Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes December 2009
DEC 03
Winter Extravaganza
Now that the Holiday Season is in full swing, the Clements High School Stars
Dance Team is proud to present its annual Winter Extravaganza on Thursday, Dec.
3, at 7 p.m. in the CHS auditorium.
The show will feature all of Clements Dance I, Dance II and Advanced Dance
classes in routines that each group choreographed themselves. There will be a
wide range of dancing from hip hop to classical. The Clements Ranger Stars
Dance Team will cap off the evening by giving the headline performance.
Admission is free.
DEC 05
tree of honor on morton street
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels, in conjunction with Miracle on Morton Street,
will once again host the Tree of Honor. This tree, set in Hilmar Moore Park in
Richmond, is a celebration of lives
—those who
have gone before us and those you hold most dear. Each light on
the tree symbolizes someone special, and those honored will have
their names called at the Tree Lighting Ceremony. Lights
available for purchase are $100, $75, $50 and $25.
Miracle On Morton Street will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, in
downtown Richmond from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., with the Tree of
Honor Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. For more information,
call or e-mail Kristin Weiss at 281-633-7057 or
DEC 04
holiday gala
Fort Bend Friends and Neighbors will host a Holiday Gala on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at
River Bend Country Club. There will be a holiday dinner and entertainment
provided by the Jaime Casco Band.
Clements Stars Dance Team Winter Extravaganza is Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the CHS
auditorium. Pictured are: (front row) Christina Daniels, Danielle Whelan;
(second row) Taylor Rainosek, Levy Ngo, Alexa Goldstein; (third row) Sneha
Raju, Gariela Martinez; (top) Allison Trevino.
(L-R) Matt Matamoros, Edna Matamoros, Flo Cook and Milton Flick.
BEGINNING DEC 05
Princess Christmas at
Fort bend theatre
If you missed last year’s premier production of Princess Christmas at Fort Bend Theatre due to the large crowds and sold-out performances, be of
good cheer. This holiday season will once again feature everyone
’s favorite princesses, Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, Jasmine, The Little
Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel as they show the true meaning of
Christmas to a young group of
“wanna- be” princesses.
Princess Christmas will play Dec. 5-20, Saturdays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. and Dec.
21 at 10 a.m. at Fort Bend Theatre, 2815 N. Main St. in Stafford. This
enchanting holiday musical written by playwright and FBT Executive Artistic
Director Tarra McCain is sure to delight all ages. Tickets are $8 and are
available for purchase online at
www.fortbendtheatre.com or at the FBT box office Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For more information or
group sales, call 281-208-3333.
Princesses Belle (Lydia Bottom), Cinderella (Katie Harrison), Snow White (Ashley
Wolf), the Little Mermaid (Kaitlin Kennedy) and Rapunzel (Samantha Sweed)
search the Enchanted Forest to make the king a Christmas wreath in last year
’s premiere production of Princess Christmas.
HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT IN
SUGAR LAND TOWN SQUARE
Sugar Land Town Square has a free Holiday-inspired calendar of events for
December. Watch for upcoming entertainment announcements by visiting
www.sugarlandtownsquare.com or by calling 281-313-SLTS.
Dec. 3: 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Kick off the holiday season at the city of Sugar Land’s 7th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting.
Dec. 4: 7 p.m.-9 p.m. The Imani School presents a Christmas jazz concert in the
Plaza.
Dec. 5: 2 p.m.-9 p.m. Enjoy any or all of four concerts presented by Austin High
School orchestra, 2 p.m.-3 p.m., First Colony Christmas Carolers, 4 p.m.-5
p.m., Quail Valley Church
’s “Not Your Mom & Dad’s Christmas Story,” 5 p.m.-6 p.m., Fishers of Men Lutheran Church Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Dec.6: 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Concert in the Plaza will feature The Christ United
Methodist Church Choir
& Vocal Chamber Ensemble.
From 5 p.m.-6 p.m., The Redeemer Sugar Land Church will perform. Bring your lawn
chairs and blankets.
Dec. 11: 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Come and listen as the Braeswood Assembly of God Church
presents a choral performance.
Dec. 12: noon-4 p.m. Head to the Plaza for four hours of Holiday dance
performances.
Dec. 12: 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Triumph Church will put on a Christmas Extravaganza for
the community.
Dec. 13: 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Grandview Fellowship Church entertains with a Christmas
performance as well as a
“Christmas Cooking with Clive” cooking demonstration.
Dec. 18: 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Sugar Land First United Methodist Church leads a
Christmas carol sing-a-long in the Plaza from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. and then presents a
Holiday Movie Under the Moon from 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
Dec. 19: 11 a.m.-noon. Enjoy Princess Christmas presented by Fort Bend Theatre.
From 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Bring the kiddos to watch The Christmas Family Tree, a children’s musical presented by the First Colony Church of Christ.
Enjoy music in Town Square with the Houston Choral Showcase from 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Dec. 20: 1 p.m.-5 p.m. The Sugar Land Express Singers will serenade Holiday
shoppers during an afternoon of music and cheer.
Dec. 24: 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Bring your family and friends for Christmas Eve in Sugar
Land Town Square, presented by Grandview Fellowship Church and Sugar Land
Family Church.
journey to bethlehem,
during december
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital will usher in the Christmas Advent season with a
series of worship events.
