Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 4-10

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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 4-10

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“History Walk – Narrow Gauge Trail,” Denmark

Dec. 5, Friday, 8am, “Rattlesnake Mountain Hike,” easy hike to Rattlesnake Mountain in Casco, by the Denmark Mountain Hikers, free, meet at Denmark Congregational Church, 70 E. Main St., Denmark. FMI: 207-756-2247, www.denmarkcongregationalchurch.org.
Dec. 5, Friday, 9am, “History Walk,” on Narrow Gauge Trail, take a walk back in time on portions of the old Narrow gauge rail bed in Denmark and discuss the rich history of the train that chugged its way up from Hiram, the surrounding forests and wetlands and future management considerations, free, meet at Pickerel Pond, Narrow Gauge Road, off Hancock Pond Road, Denmark. FMI: 207-647-4352, www.loonecholandtrust.org.
Dec. 5 & 7, Friday and Sunday, 7pm/Fri., 3pm/Sun., “Lake Region Community Chorus,” music includes “Masters in this Hall,” “Midnight Lullaby,” “Bell Choir Nowell; Cherry Tree Carol,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and more, Goodwill offerings appreciated,Twitchell Chapel, Bridgton Academy, 11 Academy Lane, Bridgton. FMI: 207-647-3322, www.facebook.com/LakeRegionCommunityChorus.
Dec. 6, Saturday, 2-4:30pm, “Light the Farm – Tree Lighting Festival at Pineland Farms,” scheduled activities are: candle making (2pm, 3pm, 4pm), holiday sing-a-long (4:15PM), and tree lighting (4:30PM), ongoing activities from (2pm – 4pm): bird feeder making, cookie decorating, face painting, and holiday music, $5 per person, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-650-3031, www.pinelandfarms.org.
Dec. 6, Saturday, 5pm, “Festival of Lights,” candlelight stroll starts at 5 p.m., parade follows to Community Center for tree lighting, kids activities, entertainment, Downtown Bridgton, Bridgton. FMI: 207-207-647-3116, www.bridgton.com/calendar.
Dec. 6, Saturday, 7pm, “Holiday Festival of Dance,” Tina Titzer’s Act One Dance Company presents their 6th annual Holiday Festival of Dance/The Nutcracker Sweets, this family-friendly program will include ballet, tap, and jazz pieces to your favorite Christmas tunes in the first half of the performance and a shortened version of “The Nutcracker” in the second half, $12/adults, $8/12 and under, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-4020, www.tinatitzerdance.com.
Dec. 7, Sunday, 11am-4pm,”19th – Century Christmas at Norlands Living History Center,” stop by for a 19th century interactive holiday celebration, visitors can see how the Washburns and their neighbors, the Bradfords, anticipated Christmas and got ready for the holiday, journey back in time and enjoy wagon rides, 19th-century parlor games, stories, children’s hands-on craft activities in the cozy Washburn kitchen, caroling, the one-room schoolhouse,mulled cider made on the woodstove, and tours of the simply decorated 1867 Washburn mansion, a Cookie Walk fundraiser benefits the new barn fund, for only $5, fill a bag with delicious homemade cookies to take home, proceeds from the cookie sale benefit Norlands’ “Raise the Barn: Rebuild the Magic” fund, weather permitting, $8, $6/12-5, free/under, $25 family rate (2 adults and 2-3 kids), Washburn – Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road, Livermore. FMI: 207-897-4366, www.norlands.org.

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