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Bristol’s Santa’s Village Continues a Long Tradition of Joy

By Thomas P. Caldwell Richard “Wink” and Ruth Tapply were a creative couple who enjoyed doing projects with children. As Bristol’s first superintendent of recreation, Wink operated the Bristol Community Center (now Tapply-Thompson Community Center), creating community events and projects, the most famous and lasting contribution being Santa’s Village, which, last year, marked its 60th anniversary.

Dick Tapply of Gilford recalls how his parents came up with the idea for Santa’s Village. He said Christmas always was a special time for the Tapply family, and Wink would turn their home into the North Pole, placing signs around the house to indicate Santa’s Workshop (where Wink worked on his own projects), Santa’s Kitchen and even Santa’s Bathroom. Wink enjoyed making and lettering the signs and used his jigsaw to cut out pieces of wood for a sleigh, a sign, and other items which he would nail or glue together and paint.

Wink gave his children a chance to work in the shop, too, and Dick still has a sleigh — much rougher than Wink’s detailed work — that he made when he was seven years old.

Dick said Wink wanted to share the magic and wonder of Christmas with the whole town and came up with the idea of creating a Santa’s Workshop upstairs at the community center. Enlisting the help of others in the community, Wink built and guided the expansion of the workshop, Santa’s house,

Courtesy Photo A visit with Santa Claus is the highlight of Santa’s Village. One of Santa’s elves stands ready to hand the visitor a gift. and a ski slope with Annalee Dolls as skiers and a chapel. Over the years, the workshop became a village and the event spread to all three floors of the center.

The centerpiece, of course, was Santa Claus himself, seated in a comfortable chair and assisted by an elf who would guide children in and write down their Christmas toy requests. As they left, the elf would hand them a gift

— originally a toy but, in later years, a tree ornament.

In those early years, Wink erected a mailbox outside the community center where children could drop their letters to Santa Claus, and Wink would make sure to answer each one.

Ruth and other Bristol women would portray Mrs. Santa, handing out cookies to those waiting in line for their chance to see Santa. Wink, who was

short of stature, would be the head elf, Ousel. Dick and his brother, Charlie, were among the children taking the parts of elves, with glued-on beards that would become their most vivid memory of the event, for the glue used to hold them on was very itchy. While each elf had a task, one of the most important rules was to avoid scratching that itchy beard.

Elves helped with the “baking” of cookies, rolling out play dough and cutting it into shapes to go into the oven. Real cookies were hidden away for them to bring out when Mrs. Santa needed to refill her tray.

In the early days, some of the elves cut out wooden shapes using a real jigsaw, but safety concerns eventually ended that practice, just as concerns about possible fires halted the display of real Christmas trees. Area resident Peter Brown originally cut down fir trees and dropped them off at the community center just prior to the village opening. The fire department would stand by, making a special exception to fire regulations to allow the center to use real trees, but finally decided the village would have to make do with artificial trees.

Santa’s Village came together due in large part to International Packings Corporation, now Freudenberg-NOK, which donated money and provided much of the labor to build and set up the village. The manufacturer has continued to support Santa’s Village each

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year as new attractions were added and some old ones were replaced or improved upon.

While Wink moved on from Bristol to serve as the first director of recreation for the State of New Hampshire, he returned to help with Santa’s Village, and he created a manual that served to help him and his successors remember all the details and rules that made the event flow smoothly each year.

Today, there are many other organizations that get involved with Santa’s Village. Boy Scouts help pull the sets from storage and erect the village, and JJill Group sends over a crew to help with decorations for the event. Other businesses and individuals offer their help and support for the village, which attracts around 3,000 visitors over the three-day period it is open.

This year’s Christmas celebration features Santa’s Village on Friday, Dec. 11, from 6 to 8 pm and on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12 and 13, from 2 to 5 pm.

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Christmas movies and cartoons. The main floor has a craft fair with clothing, decorations and candy offered for sale. Finally, the visitors are called in small groups to make their way upstairs to the village itself.

An elf inside the door staffs Santa’s Post Office, where people can get an official North Pole stamp on their letters. Other elves are decorating ornaments, baking cookies and overseeing the displays, which range from the chapel to a doll collection. Central to it all is a large railroad, on two levels, that serves as a main attraction second only to Santa himself. With its lights and whistle, the trains passing through tunnels and over mountains draw peo-

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While visiting with Santa, a photographer stands by to take a keepsake picture for the children passing through.

The success of Bristol’s Santa’s Village prompted Dick Tapply to carry the program to Laconia when he became the director of Laconia Parks and Recreation. He said he anticipated starting small and building it up, as Bristol had done, but the Laconia volunteers surprised him by deciding to create a Christmas Village all at once.

The whole main floor of the Laconia Community Center is transformed into a lighted village with a central snack area, surrounded by displays ranging from a sleigh people can sit in to a jack-in-the-box who comes alive as people pass by. There is a train room and other displays, but, of course, the big attraction is Santa Claus himself.

Christmas Village, now spearheaded

by Armand and Ernie Bolduc, has successfully cheered families for more than four decades now.

As for Wink Tapply, he was posthumously inducted into the Robert W. Crawford National Recreation and Park Association Hall of Fame earlier this year, honored at the ceremony in Las Vegas as “New Hampshire’s Father of Recreation”. The award ceremony noted that, in addition to his work in local and state recreation, he had formed a group known as the Bristol Rope Skippers who performed before President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

For more information about Santa’s Village and the Tapply-Thompson Community Center, call the center at 744-2713.

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Wolfeboro Glitters With Annual Festival of Trees The holidays just wouldn’t be the holidays without glittering, beautifully decorated trees. For those who love holiday decorations, the 2015 Festival of Trees in Wolfeboro is a not-to-bemissed event held on the weekends of December 5, 6, 12, 13 and Wednesday evening Dec. 9 at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro. A Preview Gala is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3.

This is the 17th Wolfeboro Festival of Trees, an annual charity benefit featuring more than 65 trees, uniquely decorated by area businesses and organizations, and displayed on two levels at the Wright Museum. In addition to the trees, the exhibit features continuous entertainment and light refreshments.

