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A FREE WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE FROM IOWA INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS<br />
Tonic Sol-fa returns to Roof Garden for holiday concert<br />
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INTO THE<br />
HOLIDAYS<br />
A CAPPELLA<br />
Spencer hosts Grand Meander and<br />
TubaChristmas Dec. 5<br />
— SEE PAGE 5<br />
<strong>DIS</strong>COVER! MAGAZINE<br />
DECEMBER 3, 2022<br />
HERE COMES<br />
Santa Claus is coming to town in<br />
Estherville — SEE PAGE 7<br />
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MISS<br />
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The jolly one sets up shop for Santa’s Village<br />
in Spirit Lake — SEE PAGE 3<br />
Spencer Community Theatre brings Christmas classic<br />
to the stage — SEE PAGE 6<br />
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Contents<br />
3<br />
Community:<br />
5<br />
Community:<br />
3<br />
6<br />
Playbill:<br />
The jolly one<br />
sets up shop for Santa’s Village.<br />
Spencer hosts<br />
Grand Meander and TubaChristmas.<br />
SCT bring Christmas<br />
classic to the stage.<br />
Screen<br />
new at the box office<br />
I Heard the Bells<br />
Not Rated | 110 min.<br />
The inspiring true story behind<br />
the beloved Christmas carol and<br />
its author, Henry Wadsworth<br />
Longfellow. With a nation divided<br />
by Civil War, Henry puts down his<br />
pen, silenced by grief. But it’s the<br />
sound of Christmas morning that<br />
reignites the poet’s lost voice.<br />
IN THIS ISSUE<br />
5<br />
Spencer’s annual Grand Meander and TubaChristmas are set to take place from 5-7 p.m.<br />
Monday, Dec. 5. The event features a wide range of activities for the whole family to enjoy.<br />
7<br />
Community:<br />
Limited release movies are not included in “What’s New.” Only films that receive an average “C” or better rating by movie<br />
critics on both coasts and the Midwest are included in “Good Stuff.”<br />
Violent Night<br />
R | 112 min.<br />
An elite team of mercenaries<br />
breaks into a family compound on<br />
Christmas Eve, taking everyone<br />
hostage inside. However, they<br />
aren’t prepared for a surprise<br />
combatant: Santa Claus is on the<br />
grounds, and he’s about to show<br />
why this Nick is no saint.<br />
Santa Claus is<br />
coming to town in Estherville.<br />
Devotion<br />
Strange<br />
World<br />
The Menu<br />
PG-13<br />
139 min.<br />
★★★★★<br />
PG<br />
102 min.<br />
★★★★★<br />
R<br />
107 min.<br />
★★★★★<br />
10<br />
good stuff still playing<br />
Sounds: Tonic Sol-fa returns to<br />
Roof Garden for holiday concert.<br />
Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner<br />
become the U.S. Navy’s most celebrated wingmen<br />
during the Korean War.<br />
The Clades are a legendary family of explorers<br />
whose differences threaten to topple their latest<br />
and most crucial mission into uncharted and<br />
treacherous territory.<br />
A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult)<br />
travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive<br />
restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has<br />
prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking<br />
surprises.<br />
Side Trip:<br />
Our house was going to be the dark corner<br />
on the end of the block this year.<br />
That was my fear as every nice fall<br />
day that landed on a weekend was one<br />
where we already had other commitments.<br />
Football games, weddings,<br />
work obligations<br />
— they all deterred<br />
us from getting<br />
the Christmas lights<br />
on our roof.<br />
“Christmas will<br />
come whether we<br />
have our lights on<br />
or not,” I told my<br />
husband, who was<br />
lamenting about the<br />
way our fall had been<br />
going.<br />
I began our interior<br />
decorating a few days before Thanksgiving,<br />
pulling out my husband’s collection<br />
of Dickens Village houses that we have<br />
traditionally put out early, simply because<br />
of how labor intensive it is to get them out,<br />
set them up and connected to electricity.<br />
After Thanksgiving I pulled out the remaining<br />
totes of greenery and decor, spending<br />
the better part of three days decking the<br />
halls and trimming the trees. The joy wasn’t<br />
there this year as I tackled everything, until<br />
day three. Something clicked for me that<br />
