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Digest

Diversions: Coming attractions

By TIMES WIRES
Published December 21, 2006


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THROUGH Dec. 25

'A Show Palace Christmas': Holiday glitz and glamor at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, and 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. some Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and cash bar. Dinner and show, $42.50; show only, $31.45; ages 12 and younger, $24.95 and $19.95, all plus tax and tip. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere, 1-888-655-7469.

THROUGH JAN. 22

Nature Coast Festival Music is accepting applications for a choral conductor for the 2007-08 season. The 90-member group holds rehearsals from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at Nativity Lutheran Church in Weeki Wachee and presents two concerts (three performances each) during the August through April season. Rehearsals are late August through early December and early January through Easter. A stipend is paid. Call Sandy Kaliscak at (352) 796-3291 for application form.

Saturday

Center Stage Theatre & Dance Academy presents 'A Whole Lotta Christmas Cheer!' an upbeat song and dance show, at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The 38-member cast will perform traditional and comedy holiday songs. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door (if available). Snacks are available at extra cost. The center is at 5201 U.S. 19 (Southgate Shopping Center), New Port Richey. Call (727) 815-0100.

JAN. 7-23

Suncoast Harmony Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will hold a weekly program of barbershop style singing and dancing for women ages 18 through 80 at 7 p.m. Jan. 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the Gulf High School chorus room, 5335 School Road, New Port Richey. The group will give a concert on March 10 at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge. Neither musical training nor ability to read music is required. Carpools are available from many locations. Call Cathy at (727) 542-7860.

[Last modified December 21, 2006, 06:50:52]


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