Entertainment will include many talented performers: on Saturday, Dec. 5 the schedule includes Mike Welch, vocals and keyboard; Bob Viscio, vocals and guitar; Frank Hamilton on piano and Rick Drost, vocals and guitar.

The entertainment continues on Sunday, Dec. 6 with Miss Karoly’s Dance Factory, Sandra Wentworth private music instructor and students and Lance McLean and Joe Fascetti, the Best of Times piano and bass duo.

Wednesday, Dec. 9 features Perform It! Young People’s Stage Company and Saturday, Dec. 12 offers Expressions Dance Academy, Harold Chamberlin and the New England Country Boys and Moose Mountain String Band.

Sunday, Dec. 13 ends the festivities with the Monadnock Mavericks line

dance group and The Bell Tones hand bell ensemble.

The Preview Gala is a popular cocktail reception opening the exhibit and ushering in the Wolfeboro holiday season. Wine and beer are provided and local caterers and restaurants serve samples of their best fare.

Throughout its 16-year history, the Festival has been held at the Wright Museum. The Festival started in 1999 as a benefit for the LIFE Ministries Food Pantry in Wolfeboro. The event was such a success that it was held again in 2000. Subsequently, the Festival committee has organized the festival each year to benefit various charitable causes in the greater Wolfeboro area. Although the museum is usually closed for the winter season, the exhibits have been open during the festival in previous years. Visitors have been able to tour the unique collection featuring artifacts to illustrate the Second World War’s significant and lasting impact on American life The American Homefront Exhibit at the Wright Museum will be open to weekend festival visitors. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Admission is $5 for adults, children 8 and under $2, or $12 per family. The facility is handicap accessible.

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Christmas Night Comes to Ashland Christmas Night in Ashland, celebrated on the first Friday of December in downtown Ashland, will be held this year on Friday, Dec. 4. The Christmas Night in Ashland Committee, operating under the auspices of the Ashland Area Recreation Association, coordinates the efforts of several local organizations, businesses and individuals to put on the holiday family event.

The 2015 celebration will include children’s workshops and a scavenger hunt, a storybook giveaway, pictures with Santa, food

sales, a Christmas performance by the Pontine Theater, hay rides, a model railroad display, historic photo exhibit, Christmas cards for the military, ornament making for the Veterans Home, face painting, the lighting of the town Christmas tree and a gift bag raffle to benefit the local food pantry.

Most events will take place between 5 and 6:45 pm on Main Street and Highland Street. The Friends of the Ashland Town Library will take Pictures With Santa for a $1 donation in the Library, located at 41 Main Street overlooking the

main intersection in the village.

Also at the Library, the Pond and Peak Reading Council, a non-profit group that promotes literacy, will give away storybooks. Each child can choose a storybook to his or her liking.

Next door at the American Legion Hall at 37 Main Street, the Dupuis Cross Post will provide an opportunity to remember our military, past and present, during the holidays. Visitors can fill out Christmas cards to be sent to wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Hospital or make Christmas ornaments for the veterans in the NH Veterans Home in Tilton. The Legion also will sell coffee, tea and snacks. The Ashland Area Recreation Association will serve free popcorn in Memorial Park.

Meredith Village Savings Bank is sponsoring a free Christmas tree ornament workshop for children at its Ashland branch, at the corner of Riverside Drive and Highland Street. Next to the bank at 12 Highland Street is the Ashland Community Center with its Bread Basket Raffle and the popular Cookie Walk, featuring cans of cookies, mostly home made, for sale at $3 per can. (Buyers get to choose their own cookies.)

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from 5 to 8 pm. The hayride can be taken up to the Cheney House at 82 Highland Street, where the popular Lionel model train display by Anthony Hoerter can be seen. Also on Highland Street in the Tirone Gymnasium almost opposite the Town Hall, the Ashland School’s eighth grade will sell hot cocoa and goodies.

On Main Street there will be artwork by Ashland School students on display in the windows of the Shepard Block at 48 Main Street and Christmas posters by the public in the windows of Daisy’s Fresh Laundry at 30 Main Street.

Advertisements for the many businesses that have sponsored the event can be seen in the Mechanic Street side window of Lisa’s Personal Training at 58 Main Street.

The Ashland Baptist Church dining hall at 57 Main Street will host several events. The Ashland Rebekahs will sell cider and doughnuts. The Ashland Historical Society will display historic photos of the Squam River Covered Bridge, now in its 25th year. There will also be face painting in the hall. The Parks & Recreation Department will hold a Little Ones Workshop.

The dining hall is the starting place for the Scavenger Hunt for children organized by the Parks & Recreation Department. Children will follow clues through the downtown to find the pieces needed to put together a puzzle of The Elf on the Shelf, for which they will win prizes. At 6:30 pm, The Elf on the Shelf will be read in the Baptist Church vestry over the dining hall.

At 7 pm, the Pontine Theater from Portsmouth will present A New England Christmas, based on a Christmas poem by Ogden Nash and a Christmas story by Mary Wilkins Freeman, at the Legion Hall. The Ashland Area Recreation Association and the Friends of the Ashland Town Library sponsor the holiday performance.

The celebration will end at 8 pm in Memorial Park, on the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive.

The prizewinners of the Gift Bag Raffle and other raffles will be announced. With the help of Santa, the Town Christmas Tree will be lit to officially start the holiday season.

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Little White Church Concert a Perennial Season Favorite Celebrate the coming of Christmas and winter by delighting in some of the season’s most evocative music, when pianist Dana Cunningham and cellist Max Dyer, along with special guest Julia Hendrikson, perform in concert at Eaton Village’s distinctive landmark Little White Church, on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4 pm.

The first week of December is one of natural quiet beauty, before all the hustle leading up to the holidays. For many fans, Dana’s deeply expressive annual December Sunday afternoon concerts are a can’t-be-missed tradition. Her beautiful original arrangements of classic seasonal compositions, such as “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “Once in Royal David’s City,” take us to a special place where we remember the real reasons that our hearts celebrate this time of year.

The Little White Church is the perfect venue for this special concert, elegant in its simplicity. The acoustics are such that the crystalline musical notes seem to resonate long in the air, inviting the audience to explore the meditative silence between those notes. Dana’s performances with Max in this historical place are everything a concert of the advent season should be. warmly intimate, calm yet joyful, and an invitation to open the door to Christmas love and peace.

