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December 18, 2014

Calendar of events

Records department closed

The Records Bureau at the Canton

Public Safety Department offices will be

closed from noon - 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec.

19.

Regular hourswill resume after 2 p.m.

County Lightfest open

The 21st annual Lightfest is now open.

This year, several new displays have been

added and the entire light show has been

converted to energy efficient LED lights.

The largest drive through light show in the

Midwest, the Lightfest features more than

55 giant, animated holiday-themed dis-

plays.

The Light show will continue through

Dec. 31. It is closed onChristmasDay.

Christian rock band visits

Wise For Salvation Christian rock band

will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at St. John's

LutheranChurch inWestland.

The performance will include tradi-

tional and contemporary Christmas carols

and songs as well as some of original

songs.

The concert is open to the public. St.

John's Lutheran is located at 35320

GlenwoodRoad,Westland.

For more information, visit www.face-

book.com/wise4salvation.

Christmas Spectacular set

A cast of more than 100 of some of the

most talented dancers, singers and gym-

nasts in Southeast Michigan will perform

a holiday tradition, the 11th annual

Central City Christmas Spectacular.

Performances are planned for 6 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 and at 11

a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20

and at noon and 4 p.m. onSunday, Dec. 21.

Peek into Santa's Toyshop to see what

really happens in the North Pole and be

transported to a world of twirling balleri-

nas, toy army men, jolly elves, and glitzy

soldiers as they all come to life to help

NorthPoleworkers loadSanta's sleigh.

Performances will take place at the

Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton.

Tickets are $23 and can be purchased

through Dec. 12 at Central City Dance

Center, 6700 Canton Center Road, Canton.

Tickets are reserved seating and cannot

be purchased the day of the show.

For more information, visit Central City

Dance at www.centralcitydance.com, or

call (734) 459-0400.

Community Band in concert

The Belleville Community Band will

present a Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 19 at First United Methodist

Church, 417Charles St. inBelleville.

Circus tickets on sale

Tickets for the Detroit Circus perform-

ance at the Village Theater in Canton

Township on Jan. 24 will be on sale

throughDec. 19.

The $60 holiday bundle includes four

tickets to the 2 p.m. performance, gift

wrapped with treats and trinkets, along

with coupons for the day of the event.

This is a limited time offer, tickets pur-

chased after Dec. 19 will be $18 each for

all ages.

Purchase your Holiday Bundle in per-

son at The Village Theater, located at

50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton. For more

i n f o r m a t i o n :

www.CantonVillageTheater.org or (734)

394-5300

Inspire offers 3 shows

Inspire school of Theatre Arts will offer

threeChristmas shows for one lowprice at

3 p.m. onDec. 20 and 21.

Tickets for all three shows are $7, and

children younger than 12 will be admitted

for $4.

The show will be presented at Inspire

Theatre, 5767ExecutiveDr. inWestland.

For more information or to order tick-

ets, call (734) 751-7057 or visit

Inspiretheatre.com.

Contra dancing at Mill Race Village

Mill Race Villagewill host Contra danc-

ing to a live band with introductory les-

sons at 12:30 and dancing beginning at 1

p.m. Dec. 21.

Contra dancing is a combination of the

aspects of square dancing ans swing danc-

ing and all ages and experience levels are

welcome.

Dancers should wear comfortable

clothing and clean, indoor, smooth-soled

shoes. Danceswill end at 4 p.m.

The cost for general admission is $10

and $8 for students. The cost for a family is

$20, or $15 with a Northville Historical

Societymembership.

Mill Race Historical Village is located

at 215 Griswold Ave., north of Main Street,

near Ford Field. For more information,

call (248) 348-1845.

Library hosts poet

The Northville District Library is host-

ing a program "Poems for Michigan with

Joyce Benvenuto" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.

8.

Poet and storyteller Joyce Benvenuto

brings alive the generations of people who

have lived along Grand River, both the

river and the road, for the past 160 years

in this presentation of beautiful Michigan

poetry. Her collection of poems, "A Grand

River: Poems for Michigan" crosses the

state formshore to shore.

To register, call (248) 320-3020 or regis-

ter

online

at

www.northvillelibrary.org/Events

Calendar.

Jazz concert set

The Plymouth District Library will host

nationally-known recording artist Cynthia

Kaay Bennett in a free Jazz performance

at 3 p.m. Saturday Jan. 10 during the

Plymouth IceFestival.

Also featured in the performance will

be Kevin Korecki on keyboard and Will

Kinsey on drums. The event is sponsored

by the Friends of the Plymouth District

Library.

The library is located at 223 S. Main St.

in downtown Plymouth. The concert is

free but reservations are requested and

can be made at (734) 453-0750 or online at

plymouthlibrary.org.

Library offerswarmups

The Plymouth District Library will

offer visitors to the Ice Festival warm

cider and a Disney sing-along from 1-4

p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 during the Plymouth

IceFestival.

The family-friendly event is free and

open to the public. No registration is

required.

The Plymouth District Library is locat-

ed at 223 SMainSt. inPlymouth. Formore

information, call (734) 453-0750.

Drugs 101 class set

Educators from Saint Joseph Mercy

Health System will travel to Hillside

Middle School to educate parents, grand-

parents, coaches, teachers and adminis-

trators about the various forms of drugs

and the peer pressures facing students to

use them. The presentation is titledDrugs

101:What Parents Want to Know and is