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Chamber to Celebrate Christmas Past 2007
The Venango Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating the 7th annual “Christmas Past in Oil City” Celebration, which will take place November 30th and December 1st. This annual event attracts many area residents during the festive two day celebration. Christmas Past in Oil City is about experiencing a wonderful Holiday Season by shopping and dining in Oil City, visiting with friends and neighbors, and reminiscing about Christmases Past.
The goal of the Christmas Past Celebration is to be in the memory-making business. In the past, many community members have helped make this celebration extra special by dressing up in Victorian garments and appearing at various venues during the celebration. This special touch has made Christmas Past a superior community event for people to remember. We are asking community members to consider dressing up in Victorian garb again this year and also asking for community participation by encouraging individuals, businesses and organizations to decorate their own storefront windows.
The Holiday Arts and Crafts show will be held at the Knights of Columbus in Oil City. On Friday, November 30th the Arts and Crafts show will be held from 4:00pm – 8:00pm and then again on Saturday, December 1st from 9:00 am -2:00pm. On Saturday, three additional venues will be hosting craft shows and bazaars. The YWCA of Oil City will be holding their annual “Sweet Treats” Arts and Crafts Show and Cookie Sale from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the YWCA. A Victorian Christmas Bazaar will take place at the Arlington Hotel in the Drake Room from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. The bazaar will feature vendors including Mary Kay, Party Lite Candles, Stampin Up, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Longaberger Baskets, Home Interiors, Tastefully Simple, Creative Memories, Taste of Home Entertaining, Princess House and Lia Sophia Jewelry.
A new event taking place during the Christmas Past Celebration is the Girls Scout Troop 326 Bake Sale and Bazaar. The Girl Scouts will hold their Bazaar on Saturday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Christ Episcopal Church on Central Avenue.
Again, this year, “Christmas Past in Oil City” will feature Jimmy Stewart Impersonator, Chris Collins, of Ebensburg, PA. Chris will arrive in Oil City on Saturday, December 1st to perform three vignettes of the Christmas classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Chris regularly performs his impersonations at the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA. “Christmas Past in Oil City” has been fortunate to have Chris Collins perform these vignettes for the past few years. Chris comes dressed in costume of Jimmy Stewart complete with a top hat. His performances have drawn large crowds with many of the audience members commenting that it feels as though they are right in the movie. Please join us in welcoming “Jimmy” into Oil City from 11:30 am until Noon at the Knights of Columbus, 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Whimzys on Central Avenue Plaza, and 1:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus.
The Oil City Arts Council will again host the Annual Madrigal Dinner “A Yuletide Medieval Feast” at the Arlington Hotel on Saturday, December 1st in the Riverview Ballroom. Happy Hour will be from 6:00 pm -7:00 pm with dinner at 7:00 pm. The menu will feature wassail bowl, vegetable stew, crisp bread, pork wings, baked chicken, red skin potatoes, fruit and flaming bread pudding. Seating is limited. Ticket prices are $20/student, $28/Arts Council Member/Venango Campus Personal and $30/for non-Arts Council member. Tickets can be purchased at the Arlington Hotel, Transit Gallery, City Hall Community Development, Clarion University-Venango Campus, Venango Area Chamber of Commerce and Slater Custom Framing in Franklin.
Christmas Past would not be complete without a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus who will be arriving at the Oil City Knights of Columbus to hear the Christmas wish lists from all of the good little boys and girls on Friday, November 30 from 6:30 pm -7:30 pm and Saturday, December 1st from 12:30pm -1:30pm.
You won’t want to miss Christmas Past in downtown Oil City on November 30th and December 1st! |
