Out and About for the Sanford/York Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 6-12

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Out and About for the Sanford/York Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 6-12

“Renaissance Voices” Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum

Dec. 6-Dec.9, Thursday -Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “The Nutcracker,” based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” with music by Tchaikovsky, $12/general, $10 and under 12/$10, Nasson Community Center, Little Theatre, Springvale. FMI: 207-324-565, www.sanfordmainestage.com.
Dec. 7, Friday, 7:30pm, St. Mary Schoa, early music ensemble, a seasonal program sure to lift your spirits, a great variety of music, such as medieval processionals and motets by Dufay, Lassus and Schütz. Accompanied by period style strings, oboe, recorder and positif organ, and interspersed with selected readings, $15/$12, South Congregational Church, 2 North Street, Kennebunkport. FMI: 207-967-2793, www.southchurchucc.org.
Dec 7 -Dec. 9, Friday – Sunday, 8pm/Fri and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical,” comic family production, this utterly delicious new musical version of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable pulls off the considerable trick of delighting children and winking wickedly at adults, $20, City Theater, 205 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-282-0849, www.citytheater.org.
Dec. 8, Saturday, 7pm, Tri City Community Chorus Christmas Concert, Matthew Murray, Music Director, featuring Johann Sebastian Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BMV 140 and other seasonal favorites, $12/adults, $10/seniors/students, $5/6-12, free/under 5, First Parish Congregation Church, 12 Beach Street Saco. FMI: 207 282 6748, www.firstparishsaco.org.
Dec. 8,Saturday, 7pm, St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble, 19th Century Russian sacred and secular songs, $7-$10, Christ Church, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-4494, www.christchurchkennebunk.org.
Dec. 8, Saturday, 7:30pm, Pan Fried Steel Drum Band, this 18 piece high -energy steel drum band is directed by Ian Ramsey, music director at North Yarmouth Academy. We invite you to wear your dancing shoes for what we guarantee to be a delightful celebration of the human spirit for all ages, $16/general, $13/seniors and students, Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Buxton. FMI: 207-929-6472, www.sacorivergrangehall.org.
Dec. 9, Sunday, 2pm, 28th Annual Christmas Parade, “Santa’s Workshop” Theme, Well’s Plaza Parking Lot, Route 1, Wells. FMI: 207-646-2451, www.southernmaineparade.com.
Dec. 9, Sunday, 7:30pm, Renaissance Voices Christmas Concert, 21-voice, auditioned, a cappella chorus based in Portland, Maine. We specialize in music from the medieval period through the 17th century, $15, 21 and under/free, Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, Sanford. FMI: 207-324-2797, www.sanfordhistory.org.

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