Local Arts

Ballerina Bronte Hansen of Langdale, in the role of Dew Drop, strikes a tiptoe pose during a dress rehearsal Sunday Dec. 9 for The Nutcracker, which will have six performances at Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt Dec. 15 to 18.

We’re coming to the height of the pre-Christmas arts and entertainment cycle, with more opportunities to hear seasonal music, see performances and enjoy the abundance of quality, Sunshine Coast crafts.

Members of Arbutus Sounds Chorus were among dozens of individuals and groups who performed at the Elves Club telethon Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons.

Musical director Janice Brunson, whose back is to the camera, conducts singers with A Cappella Strait at a Dec. 1 Christmas concert at the Highland Centre in Roberts Creek, which also featured the Choralations Children’s Choir.

Community Orchestra

Gibsons Public Art Gallery

Coasting Along Theatre Society

The Elves Club is one of the Sunshine Coast’s best Christmas charity fundraisers, and this is their big push. The telethon will feature a lot of our abundant local performing talent and runs on Eastlink Community TV from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.

The Sechelt Festival of Lights has set a record, with 35 parade entrants lighting up the evening of Dec. 1 for more than 1,000 onlookers who lined downtown streets.

National Forest Week