Cunningham is a well-known, locally based pianist, composer, recording artist and public speaker. She loves performing most of all and intersperses the music pieces with the spoken word, including poems by the ancients like Rumi or contemporary voices, such as Mary Oliver. She says of her performances, “My intention is to cultivate a greater sense of the present moment, inviting the listener to open more fully to his or her own experience.”

Dana is just completing work on her new recording, “Above the Field,”

mance. An after-concert reception in the church undercroft will provide an opportunity to chat with the musicians, purchase CDs and enjoy refreshments made by Barbara Holmes.

Seating is quite limited at the Little White Church, and the performance usually sells out, so advance purchase of tickets is strongly recommended.

They are sold at White Birch Books in North Conway (356-3200) and at the Eaton Village Store. Tickets can also be purchased online by visiting www. danacunningham.com.

For more information about the performers, go to Dana’s website above or Max’s website at www.maxdyer.com. which will be available for purchase at this performance, along with her other CDs. “Above the Field” features her signature piano style on a collection of 14 hymns, including such familiar classics as “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and “Abide With Me.” Dana’s aspiration for this project is to provide the listener with a new accessibility and inspiration to the time-honored pieces. Her accompanying musicians on this recording are saxophonist Mike Sakash and cellist Max Dyer.

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Calling All Tuba, Euphonium and Baritone Horn Players The ninth annual TUBACHRISTMAS concert in Wolfeboro will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 2 to 3 pm at All Saint’s Episcopal Church, 258 South Main Street. Anyone interested in performing should contact the local TUBACHRISTMAS coordinator, Nancy Donahue at 247-1703, or visit www.tubachristmas.com. Registration for performers will be in the choir room of All Saint’s Church between 9:30 and 10 am on Saturday, Dec. 12, and the rehearsal will be from 10 am until noon.

Coffee and doughnuts will be provided during registration, and there will be a break for lunch before the concert.

The Wolfeboro TUBACHRISTMAS concert is a regional event that

welcomes all tuba, sousaphone, helicon, baritone horn and euphonium players from community, university and high school bands as well as professional musicians, both working and retired. Nancy Donahue, a former student of musician Harvey Philips, will conduct and encourages all that play an upright low brass valve instrument, be it their primary instrument or one played only on occasion, to consider this opportunity.

Harvey Phillips, renowned tuba virtuoso and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, School of Music, founded TUBACHRISTMAS in 1974. He conceived it as a way to honor the great tuba player and

teacher, William Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. The famous American composer, Alec Wilder, liked the idea and agreed to arrange carols for low brass ensemble, and the very first concert was held on the Ice Rink Stage of New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza in December of 1974, with over 300 participants. Since then, the popularity of TUBACHRISTMAS has grown considerably among performers and audiences alike, and in 2015, there are over 200 scheduled concerts in cities and towns across America, plus several foreign countries.

The public is cordially invited to attend the Wolfeboro TUBACHRIST-

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The Harvey Phillips Foundation sponsors the popular holiday event, and the concert is free and open to the public.

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The Magic of Figure Skating

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper “Figure skating is a mix of art and sport.”

—Katarina Witt Skating is freedom and exercise and beauty and fun. It is a great way to embrace winter while experiencing the joy of gliding over the ice with friends and family.

In order to experience the joy of skating, you have to learn the sport. It might seem an easy concept – just put on a pair of skates and glide over the ice. But it takes practice and lessons are helpful, as are tips from experienced skaters.

That is where the Magic Blades Figure Skating Club comes in. The club started in 1997 and has ice rink use at the Plymouth State University (PSU) Ice Arena and the Tilton School Ice Arena (at both locations on specific days and times). The club offers lessons and participates in competitions, offering everyone wishing to skate a chance to embrace the sport.

Classes for the fall session began in September and all ages can sign up to learn ice skating in the six-week sessions. (More classes are offered in November and throughout the winter.)

Says Rose Marie Marinace, president of the board of Magic Blades (Rose Marie also coaches), “We want to make sure everyone can enjoy ice skating. It is good exercise and it builds self esteem.”

Rose Marie should know, because she honed her skills via the club.

“About 11 years ago, my kids wanted to skate. And I had always wanted to learn to skate.” After her kids took lessons, Rose Marie decided she would give it a try as well and years later, she is an avid skater, on the ice two to three times a week.

Barbara Adams, who also is the skating director and teaches ice skating classes for all ages, started the club.

Barbara has 37 years of coaching experience and specializes in beginning through intermediate skating, jump and spin technique. She has completed

the USFS (US Figure Skating) 5th level figures, Novice Freestyle and Silver level Ice Dance. She is a Professional Skaters Association (PSA) CER Category B registered coach, ISI Silver level judge, and adjunct faculty for PSU skating courses.

In 1997 Barbara co-founded and established the non-profit Magic Blades Figure Skating Club. Over the years, Magic Blades has brought skating to hundreds of families in the area, with programs in Laconia, Waterville Valley, and Tilton. Anyone from age 3 to adult can learn to skate via Magic Blades; people can sign up at any time or email information@magicblades. org.

“Between our longtime members and new members we have about 50 total members,” explains Rose Marie.

“Some come back and coach from time to time.”

Rose Marie, although modest about her ice skating talents, began as a volunteer coach in 2008 at Magic Blades and brings a lot of talent to the group.

She trained in classical ballet in Oklahoma City and her choreography and skills serve her well on the ice with students of all ages. Rose Marie is a USFS registered coach, and has completed the USFS “Learn to Teach” written exam. She has passed USFS tests for Adult Pre-Bronze Moves in the Field and Freestyle, and Adult Bronze Moves in the Field. She is preparing for the Adult Bronze Freestyle test in order to qualify to compete in the USFS Adult National Competition.

According to www.magicblades.org, “The (skating) curriculum is designed to keep skaters enthusiastic about

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learning from the time they begin lessons until the time they reach their goals. Whether your goal is to achieve Olympic fame or simply enjoy the recreational benefits of skating, Basic Skills is for you!”

The club gives instruction in three levels: 1. Snowplow Sam-young beginners; 2. Basic 1-8-for beginners of all ages; 3. Freestyle 1-6-advanced skaters; 4. Adult beginners and returning skaters.