Productions featuring scripture readings, music and devotional thoughts will be
held from noon-12:40 p.m. in the Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sweetwater
Pavilion Chapel on the following dates: Dec. 1
– “Mary’s Story, ” Dr. Massar, Maria Socci, Diane Nichols; Dec. 2 – “Joseph’s Challenge, ” Dr. Millikan, Dr. Pepper, Dr. Jackson; Dec. 3 – “The Birth of a Savior,” Griff Martin, Dr. Murray, Scott Cameron; and Dec. 4 – “The Arrival of the Magi, ” Nancy Penney, Janet Leatherwood and Tracie Gray-Jernigan.
For more information, contact Spiritual Care at 281-274-7164.
Crimson & Crystal
Christmas Gala, dec. 4
The Jack and Jill of America Inc., Sugar Land Chapter will be hosting its second
annual Crimson
& Crystal Christmas Gala on Friday, Dec. 4, at Cindy’s Palace. This fundraising event will support The Jack and Jill Foundation of
America Inc. The foundation supports programs that not only create
opportunities and challenges for children to learn and practice leadership
skills, but also build leadership character in youth. The ultimate goal of
every foundation grant dollar is to empower young people to make the right life
choices. Proceeds from this event will benefit The ARC of Fort Bend, which
serves as a catalyst for change by providing advocacy and training for students
with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the areas of education.
Guests are encouraged to bring a toy donation for the children of The Rainbow
Room of Fort Bend County. For more information, visit
www.jackandjill-sugarlandtx.org.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol now showing at Wortham IMAX® Theatre
’Tis the season for “The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.” A thrilling new vision of one of the most beloved holiday classics of all time,
Disney
’s A Christmas Carol is now showing at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX Theatre.
Digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX
Experience through proprietary IMAX DMR technology, Disney
’s A Christmas Carol, an IMAX 3D experience, debuted concurrently with the nationwide theatrical
release.
Through the all-encompassing power of IMAX 3D, movie-goers will reach for the
falling snowflakes, feel the rumble of the horse-drawn carriages over the
cobblestone streets and soar with Scrooge high above the London night sky. With
crystal clear images, laser-aligned digital sound and maximized field of view,
IMAX puts you
in the movie.
“It’s as if Charles Dickens wrote this story to be a movie—it’s so visual and cinematic,” said Robert Zemeckis, director, producer and screenwriter. “It’s the greatest time-travel story ever written and I wanted to do the movie the
way I believe it was originally envisioned by the author.
”
Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual
miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery
nephew (Colin Firth). Scrooge later encounters the ghost of his dead business
partner Joseph Marley, who
’s paying the price in the afterlife for his own callousness. Marley hopes to
help Scrooge avoid a similar fate and tells him he will be visited by three
spirits. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take
Old Scrooge on an eye-opening journey revealing he
’s reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, has been rated PG for scary sequences and
images.
For tickets or more information, visit www.hmns.org or call 713-639-4629.
Downtown’s Second
Annual Holiday Spectacular
Downtown Houston will deck the halls this holiday season with the second annual
Downtown Holiday Spectacular, a seasonal
celebration filled with family traditions and
community events.
From the Heritage Society’s Annual Candlelight Tour and Nutcracker ballet, to ice skating at Discovery Green and holiday trolleys, traditions both
old and new are perfectly packaged to draw Houstonians and visitors to downtown
throughout the season.
The Holiday Green Market returns on Sundays, skating with Santa on Saturdays and
the Silver Screen holiday movies series on Thursdays.
This is also a year of special anniversaries, as the City of Houston will
celebrate the 90th Annual Holiday Show and Mayor
’s Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 4.
Ice skating at Discovery Green is just one of the many activities families can
enjoy during downtown
’s Holiday Spectacular.
alzheimer’s/dementia
caregivers support group,
second, fourth tuesdays
The Health & Wholeness Ministry at First United Methodist Church Missouri City coordinates a
support group for those caring for others affected by Alzheimer
’s disease or dementia. Over 70 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease live at home, where 75 percent of their care is provided by family and
friends. Caregiving can often cause stress, which can lead to health problems
for the caregiver, disrupted social relationships, depression and decreased
quality of care provided to the loved one. If you are a caregiver, friend or
family of a caregiver,
join this twice monthly meeting that provides a forum for learning, socializing,
discussing and supporting one another. The support group is facilitated by
trained volunteers and meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 11
a.m. in the church parlor. For more information, contact Carol Farley at
281-835-6302.
American Red Cross Super Ball IX Honorary Chairmen Congressman Pete and Nancy
Olson along with Managing Director Sandra Startz and Super Ball Head Coach
Cindy Reaves
“grill up” for the best tailgate party in Fort Bend County.
American Red Cross
Super Ball IX, jan. 23
The American Red Cross Super Ball IX is scheduled for Jan. 23 at Safari Texas
Ranch in Richmond. Congressman Pete and Nancy Olson will serve as the honorary
chairmen.
Proceeds from this year’s event will support service delivery, program operations and general operating
needs for the American Red Cross Southwestern Branch.
Sponsorships range from $1,000-$10,000. To purchase tickets, serve as a
committee volunteer or participate as a sponsor, go to
www.houstonredcross.org/super-ball or call 281-342-9480.
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