day when I tackled the nine-foot tree for our<br />
living room.<br />
The lights went on easily (no strings<br />
burned out!), and the decor looked bright<br />
and fresh. While I was finishing up indoors<br />
my husband assembled a lighted tree and<br />
pop-up snowman for the front yard. He<br />
also found the strings of white lights to attach<br />
to the gutters.<br />
After dusk we took a quick drive around<br />
the neighborhood, switched the radio over<br />
to “Holiday Traditions,” and felt very festive<br />
enjoying the lights.<br />
Now with five inches of snow and blustery<br />
winds, it’s a good thing we got done<br />
when we did.<br />
Just in the “St. Nick” of time.<br />
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The jolly one sets up shop for Santa’s Village in Spirit Lake<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
HERE COMES<br />
SANTA CLAUS<br />
The sights and sounds of Christmas<br />
joy will soon fill the air in<br />
downtown Spirit Lake.<br />
Santa’s Village is set for Saturday,<br />
Dec. 10, with the annual event full of<br />
fun activities and shopping opportunities<br />
for the whole family to enjoy.<br />
“It’s so much fun,” said Regina<br />
Reed, director of the Spirit Lake<br />
Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a small<br />
town Hallmark Christmas scene<br />
down there. I think my favorite part<br />
is watching how much fun the kids<br />
have. Our businesses should be applauded<br />
for the wonderful job they<br />
do putting this and several events on<br />
throughout the year. It’s wonderful<br />
to watch.”<br />
Stores will begin opening their<br />
doors at 9:30 a.m. with most activities<br />
getting underway shortly after<br />
and most will continue running until<br />
about 2 p.m.<br />
Reed said there will be a good mix<br />
of old favorites like horse-drawn carriage<br />
rides and several new activities<br />
for families to enjoy.<br />
“Everybody enjoys taking photos<br />
with Santa and Mrs. Clause at Allure<br />
— I think pretty much everybody<br />
stops by for that one. Painting ornaments<br />
at Kurio Kastle is always really<br />
fun and we have a bunch of new<br />
ones this year — businesses joining<br />
in the fun, so we’re going to have a<br />
lot of old favorites and quite a few<br />
new ones, too,” Reed said.<br />
With plenty of fun and games<br />
bringing people downtown, it’s also<br />
a great opportunity to knock a few<br />
items of the holiday gift list while<br />
shopping local.<br />
“It’s a great way to get people into<br />
the stores and see what they have<br />
available. Especially during the holiday,<br />
a time of year when the tourists<br />
are gone and all that it’s super important<br />
economically that we support<br />
our local businesses,” Reed said.<br />
To that end, the chamber has also<br />
organized Shop Local-motive which<br />
includes a number of prizes and<br />
giveaways to reward folks for shopping<br />
close to home.<br />
The promotion began Nov. 20<br />
and runs through Dec. 11 with 40<br />
businesses participating. Shoppers<br />
who bring in groups of four receipts<br />
from participating businesses will get<br />
entered into weekly prize drawings.<br />
It’s just part of a holiday season full<br />
of fun throughout Spirit Lake.<br />
And it all comes together at Santa’s<br />
Village. F<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Santa’s Village<br />
WHERE: Downtown Spirit Lake, IA<br />
WHEN: 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday,<br />
Dec. 10<br />
COST: Varies<br />
CONTACT: 712-336-4978<br />
ONLINE: www.spiritlakecc.com<br />
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Community | 5<br />
Meander<br />
into the holidays<br />
It’s beginning to look a lot like<br />
Christmas in downtown Spencer.<br />
On Monday, Dec. 5, the town will<br />
be hosting their annual Grand Meander<br />
and TubaChristmas event.<br />
The Grand Meander runs downtown<br />
from 5-7 p.m., and the Tuba<br />
Christmas will start at 6:30 p.m.<br />
at Occasions, the former Spencer<br />
Middle School.<br />
It’s a fun tradition that jump-starts<br />
the holiday season for the town.<br />
“Grand Meander is the kickoff to<br />
the holiday season in downtown<br />
Spencer. Families come downtown<br />
and can basically walk Grand and<br />
see so many windows come to life<br />
with activity,” said Nancy Naeve, the<br />
executive director of Spencer Mainstreet.<br />