Further information on the website states, “The entire Basic Skills program has special classes for many facets of skating including free skate, pairs, synchronized skating, choreography (Artistry in Motion) and hockey.

Currently there are more than 900 programs and 100,000 skaters registered across the United States in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program.

The objectives of the program are: To provide a fun and safe skating experience for the beginner as well as the more advanced skater.

To teach correct technique of the basic elements of skating, To develop a finer degree of coordination and balance.

To promote physical fitness.

To have fun!

Freestyle ice skating is available at set times at the Plymouth Ice Center.

Freestyle ice is intended for skaters that want to focus on their skills without the distractions of a crowded public ice session. Skaters should be able to maneuver themselves well for their safety and the safety of the other skaters. Skaters can book private lessons and/or work on programs performed to music for fun, show or competition.

Parents should contact their preferred coach to make arrangements for lessons. (Coaching fees are extra.)

For those with serious goals in mind, such as perhaps one day competing for the Olympic skating team, a Bridge Program is offered via Magic Blades.

The program is an introductory figure skating class offering skaters the chance to learn about the advanced US Figure Skating testing program in a group lesson environment. Skaters will apply the figure skating skills learned in the basic skills program, including jumps and spins, as well as an introduction to USFS Moves in the Field, Power, Artistry and additional aspects of Figure Skating. The primary focus • Skating Continued on page 11

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• Skating Continued on page 11 of these group lessons will be to introduce the skills contained on the USFS Pre-preliminary Moves and Pre-preliminary Freestyle tests.

Although the titles and competitive opportunities are wonderful, what if you simply want to learn the basics of ice skating to enjoy the sport? You may choose to take group lessons or private classes. Skaters in lessons are grouped first by ability and then split by age, if possible. Groups have a maximum of 10 skaters per class.

Lest a novice skater worry about getting in the way of skilled skaters on the ice, rest assured that won’t be an issue.

One end of the ice rink is coned off for lessons and each group lesson is a halfhour in length. When not in their lesson, skaters have free time to practice skills on their own. The youngest skaters have the first lesson the first halfhour; the next level/age skaters have a lesson at the next half-hour.

After membership is submitted to USFS, each new skating member will receive a Basic Skills Record Book to keep track of their skills. Returning members receive a new membership card and year patch. Near the end of a session, skaters are evaluated and if they complete a level, the coach signs their book and the skater receives a badge for passing the level.

Those with more experience who are seeking private lessons can submit songs for solos, duets, or trios for exhibitions and shows. Students may work alone, or contract with a Magic Blades

coach for private lessons and choreography. And skaters can create a program to music for any Magic Blades exhibition or competition or just to for the pure fun of the sport.

What about clothing for skating lessons? The beautiful costumes worn by professional skaters are for competitions. For basic lessons, skaters should dress in warm clothes, preferably in layers, and also wear mittens or gloves.

Young children do well in snowsuits (as long as they can move comfortably); they will need to be able to bend and touch their toes. Young skaters (aged 3 to 6) are required to wear a helmet to prevent head injuries from falls.

Bike helmets may be worn but they must fit well and not slide around the child’s head.

And of course, skaters need ice skates. Skating boots should provide a snug fit. A skate needs to be an extension of the foot, fit snugly, and lace up properly. Laces should be snug, especially on the lower part of the boot and the upper part should be a little looser with room to fit two fingers in front of the skate’s tongue. If just starting out, it is not necessary to buy new skates.

Used skates can be a great bargain, but check with Rose Marie or Barbara for advice on purchasing ice skates.

Ice skating is indeed freedom and fun. Once you get your first taste of gliding across the smooth ice, you will know what it is that draws so many to the sport. If you want to hone your skills or you are just getting started, there is no better, more supportive or knowledgeable place to start than the Magic Blades Figure Skating Club.

For information and schedules, visit www.magicblades.org.

Local Ice Skating Rinks: Hanaway Ice Arena, Plymouth State University, from Route I-93, Exit 25, take 175A towards Plymouth; on theleft past the Irving station. Call 5352758.

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Carter Mountain Brass Band Presents Christmas Concert Just in time for the holiday concert season, Carter Mountain Brass Band will present Brass Goes Pops Christmas Concert on December 5 at 7 pm. This is the band’s 12th annual Christmas concert, which caps off a day of festivities at the Gilford Christmas in the Village.

The concert will feature all the popular Christmas carols and holiday tunes that make this season so special musically. The audience will be treated to such favorites as “Winter Wonderland”, “A Holly Jolly Christmas”, “White Christmas”, “Sleigh Ride”, and “The Christmas

Song”. Concertgoers will be invited to participate in a sing-a-long of favorite carols. Phil Polhemus will display visual images that accompany and enhance the musical numbers, often inviting a chuckle or a heartfelt smile.

The concert is sponsored by Wesley Arts of the First United Methodist Church of Gilford. It will be held at the church and Christmas refreshments will be served during the intermission.

Suggested donation is $8.00. The church is located at 18 Wesley Way, off of Route 11A (near the 3/11 bypass) in Gilford. Mark your calendars and plan to receive some holiday spirit.

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Christmas In Song The Bristol Baptist Church, located at 30 Summer Street in Bristol’s Newfound Lake area, is hosting an annual Christmas In Song program on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7 pm.

The program will include area talent and audience participation.

A free-will offering will be collected to benefit Bristol Community Services. A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow the program. For more information, please call 744-8804.

Newfound Area Churches (NAC) will hold annual Advent services on Wednesdays as follows

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A Time for Celebration The Pemi Choral Society begins its 43rd season with the winter concert theme A Time for Celebration with a performance on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the Gilford Community Church in Gilford village at 7:30 pm; on Friday, Dec. 11 at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Franklin at 7:30 pm and Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Silver Center for the Arts in Plymouth at 3 pm.

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Day Tripping to Santa’s Village

By Sarah Wright It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and I love it! Just a sprinkling of decorations are up, but you can already feel the holiday momentum starting.

Soon everyone will be bustling about, doing holiday shopping and planning festivities. It’s one of the best times of the year to be a child…or to feel like one! There’s truly something magical in the air, and the best place to take it all in is at Santa’s Village in Jefferson.

