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This week: Hernando

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 4, 2005

R/C AIR SHOW: The Hernando County R/C Club's Big Bird Fly In for radio-controlled craft is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at its club field on Phillips Road, south of Ayers Road, just east of Masaryktown. General admission is $2 per car. Pilot fee is $5. Call 684-2526 or (727) 934-7236.

ARTS AND CRAFTS: Christ Lutheran Church, 475 North Ave. W, will have its 12th annual Sonshine Arts and Crafts Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call 796-8331.

ENCHANTING MUSICAL: Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., will present Finian's Rainbow through Nov. 20. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays with matinee performances at 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $18. For tickets, call 683-5113 or visit www.stagewest.net

ALL FOR LAUGHS: Comedian Bryan Hamilton will headline at 8:30 p.m. today at Giggles comedy club at the Best Western Resort Weeki Wachee at U.S. 19 and State Road 50. The featured performer will be Scott Denhart. Tickets are $7. Doors open for dinner at 7:30. Call 596-2007.

IN THE MOOD: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209 in Spring Hill will present a big band dance featuring the Frankie Dee New York Orchestra from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the post at 15166 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. Dance lessons will be available for a nominal charge. Admission is $5 per person. Call 796-0398.

THREE-RING SPECTACLE: Circus Colossus continues through Nov. 18 at the Hernando County Fairgrounds, on U.S. 41 on the south side of Brooksville. The show features acrobats, aerialists, animal acts and clowns. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $12 in advance and $15 at the gate. Children younger than 6 get in free. For tickets, call 540-4828 or visit www.ticketweb.com

QUICK TRIPS

ROUSING MUSICAL: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas continues through Nov. 19 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and some Saturdays. Doors open two hours before each show for full cash bar and included buffet. Dinner and show, $41; show only, $29.95; ages 12 and younger, $23.45 and $18.45, all plus tax and tip. Call toll-free 1-888-655-7469.

COMEDY FARCE: Neil Simon's Rumors continues through Sunday at Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Shows are at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Reserved tickets are $15. Box office is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and an hour before each show. Call (727) 842-6777.

MORE LAUGHS: Comedian Bryan Hamilton will headline at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Giggles comedy club at the Park Inn Hotel, 4076 S Suncoast Blvd. in Homosassa Springs. The featured performer will be Scott Denhart. Tickets are $7. Doors open for dinner at 7:30. Call (352) 628-4311.

ROCK MARATHON: The Bourbon Street Concert Club, 4331 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, will "Fablefest II" with Fable, Clenchfist, PSG, Core, Emerge, SimpleKill, Resurfaced, Paradigm, Pseudonym, Fuse, and R-Misery starting at 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $7 at the door. Doors open at 2 p.m. Call (727) 843-0686.

COUNTRY EXTRAVAGANZA: Country band Emerson Drive will headline a three-act show starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Dan Cannon Auditorium at the Pasco County Fairgrounds off State Road 52 west of Dade City. Other acts include Fanny Grace and Ricochet. General admission tickets are $29. Reserved VIP tables in front of the stage that include tickets for eight people and four parking spaces near the entrance, plus a preconcert party from 6 to 7 p.m. with the band members, are $500 each. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call the fair office at (352) 567-6678.

LOOK AHEAD

OFFBEAT SLEUTHS: Palace Grand, 275 Della Court, Spring Hill, will present the comedy-mystery dinner show Squires Inn on Nov. 11. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30. Tickets are $35.95 plus tax. Call 688-3390 for information and reservations.

CLASSIC SOUND: St. Frances Cabrini Parish will present The Sound of Music, Nov. 11-13 and Nov. 18-20, at Bishop McLaughlin High School's Eleanor Dempsey Performing Arts Center, 13651 Hayes Road, Spring Hill. Tickets are $10. Call 686-9954. ext. 421.

BROTHERS IN MUSIC: The 2005-2006 Community Performing Arts Guild concert series will feature performance by the Burchfield Brothers at 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Mariner United Methodist Church, 7079 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. A limited number of free tickets remain. Call 544-1068 or 596-0080.

BAND SHELL BASH: The Tampa rockabilly band Cigar Store Indians will perform from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at the band shell stage at Hernando Park in downtown Brooksville. Also appearing will be Cold Shot. The free concert, which is sponsored by the Hernando County Fine Arts Council, also will include a classic car show, plus food and craft vendors. Call Pierre at 848-0177.

SUNDAY JAZZ: The Hernando Jazz Society will present its monthly jazz program Nov. 13 at the SNPJ Hall, 13383 County Line Road, Spring Hill. Admission is $7 for nonmembers. Light refreshments will be available. Call 666-4842.

ALL ABOUT ART: The Spring Hill Art League's 32nd annual Fall Harvest of Art is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 19 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 20 at Weeki Wachee Springs at Commercial Way and Cortez Boulevard. Admission to the attraction each day will be $3 per person and will include all park amenities. Call Pat at 666-0876 or Louise at 796-1189.

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