“We have it all; dancing, singing,<br />
ornament and craft making, pets<br />
up for adoption and so much more.”<br />
This will be the community’s 36th<br />
Grand Meander.<br />
“It’s truly bustling and festive and<br />
heartwarming. Parents and loved<br />
ones come to watch their children<br />
perform while others bring their<br />
children to see all the activity and<br />
enjoy plenty of treats and hot chocolate,”<br />
Naeve said.<br />
The list of all the activities taking<br />
place during Grand Meander is long<br />
and includes something for everyone.<br />
There will be a soup<br />
and pie supper, letter<br />
writing to Santa, live<br />
mannequins, a music<br />
recital, cookies, ornament<br />
making, gingerbread<br />
house building,<br />
a fashion show, vintage<br />
snowmobiles and<br />
much more.<br />
One very special<br />
event is TubaChristmas.<br />
“TubaChristmas<br />
will be held at Occasions<br />
(the old Middle<br />
School) conducted<br />
by Alan Berdahl from<br />
Sioux Falls and its tuba<br />
players from around<br />
the area performing<br />
Christmas classics. It’s<br />
really fun to listen to<br />
plus the new board at<br />
Occasions will have<br />
treats available for a<br />
good will offering,”<br />
Naeve said.<br />
There will also be<br />
five warming stations<br />
set up on the sidewalks with free hot<br />
chocolate served by the Iowa Lakes<br />
Community College soccer players<br />
to give people a chance to warm up<br />
from the inside out.<br />
Naeve’s favorite moment of the<br />
night and the one she looks forward<br />
to involves the jolly man himself.<br />
Spencer hosts<br />
Grand Meander<br />
and TubaChristmas<br />
Dec. 5 KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
“My favorite part is the Santa ‘parade.’<br />
Spencer Radio Group designs<br />
a sleigh and escorts Santa from the<br />
fire station to the Tree of Joy in front<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Grand Meander and TubaChristmas<br />
WHERE: Downtown Spencer, IA<br />
WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5<br />
COST: Free<br />
CONTACT: 712-262-7246<br />
ONLINE: https://spencermainstreet.com/<br />
Some activities:<br />
MASONIC TEMPLE: Homemade<br />
Soup and Pie supper<br />
H&N: Spencer YMCA Dance<br />
Company<br />
KARI’S: Letter Writing to Santa<br />
HANSEN’S: Live mannequins<br />
PRAIRIE PLANS: NWIA Humane<br />
Society<br />
MIDWEST PIANO: music recital<br />
SQUIRE SHOPPE: Hy-Noon Kiwanis<br />
and Key Club cookies<br />
POSH SALON: SHS Cheerleaders<br />
BROWN’S: IGLS children signing<br />
HEN HOUSE: Ornament Making<br />
Pizza Ranch- Clay Co. PALS annual<br />
Christmas Party<br />
of the police station. Watching the<br />
children lining the street, their faces<br />
light up with joy as they shout hello<br />
to Santa. It’s the best,” Naeve said.<br />
“Once we get to the tree, Santa does<br />
a countdown and magically the tree<br />
lights up. He hands out candy canes,<br />
takes pictures and finds out what<br />
they want for Christmas.” F<br />
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Playbill<br />
This Weekend!<br />
DON’T<br />
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At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: “Miracle on 34th Street<br />
The Play”<br />
WHERE: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 9<br />
and 10; 2 p.m. Dec. 4 and 11<br />
WHEN: Spencer Community Theatre,<br />
518 1st Ave. E., Spencer<br />
COST: Tickets $20 for adults $12<br />
for students and children<br />
CONTACT: 712-262-7336<br />
ONLINE: www.sctplayhouse.org<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
The miracle of Christmas<br />
Spencer Community Theatre bring classic to the stage<br />
A<br />
classic Christmas tale is coming<br />
to life on stage in Spencer.<br />
The Spencer Community<br />
Theatre’s next production in their<br />
63rd mainstage season will include<br />
the beloved holiday classic “Miracle<br />
on 34th Street The Play.”<br />
The show is set to run with an<br />
evening show at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2,<br />
3, 9 and 10. There will be a matinee<br />
showing at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4<br />
and 11.<br />
This is the first time that SCT has<br />
presented this show.<br />
“We wanted to switch up our<br />
format and were looking for a<br />
heartwarming classic that was not<br />
presented in a musical. This production<br />