My family loves Santa’s Village in any season, but Christmastime is extra special. At least, that’s what we were all hoping for as this was our first holiday visit to the theme park. While in line at the entrance, the sounds of Christmas music welcomed us. We all hovered around the park map, choosing our favorite rides at Santa’s Village. Most rides are open, weather permitting, so there’s no shortage of things to do. We were lucky to go on a day that wasn’t too cold, but remember to bundle up, especially if you go on the Skyway Sleigh Monorail or Merry Christmas Ferris Wheel. Both rides will give you a wonderful view of the park, but it can be chilly up there!

Of course, before we got in line for our first ride, we stopped in at Elf University just inside the entrance, so the kids could pick up their “Elfabet” cards. It’s a great park-wide scavenger hunt game for kids of all ages. Children will want to find all of the 26 Elves located throughout the park. Each Elf has a name that starts with a letter of the alphabet. Simply put the card into the gift

that the Elf is holding, and pull down the lever. (The elf will cancel out their letter.) There’s a special prize for kids when they turn in their cards—along with a diploma from the “university.”

There are so many rides to choose from, and there’s really something for everyone. My favorite ride is the monorail, but the kids love driving the Antique Cars and Bumper Cars, taking a spin on the Reindeer Carousel, or laughing as they go up and down on The Chimney Drop. My boys also loved the SS Peppermint Twist, a silly boat that lets you imagine getting tossed in the waves, and the Hot Shots Fire Brigade,

where my youngest could drive a little fire engine, while his older brother worked the fire hose. The newest ride is called You Tubing, where visitors can take a ride down a hill in an inner tube on a bristled mat, just like downhill sliding on snow. A carpet conveyor lift makes the uphill trek easy and the ride down is smooth, fast and fun. Who says you need snow to go sledding?

If it gets a little chilly, take a break and warm up in the show theater featuring A Tinkerdoodle Christmas in 3D. It’s an animated movie about “Tink” the elf, and what happens when he’s promoted to Head Elf and has to

get Santa ready for his yearly journey.

As you can imagine, hilarity ensues!

By that time, everyone was hungry and we were happy to find that all of the eateries were open. Take a break and have a burger or some pizza for lunch, but don’t forget to try a delicious dessert at the Doe-Nut Factory, the Jolly Lolly Candy Store, or the Sugar N’ Spice Bake Shop, where kids can decorate their own gingerbread person.

Now, what visit to Santa’s Village would be complete without a stop at Santa’s house to say hello? My boys always straighten up when they’re in the presence of Kris Kringle. Santa took the time to greet every child, and listened to all of their wishes and wants of the season. Mrs. Claus was standing by to offer a smile and some warm cider. (Photos can be purchased to commemorate your visit.)

We also made sure to visit the mystical reindeer at Reindeer Rendezvous, Santa’s stable. I was amazed at how soft the fur on their antlers was. The kids loved meeting Blitzen, Donner and all the other reindeer in person!

Santa’s Village is also a great place to get some Christmas shopping done.

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LRSO Holiday Pops Concert Offers Classic Favorite Tunes The holidays are upon us, and that means glorious symphonic holiday music is just around the corner.

The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra (LRSO) invites you to two spectacular holiday concerts on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, Dec. 13 at 3 pm. Both concerts will be held at the InterLakes Community Auditorium in Meredith. These much-anticipated holiday extravaganzas sell out quickly, so get your tickets early.

The LRSO is delighted to feature two guest vocalists this year: consummate musician and artist Harmony Markey from Moultonboro and Sinatra-style crooner and jazz stylist Michael Gallagan from Manchester.

Harmony and Michael are well known throughout New England for their passionate performances and reputations for excellence across multiple musical genres.

Classic songs of the season ring out again this year featuring old favorites and brand new arrangements. Michael will be featured on several orchestral/bigband style arrangements including “Cold December Night”, “All I Want for Christmas”, “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” as heard on the popular Michael Bublé Christmas album. He also is featured on the debut performance of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” arranged by Meredith’s own Chris Mega, and singing with Harmony on

the support of its Saturday concert sponsor Bellwether Credit Union, and its Sunday concert sponsor Melcher & Prescott Insurance. Their generous community support is a big part of what makes the LRSO, a community orchestra, possible.

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Mega’s arrangement of the fabulous duet “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

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Kenny Rogers Holiday Tour Comes to Capitol Center The Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord will present music legend Kenny Rogers and special guest Linda Davis in their Once Again It’s Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 pm.

A trailblazing recording artist, vocalist and entertainer, Kenny Rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and recorded more than 65 albums during his illustrious 56 years in show business.

Rogers has charted a record within each of the last seven decades and scored a hit single in the past six.

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rewarding of Rogers’ entire storied career. Once Again It’s Christmas will be Rogers’ third full studio release of all new recordings since 2011. In 2014, Rogers received his latest GRAMMY® Award nomination with Dolly Parton for “You Can’t Make Old Friends,” and in 2014 and 2015, Rogers’ career was showcased in a year-long exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In 2013, Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and received the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 47th Annual CMA Awards. Some of Rogers’ recent festival appearances include Great Britain’s Glastonbury, Tennessee’s Bonnaroo and Morocco’s Festival Timitar, where he played to a combined hundreds of thousands concert-goers.

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The Winnipesaukee Playhouse’s English “panto” version of Sleeping Beauty features sensational songs, dynamic dance, silly slapstick and mysterious magic at the Meredith Theater. The zany and interactive show will be a treat for audience members of all ages and families are encouraged to come as a group.

The show is specifically written with jokes that will appeal to young children, along with double entendres and humor aimed directly at adults. A mixture of favorite pop songs, coupled with classic musical theatre tunes, will also have wide appeal.

This new version of Sleeping Beauty is written and directed by the Playhouse’s Artistic Director, Neil Pankhurst. It will encourage children to get involved in the

action, asking them to “boo” the villain, cheer the hero and help the cast along the way.

Says Pankhurst, “The show will be fun, silly, and interactive. Parents who worry that their four year old can’t sit quietly in the theatre should rest assured that Sleeping Beauty will keep them interested, engaged, and shouting at the stage – on purpose!”

The cast includes favorite professional actors from the Playhouse’s summer productions, plus some talented locals.

