Good-Cause Calendar
DECEMBER

DECEMBER

When Carol and Vernon Jackson moved to Sale Creek from New Orleans nearly 30 years ago, they brought a taste of the Big Easy's Cajun culture with them.

Step back in time to learn about Christmas and winter solstice traditions of the Cherokee and early settlers when Christmas at Red Clay is held Sunday, Dec. 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Clay State Park, 1140 Red Clay Park Road in Cleveland, Tenn.

Ice on the Landing continues at Chattanooga Choo Choo

DECEMBER

' What: About 1,000 guests attended the sixth annual Holiday Spectacular community Christmas concert presented by Chattanooga Music Club in Memorial Auditorium.

Volunteers have transformed Rhea County fairgrounds in Evensville, Tenn., with thousands of light strands that wind around a 20-foot Christmas tree, form a 30-foot-high tunnel of lights, flash on candy canes, twinkle in holiday scenes and even outline a ferris wheel. And these lights are synchronized to music, creating a drive-through experience in surround sound.

For a decade, three United Methodist Church staff members, calling themselves the Tri-Octaves, have met at Christ United Methodist Church in East Brainerd to present a Christmas concert. Audiences have grown as word of mouth has spread about this concert's soulful harmony.

Chattanooga Boys Choir's holiday tradition, The Singing Christmas Tree, returns for its 55th annual production this weekend. But their performances will focus attention on efforts to build a new Children's Hospital at Erlanger as much as is does on the talent of the choristers.

Festival adds fireworks, tour of homes this year