offers all that and more,” said<br />
Liz McNea, the executive director of<br />
Spencer Community Theatre. “It has<br />
a multigenerational appeal. The cast<br />
does include several family groups.<br />
So it’s awesome to see parents, kids,<br />
and siblings participating in the arts<br />
together.”<br />
The story focuses on single mother<br />
Doris Walker, who will be played by<br />
Lindsey Matthisen, who has raised<br />
her daughter, Susan, to have a realistic<br />
outlook on life — which includes<br />
not believing in Santa. When both<br />
characters come in contact with the<br />
Macy’s Santa Claus, who claims to be<br />
the real Kris Kringle, played by Brent<br />
Berends, their hearts and the hearts<br />
of many others undergo a change to<br />
have faith in things they cannot see.<br />
It’s a show that’s perfect for spreading<br />
the Christmas spirit, according to<br />
the show’s director.<br />
“I’m very anxious to see it with<br />
an audience; the warmth in the<br />
show gives me a wonderful Christmassy<br />
feeling and I want to be in<br />
the middle of a room full of that<br />
warmth,” said Dave DeChristopher,<br />
the production’s director and the<br />
SCT’s artistic director.<br />
He hopes that everyone who<br />
comes to the show takes away “an<br />
incandescent holiday glow and an<br />
understanding of the importance of<br />
belief in our lives.”<br />
This show is one that has wide appeal<br />
and would be enjoyed by everyone<br />
in the family.<br />
“This is truly a show for all ages.<br />
Children can understand and enjoy<br />
the ideas, and it’s not written down<br />
to children, so adults can understand<br />
and enjoy it too. It’s honest and not<br />
condescending, with genuine humor<br />
and wisdom,” DeChristopher said.<br />
The Spencer Community Theatre<br />
will have their own miracle on First<br />
Avenue with the production of this<br />
holiday classic. F<br />
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You better watch out<br />
You don’t have to travel to<br />
the North Pole to catch a<br />
glimpse of Santa.<br />
Two times a week, you can<br />
find him right in Estherville.<br />
For decades, Santa has made<br />
a point of coming to Estherville<br />
twice a week so that children<br />
from all over can stop by and<br />
give him their wish list for<br />
Christmas.<br />
“Santa’s House is Santa’s vacation<br />
cabin in Estherville. He visits<br />
on Thursdays and Saturdays<br />
as a way to get away from the<br />
workshop and see some of his favorite<br />
children,” said Lexie Ruter,<br />
executive director of the Estherville<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
It’s a great place for children<br />
to come and meet Santa as well<br />
as give him their letters for what<br />
they’d like for Christmas.<br />
Santa’s House is open on<br />
Thursday evenings from 5-7 p.m.<br />
and Saturday mornings from 10<br />
a.m.-noon up until Christmas.<br />
They will not be open on Christmas<br />
Eve.<br />
The event is free and there<br />
is no preregistration required.<br />
People simply need to show up<br />
to get to meet the big man — all<br />
are welcome, Ruter said.<br />
“Anyone who wants to meet<br />
Santa, take a picture with<br />
him and/or give him their list<br />
[should come],” Ruter said. “We<br />
welcome all children and their<br />
families to visit Santa while he’s<br />
in Estherville! Anyone who loves<br />
Santa is welcome! That even includes<br />
pets!”<br />
Estherville has updated Santa’s<br />
House over the years and this<br />
year they have added a new giant<br />
Christmas tree near Santa’s<br />
House.<br />
“It has really made downtown<br />
Estherville even more spectacular<br />
at Christmas. It really is straight<br />
out of a Hallmark movie,” Ruter<br />
said.<br />
Estherville has been giving<br />
kids of all ages the opportunity<br />
to enjoy a visit with Santa for decades<br />
and that is a pretty special<br />
thing.<br />
“It’s wonderful that we have<br />
the opportunity to meet Santa in<br />
a beautiful and heated setting,”<br />
Ruter said. “I have been Santa’s<br />
helper at the house a few times<br />
and my favorite part is the excitement<br />
on the kid’s faces when<br />
they get to meet Santa!” F<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Santa’s House<br />
WHERE: Downtown Estherville<br />
WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Thursdays and<br />
10 a.m.-noon Saturdays until<br />