It also features young dancers from local dance studios who will all share the stage with talented professional and local actors.

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Dec. 4-6, Christmas Village, Laconia Community Center, Union Ave., Laconia, games, face painting, necklace making, write out wish lists, carol singing, thousands of colorful lights, Grandma’s Kitchen, Santa’s Workshop and much more. Free, call for courtesy handicapped persons hours: 524-5046. (Hours: Dec. 4: 6-8 pm; Dec. 5 & 6: 2-5 pm) Dec. 4, Music in the Pub with Doug Hazard, 6:30 pm, Corner House Inn, junction of Routes 109 and 113, Center Sandwich. Info: www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Dec. 4, Christmas Night in Ashland, hayride 5-8 pm, 7 pm Pontine Theatre presents A NE Christmas at American Legion Hall, Tree Lighting in Memorial Park at 8 pm, events all over town from 5-6:45 pm: Ashland Community Center Cookie Walk/Bread Basket Raffle, Cheney House Lionel Train Display, Corn Chowder Supper at St. Mark’s Parish Hall, Baptist Church Dining Hall food/events, and more. Info: 536-3141.

Dec. 4, Open House,10am-8pm, Yikes, 23 Main Street, Center Harbor. Stonewall Kitchen Samples Storewide Sale.

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Dec. 4-6, Festival of Trees, Waukewan Golf Club, Waukewan Road, Center Harbor.

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Dec. 4-6, Hometown Holiday Celebration, downtown Plymouth, holiday parade on Dec. 5 at 5 pm, events all weekend, 536-1001.

Dec. 4-24, Holiday Book Sale, Wolfeboro Public Library, S. Main St., Wolfeboro, 5692428.

Dec. 5, Books, Baubles and Bake Sale, 8:30 am-noon, Sanbornton Congregational Church, 21 Meetinghouse Hill Rd., Sanbornton Square, Sanbornton.

Dec. 5, Carol Noonan and Dana Cunningham concert, Little White Church, 2371 Eaton Rd., Eaton Center, info: 447-1881.

Dec. 5, Celebrating 50 Years of the Music from A Charlie Brown Christmas!, 7:30 pm, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Rd, Meredith. An evening with the Eric Mintel Jazz Quartet. Call 279-0333. www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

Dec. 5, Christmas Fair, by Ossipee Concerned Citizens, 10 am-3 pm, Ossipee Town Hall.

Dec. 5, Gilford High School Holiday Craft Fair, 9 am-3 pm, 88 Alvah Wilson Rd., Gilford, wide variety of craft items for sale, school clubs offer food for sale, one of the biggest fairs in the area, 524-7146.

Dec. 5, Christmas Goes Pops concert with Carter Mt. Brass Band, 7 pm, First United Methodist Church, Rt. 11A, with dessert to follow. Donation of $8 p/p. Info: 524-3289.

Dec. 5, Holiday Pancake Breakfast, Sanbornton Congregational Church, 21 Meetinghouse Hill Rd., Sanbornton Square, 8:30-10 am, $5 p/p; children under age 5 free admission.

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Dec. 5 Pancake & Waffle Breakfast, 7:30 - 11:30 am, Moultonborough Academy Cafeteria, Route 25, Moultonborough. To benefit the Moultonborough Academy Latin Club Trip to Rome. Pancakes, waffles, bacon, sausage and more.

Dec. 5, Light Up Night, Alton, 5-6:30 pm, Join the community to celebrate festive holiday lighting. Activities include a visit with Santa, caroling, tree lighting, children’s craft, cookies, cocoa and more. All ages are invited to attend this community event. Call Alton Parks and Recreation at 875-1019.

Dec. 5, Showcase Quartet, 7:30 pm, Franklin Opera House, Central St., Franklin, tickets: 934-1901.

Dec. 5, Homestead Christmas, noon-3 pm, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village, celebration of holidays and winter season, sharing rich history of homesteading. Tours of the Captain Enoch Remick House, Victorian Christmas confections, 19th-century open-hearth and wood stove cooking demonstrations. 323-7591.

Dec. 5, Homestead Christmas, noon-3 pm, celebrate the holidays and winter season and history of homesteading. Special tours of historic Capt. Enock Remick House, Victorian Christmas cookies, syllabub, seasonal exhibits, holiday crafts, Foodways demos of 19th century open heart cooking and woodstove cooking. Baked goods for sale, $5 p/p, ages 4 and under free, 323-7591.

Dec. 5, Tapply Thompson Community Center Annual 5K Mingle Race, fundraiser for Community Center Youth Program Scholarships. Race begins at 10 am. Start and finish is at the Community Center in Bristol. Raffle prizes also will be offered. 744-2713.

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Dec. 5 & 6, The Nutcracker, Oyster River High School, Durham, by Northeastern Ballet Theatre, Tickets: 834-8834, www.northeasternballet.org.

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Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, Festival of Trees, Wright Museum, Wolfeboro, display of holiday trees and musical entertainment, info: www.wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com, 569-3337.

Dec. 6, Holiday Concert, celebrate the coming of Christmas and winter with evocative music, featuring pianist Dana Cunningham, cellist Max Dyer and Julia Hendrikson, at the historic White Church, Eaton, 4 pm. Tickets: www.danacunningham.com.

Dec. 6, A Joyful Noise! Plymouth State University Chorale and Chamber Singers with Manchester Choral Society and Orchestra present annual holiday concert. 3 pm, Silver Center, Plymouth, tickets: 535-2787.

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Dec. 11, Four Freshmen concert, 7 pm, Laconia High School, Union Ave., Laconia, free, sponsored by Putnam Fund, www.laconia.nh.us.

Dec. 11, Music in the Pub with Jill Ducasi, 6:30 pm, Corner House Inn, junction of Routes 109 and 113, Center Sandwich. Info: www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Dec. 11-12, The Nutcracker Ballet with Sole City Dance, Rochester Opera House, City Hall, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, holiday show, tickets/info: www.rochesteroperahouse. com, 335-1992.

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Dec. 12, Gilford Candle Light Stroll, 5-7 pm, Belknap Mountain & Potter Hill Roads, Gilford. Horse drawn wagon rides, over 700 candle lights along the way, ThompsonAmes Historical Buildings open and dressed for the holidays, Library open, many of the Village homes dressed with displays and offering treats, Village bandstand w/Santa, Gilford Fire Rescue Bonfire with s’mores, entertainment, treats, caroling and much more!

