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68 | November/December 2017 NOVEMBER 4-12 Heroes Homecoming Throughout the Fayetteville area Vietnam veterans will be singled out for honor at this year's Heroes Homecom- ing, organized by the Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Events will include a parade, lectures, dedica- tions and other recognition ceremo- nies. For information, check heroe- shomecoming.com. NOVEMBER 15, 7:30 A.M. CityBiz Community Forum Highland Country Club Find good food and good information about happenings in the community at CityView's first CityBiz forum. Jordan Jones will discuss plans related to the coming baseball stadium and the Prince Charles Hotel that he's helping to rede- velop. John McCauley will share the economic initiatives of the Vision 2026 group. Mac Healy will give an update on the planned N.C. Civil War History Center. And Robert Van Geons will talk about business-recruiting efforts by the Fayetteville Cumberland Economic De- velopment Corp., which he heads. For tickets, visit citybiz.eventbrite.com. NOVEMBER 18, 5 P.M. Out Of Sight Dinner Hellenic Center This unique fundraiser provides a good dinner and a good time – and also lets blindfolded diners experience what it's like to cope with blindness. Proceeds go to the Vision Resource Center, which helps blind and visually impaired peo- ple. For information, check visionre- sourcecentercc.org. NOVEMBER 19, 2-5 P.M. Holiday Vendor Event Fayetteville Christian School This holiday vendor event will ben- efit the Senior Mission Trip to Zambia to build an addition onto an orphan- age. For information, contact Wendy Harness at 910-279-1792. NOVEMBER 19, 4 P.M. Fayetteville Chamber Orchestra Berean Baptist Church Haydn's "Symphony No. 1" will be among the pieces performed by this community chamber orchestra whose performances are free and open to the public. For information, check the chamber's Facebook page. NOVEMBER 24, 1-9 P.M. A Dickens Holiday Downtown Fayetteville Take a step back in time during this re- markable event when downtown trans- forms into a Victorian-era holiday ver- sion of itself. There will be horse-drawn carriages, old-fashioned treats and people in period dress. The candlelight procession to the Market House about 5 p.m. is a treat as are the fireworks af- terwards. NOVEMBER 24 – DECEMBER 4 DECEMBER 15-17 It's A Wonderful Life Gilbert Theater It's a wonderful live version of the story of George Bailey – and his discovery of what the world would have been like had he never been born. For informa- tion, check gilberttheater.com. NOVEMBER 28, 7:30 P.M. Holiday Concert Huff Concert Hall at Methodist University The Fayetteville Symphonic Band and the Methodist University Concert Band team up at this holiday concert. For in- formation, check methodist.edu/mu- events. NOVEMBER 30, 5:30-7 P.M. Christmas Tree Lighting Main Post Parade Field on Fort Bragg Santa and Mrs. Claus may be the head- liners but the Golden Knights will also drop in, literally, to show that Rudolph isn't the only one who knows how to fly. Other perks: refreshments, holiday entertainment, a "kidz corner" and, of course, the tree-lighting. NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Cape Fear Regional Theatre It's back! The hilarious Christmas clas- sic is about Grace Bradley's struggles to put on the church Christmas pageant, with the most inventively awful kids in history. This long-time highlight of the Fayetteville's holiday season puts the ha ha ha into ho ho ho. Check cfrt.org for information. I N S I D E F A Y E T T E V I L L E N o v e m b e r 1 8 N o v e m b e r 3 0 N o v e m b e r 4 - 1 2

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