Christmas<br />
COST: Free<br />
CONTACT: 712-362-3541<br />
ONLINE: www.estherville.org<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
Santa Claus<br />
is coming<br />
to town in<br />
Estherville<br />
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Christmas<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
A CAPPELLA<br />
Tonic Sol-fa returns to<br />
Roof Garden for holiday<br />
concert on Friday, Dec. 9<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Tonic Sol-fa<br />
WHERE: Roof Garden Ballroom,<br />
91 Lake St., Arnolds Park, IA<br />
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9<br />
COST: $25-35 in advance, $30-40<br />
at the door<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-2183<br />
ONLINE: www.roofgardenballroom.com<br />
There’s nothing<br />
like performing at<br />
the Roof Garden in<br />
Arnolds Park. I grew<br />
up in Algona, and<br />
my summers were<br />
filled with friends and<br />
family at the lakes.<br />
I love Nutty Bars,<br />
shaved ice, concerts<br />
in the park and all of<br />
the many memories<br />
associated with the<br />
area.<br />
Shaun Johnson<br />
The sleighs bells will ring and<br />
everyone will be listening.<br />
And probably singing right<br />
along, as Tonic Sol-fa returns to stage<br />
of the Roof Garden Ballroom.<br />
The popular a cappella group is<br />
coming back to the Iowa Great Lakes<br />
for another Christmas concert.<br />
The show is scheduled for 7:30<br />
p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, with tickets starting<br />
at $25 in advance or $30 at the<br />
door.<br />
Paul Plumb, marketing manager at<br />
Arnolds Park Amusement Park, think<br />
it will be impossible for people to<br />
leave the show without being full of<br />
Christmas spirit.<br />
“We had them here for a Christmas<br />
show last year and it was a great<br />
show. They have a great stage presence<br />
and do a really nice job,” Plumb<br />
said. “We’re looking forward to the<br />
holiday season here and have added<br />
the walk-through light show on Lake<br />
Street into the lower park so it will<br />
be nice for people who want to come<br />
early and is a nice touch before going<br />
to a concert. It will be a fun evening.”<br />
Tonic Sol-fa is comprised of lead<br />
vocalist Shaun Johnson, tenor and<br />
vocal percussionist, Greg Bannwarth,<br />
baritone and percussionist/vocal<br />
percussionist, Theo Brown, and bass,<br />
Jared Dove<br />
Johnson is certainly looking forward<br />
to the holiday season, which has<br />
become their biggest run of the year.<br />
“I think the fact that the holiday<br />
season has become our largest and<br />
most enduring tour as Tonic Sol-fa<br />
makes me happy, because it speaks<br />
to the hard work and risk of many<br />
years,” Johnson said. “We have often<br />
been told by agents, promoters and<br />
the like that a prolonged holiday<br />
tour of multiple dates was expensive<br />
and most likely not feasible. But our<br />
friends and fans have come out year<br />
after year — turning a few shows<br />
into many — and making this a<br />
yearly tradition for families across<br />
the Midwest. That support has been<br />
life changing. And it makes all our<br />
efforts at Christmastime worthwhile.”<br />
With so many Christmas classics to<br />
choose from, as well as some original<br />
tunes, Tonic Sol-fa hits all the right<br />
holiday notes.<br />
“I love our version of ‘Drummer<br />
Boy,’ which has been with us since we<br />
started, an original called ‘Come to<br />
Save the World’ and ‘O Holy Night,’<br />
which I’ve gotten to perform for the<br />
first time ever with my other holiday<br />
tour, the Shaun Johnson Big Band<br />
Experience,” Johnson said.<br />
Getting to bring holiday hits to<br />
the Roof Garden stage is also always<br />
highlight of the season for Johnson.<br />
“There’s nothing like performing<br />
at the Roof Garden in Arnolds Park. I<br />
grew up in Algona, and my summers<br />
were filled with friends and family at<br />
the lakes. I love Nutty Bars, shaved<br />
ice, concerts in the park and all of<br />
the many memories associated with<br />
the area,” Johnson said. “Even now,<br />
living in Sioux Falls, I often bring my<br />
girls to Okoboji to boat, swim and<br />
enjoy what I fell in love with so many<br />
years ago. Can’t wait to return!” F<br />
Arnolds Park | Iowa
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