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40 WHAT'S UP! NOVEMBER 14-20, 2021 PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAbecca ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jocelyn Murphy 479-872-5176 jmurphy@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAJocelyn REPORTER Lara Hightower 479-365-2913 lhightower@nwadg.com DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER New this holiday season at Silver Dollar City, "Home for Christmas" — conceived at a cost of $500,000 and featuring 28 songs and more than 40 costume changes — is "a show all about the experiences you have with your family at Christmas," says Casey Robertson, director of entertainment for the Branson theme park. (COURTESY PHOTO) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. COVER STORY the elves have to repair it in record time so all the boys and girls can get Christmas presents this year. And we also have an original song in this part of the show named 'No Snow (I Know Snow).' We all know what it's like in southern Missouri during the winter, but now we get to see what it's like at the North Pole during Christmas, too!" The Park & The Parade Between the end of the Harvest Festival and the beginning of An Old Time Christmas, Silver Dollar City staff has one week to turn "15,000 pumpkins into 3 miles of garland, 6.5 million lights, thousands of wreaths and an eight-story Christmas tree," says Rau. "There is no comparison to other light shows around the country because there isn't a place in America that does it quite like Silver Dollar City." "It takes 200,000 ultra-bright LED bulbs and one very famous nose to light up our 10 musical floats," adds Amanda Carson, entertainment supervisor, about Rudolph's Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade. "Rudolph leads the parade along with everyone's favorite Abominable Snow Monster, Bumble! And we have a new Christmas Princess joining some of our old favorites, Santa, Grandma and her dancing Candy Canes." Carson and her team start work on the parade in August, and putting the show on the road takes up to 55 people every evening. Parade times are 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., starting in the Grand Expo area. "There's really not a bad place to see the parade, but the square has a beautiful backdrop with our eight-story Christmas tree," adds Robertson. "Every year when the costumes arrive and when we see the floats start their testing, we know: It's Christmas time!" Home Continued From Page 4 Now in its 18th season at Silver Dollar City, "A Dickens' Christmas Carol" has been revamped with all new, original music, recorded at the Grammy Award-winning John Kilgore Sound and Recording Studio in New York City. (Courtesy Photo) OUR APOLOGIES The artwork that appeared on the cover of the Oct. 17 What's Up! is titled "Dandelion" and was created by Pat Lewis. It was shown as part of "Our Art, Our Region, Our Time" in the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at the Walton Arts Center. The "On the Cover" information box was inadvertently omitted from that issue of What's Up! We apologize for the omission and thank Pat Lewis for the beautiful cover art. The Faces Of Christmas All your holiday favorites are back at Silver Dollar City during An Old Time Christmas through Dec. 30. But which one is YOUR favorite face of Christmas? Tell us here: nwaonline.com/1114xmas/