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Dec. 12, Holiday Craft Making Project, make a tree ornament, for school age kids (must be accompanied by an adult) as well as for adults. 10 am, Wolfeboro Public Library, S. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-2428.

Dec. 12, Holiday Bazaar & Craft Fair at the Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia, 9 am-3 pm. Quality crafts, bake sale and craft raffle. Gift shop, Knitting and Powerhouse Museums open. 524-8813, www.belknapmill.org.

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Diamonds and Precious Stones Dec. 12, Christmas Bazaar, 9 am-1 pm, Bristol United Church of Christ, 15 Church St., Bristol, 744-8132.

Dec. 12, Christmas Open House, Wakefield-Brookfield Historical Society at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 3:30-7:30 pm, 2851 Wakefield Road, at Wakefield Corner. Refreshments, historical displays. 340-2295.

Dec. 12 & 13, Lakes Region Symphony Holiday Pops Concert, (7:30 pm on 12/12 and 3 pm on 12/13), Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium, Meredith. Tickets: www.lrso. org/tickets.

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Dec. 14, Christmas Party, Moultonboro Historical Society, held at Moultonboro Public Library, 7 pm, info: 476-5630. www.moultonborohistory.org.

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Dec. 14, The Golden Era of The Weirs: The Grand Hotels, program by Robert Ames, 7 pm, Laconia Historical and Museum Society, program at Laconia Public Library, Main St., Laconia, info: www.laconiahistorical.org, 527-1278.

Dec. 15, Cookie Swap, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 6:30-7:30 pm, Join us for a cookie swap! Bring four dozen of your favorite cookies, and the recipe and swap and share. You’ll leave with new recipes and some tasty treats. Sign up at the front desk, info: 524-6042.

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Dec. 18, Small Farmers Club: Get to Know Pigs, 10-11 am, farm-fun hour for young children at Remick Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village. Interaction with the featured animal and an activity to complement learning. $5/child, ages 2–6. Parents/guardians must accompany child/children for duration of activity. Dress to spend time outdoors. No pre-registration required. 323-7591.

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Dec. 19, The Nutcracker, Wolfeboro, Kingswood Arts Center, Wolfeboro, 7 pm, begin the holiday season with a trip to the Land of the Sweets with Clara and her Nutcracker in Northeastern Ballet Theatre’s full-length, professional production of this classic ballet.

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Dec. 19, A Victorian Christmas on the Farm, NH Farm Museum, Milton, 10 am-3 pm, www.farmmuseum.org.

Dec. 19 & 20, Elf/Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Sat. 8 pm, Sun. 2 pm, The Village Players, 51 Glendon Street, Wolfeboro. Movie on the big screen. Call 569-9656. www. village-players.com.

Dec. 20, Once Again It’s Christmas concert with Kenny Rogers and Linda, Davis, Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 7:30 pm, tickets: 225-1111, www.ccanh. com Dec. 29, Downton Abbey Premier Party, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 6:30-8 pm, the sixth and final season of Downton Abbey is upon us. Celebrate the wonderful show and say goodbye to the characters. Watch the Season 5 finale, play games, and have fabulous snacks. Pre-register: 524-6042.

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Happy Weavers and Friends Group - Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group. Meets every other Tuesday, 9:30 am-noon. Fiber artists and/or interested onlookers welcome to join the group to learn the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, and more.

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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, dawn-dusk, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Historic farm with 160 acres offers three miles of hiking trails, gardens, bird and wildlife viewing plus barn. Special events and programs throughout the year. Call 366-5695. www.prescottfarm.org.

Purple Pit Crafter’s Club, meets first and third Wed. of each month, The Purple Pit, Bristol, info: 393-4914.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village. Activities and tours, exhibits, workshops, Capt. Enoch Remick House and farm stand. Call for hours 323-7591 or 800-686-6117, www.remickmuseum.org.

Trail Clubs, Connecting People With the Mountains, through March 2016, historical exhibit, Museum of the White Mountains, 34 Highland St., Plymouth. www.plymouth. edu/museum-of-the-white-mountains, 535-3210.

Woodside Carvers, informal group of Lakes Region men and women who enjoy carving, meet Thursday mornings, 9-11 am in the dry craft room, Woodside Building Conference Center, Taylor Community, 435 Union Ave., Laconia. Info: email gary@garybrockdesign.com.

Danbury Grange Winter Market, first Sat. of each month from Nov.-May, 9 am, Blazing Star Grange, 15 North Rd., Danbury.

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Twenty-month-old Tucker Dawson hardly knows the vistas ahead of him.

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Daddy Jake has been riding since he was just a little older than Tucker. “I started riding when I was two or three years old,” he says, but riding was different today than it was in the early 1980s.

“My dad would spend all morning trying to get two of our five snowmobiles to run. I’d ride with my dad and my brother with my mom or vice versa.

We’d sit inside by the wood stove waiting impatiently and after several hours and what I’m sure were lots of expletives, my dad would tell us that it was time to go. We’d travel about a mile across the lake to get to the ‘hill’ which really wasn’t much of a hill. We’d hop off and he’d try to make it up the hill.

After what seemed to me like a great adventure where we traveled all over creation, we’d return home after having traveled a mere one or two miles, but it seemed like a major adventure at the time.”

Now, in 2015, New Hampshire has more than 7,000 miles of snow trails, and, as the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association boasts, “not one leads

from vantage points unknown when leaves clothe the trees.

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When Jake Dawson was a child, daylong adventures would have been onerous or downright impossible.

“The capabilities of snowmobiles have changed drastically over the years in terms of performance and reliability.

Back then, with the old sleds, I’d be scared to travel more than two or three miles without carrying a tool box. Now I travel hundreds of miles at a time. Old sleds would break—a lot.”

Jake points to the trails at Castle in the Clouds as among his favorites for local riding. Spread over more than 5,000 acres, many of the trails sport snow covered views of the lakes, the Belknap Mountains and the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. In reality, he says, his favorite is “any lake as the sun is rising…It’s an addiction, really!”

