION: A New York Christmas continues through Thursday at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Dec. 20; and 3 p.m. Sundays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and full cash bar. Dinner and show, $38.50; show only, $27.45; ages 12 and younger, $20.95 and $15.95, all plus tax and tip. Call toll-free 1-888-655-7469.

THAT TIME AGAIN: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, a musical variety show, continues through Thursday at the Angel Cabaret Theatre, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays and 1:30 p.m. some Wednesdays and Saturdays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and wine and beer cash bar. Dinner and show, $35.50; show only, $2l.95, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 847-0019.

NIGHT OF THE IGUANA: Tennessee Williams' drama The Night of the Iguana opens Jan. 14 and continues weekends through Feb. 1 at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Shows are at 8 p.m., except Sundays, which are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14. The theater's box office is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and one hour before each show. Call 683-5113.

ALL THAT JAZZ: The Hernando Jazz Society will have an open jam session from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 28 at the SNPJ Hall on County Line Road in Spring Hill. Admission for jazz society members is free; $5 for nonmembers. Call 666-4842.

THE BEAT GOES ON: The Pines Drumming Circle will feature drum leaders from Camp E-Nini-Hassee from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 4 at Unitarian Universalist Church in the Pines, 7029 Cedar Lane, east of Brooksville. Beginners are welcome; the event is free. Call 796-4457.

THE KING LIVES: The Hernando Performing Arts Center Guild will present "Memories of Elvis" with Mike Albert and his band at 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Hernando High School Performing Arts Center, 700 Bell Ave., Brooksville. Call 799-5577.

LOCAL VOICE: Spring Hill singer Mark Pennington will perform at 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 3 at Mariner United Methodist Church, 7079 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill, as part of the Community Performing Arts Guild's winter season. Free tickets. Call 597-0409.

Entries for the Best New Florida Song Contest for the 2004 Will McLean Music Festival will be accepted until Dec. 31. For details, see www.willmclean.com or call Ken at 352 589-6027. The winners will perform at the festival March 12 to 14 at the Sertoma Youth Ranch in southeastern Hernando County.