Since snowmobiling is safer today than 30 years ago, son Tucker will probably start getting a taste this winter. “I plan to introduce Tucker as I was…by creating adventures and passing along my love and passion for the sport. We’ll start by putzing around the yard and going short distances,” says Jake.

And Tucker’s mom Taryn? She’s hoping she’ll be riding once again this year after a few seasons off. With new baby Tucker, she has just had no time to ride. He’s pushing two-years-old now. It’s time to rejoin the adventure and start making family memories.

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Holiday Star Ornament Class Join the League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery on Sunday, December 13 from 1 to 3:30 pm for a Holiday Star Ornament class with juried artist Deb Fairchild.

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December, 2015

Yesteryear

More Than Turkeys…Hart’s Turkey Farm

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper (Photo courtesy Hart’s Turkey Farm) We all get busy during the holidays.

After rushing here and there to complete our Christmas shopping or other holiday chores or to-do lists, there is a good place to slow down and relax for a comfort-food meal like no other.

From turkey sandwiches to turkey soup to complete turkey dinners and much more, Hart’s Turkey Farm in Meredith has been welcoming diners during the holiday season – and year round – for many years.

When Russ and Helen Hart arrived in Meredith, NH in 1954 — more than 60 years ago — raising turkeys was not high on their must-do list. The couple was transplants from New Jersey, and they had plans to start a farm on their land near what is today Rt. 3 not far from the downtown area.

Accompanying Russ and Helen were Russ’ brother Larry Hart and his wife Gerda. The families grew vegetables and raised chickens, sold eggs and also turkeys. (When Larry passed away in the 1960s, Russ took over the entire business.)

All these years later, when preparing for holiday meals, many think of a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixings – whether for the all-important Christmas dinner or a meal anytime of

the year when the urge for turkey hits — they think of Hart’s.

Sim Willey, the third generation of the Hart family (and current general manager of Harts’ Turkey Farm Restaurant) explains, “My grandparents, Russ and Helen, came here to raise a family and to operate a farm. They quickly found it difficult to make ends meet just by running a farm. To supplement their income, they decided to open a small restaurant on the property.”

The idea was a good one – Russ had been a cook in World War II so cooking for large groups was not a new thing for him. Already raising poultry on the farm, the Harts determined that serving turkey dinners would be unique. They certainly hit the nail on the head, and

the original 12-seater restaurant grew by leaps and bounds over the years.

However, “it was a struggle to fill those 12 seats with customers when they started. It took time to catch on,” Sim explains.

The restaurant was a family affair, with the four Hart children helping out. “The four kids – my mother Lynn, Dale, Glenn and Russ Jr. – grew up working in the business,” says Sim. The original restaurant is today the gift shop for the busy restaurant. Over the years, the idea of farming ended and the Harts went full-time into running Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant.

At first just a seasonal business catering to summer tourists, by the mid 1960s Russ was far too busy to continue raising turkeys on site. He got qual-

ity turkeys elsewhere which freed him up from the chore of raising poultry.

By the late 1970s, the restaurant became a year round business, partly to keep valued Hart’s summer employees working year round.

As the business grew, the size of the restaurant grew right along with it.

“Every season they added on another dining room,” Sim recalls.

“We might not be as streamlined as some restaurants because we still follow my grandparents’ recipes. We make all the food right here. We think that separates us from the others,” Sim offers when asked the continued secret of the restaurant’s year-round success.

Turkey is still the most popular dish on the menu, as well it should be. The delicious Thanksgiving-like dinner, featuring turkey, is one of the big reasons diners return year after year to Harts. Sim says a diner can still order the same basic turkey dinner as was on the menu years ago. “We have a hard time changing!” he laughs. However, other menu items change with the times and the public’s tastes. “We are constantly adding and changing popular dishes,” Sim adds.

Hart’s also has the advantage of generational employees; some chefs have

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• Yesteryear Continued from page 26 been with the restaurants for over 50 years. “My grandfather was a very hard worker,” says Sim when speaking of the work ethic of the older generation. “My grandfather’s family had a diner and my grandmother’s family ran a butcher shop.”

As the business was growing and with a family to support, Sim’s grandfather was known to take side jobs to help make ends meet. The Hart family has been a part of Meredith for many years and Russ Sr. was not too proud to take on other jobs as needed when the restaurant was running just seasonally.

Customers appreciate the family atmosphere and Sim loves to see “the next generation” who grew up coming to the restaurant while on Lakes Region vacations as children, returning as adults with their own children.

“Most of our customers are families and we are a part of people’s lives as a place to come when vacationing. We also do functions and events year round and off-site catering,” he adds.

The décor of the restaurant is quite charming and unpretentious. When the Harts had a good summer, they would add another dining room, which has created the sprawling, multi-room layout of the eatery. It also created cozy nooks for intimate dining.

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The last addition was in the 1980s; a man who worked on the Hart farm years ago did the restaurant construction. “We stayed with the pine wood wall décor every time we added a room and we pride ourselves on not changing much.”

One thing that is recognizable in every room is the pine-paneled walls displaying large turkey platters. Sim smiles fondly as he glances at the platters with various turkey patterns. “My great-grandmother May Hart had a large turkey plate collection. That started the idea of the platters on the walls.

Our customers have strong memories of eating here and from time to time, they give us a turkey platter. Some customers ask to sit where their parents sat or at a table near the platter they donated to Harts.”

While owning and growing a popular restaurant specializing in turkey was not the original intent of wouldbe farmers Russ and Helen Hart when they moved from New Jersey to NH, that business continues to make a living and a lifestyle for the successive generations of the Hart family these many years later.

It also makes many holiday shoppers who just want to sit and relax and enjoy a comfort food meal very happy.

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Who pushed and pushed until President Lincoln gave in and declared a national November holiday for giving thanks?

For the answers to these holiday questions, look no further than New Hampshire to find the people, little known or famous, who helped bring Christmas and Thanksgiving to the nation.

The woman who rose from poverty in a tiny New Hampshire community to become a famous magazine editor and writer and the person who urged Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday was Sarah Josepha Hale.

Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Sarah’s parents believed in equal education for females; Sarah’s brother attended Dartmouth and brought his teaching home to Sarah. Thus, two children were educated for the price of one.

Sarah met and married David Hale and they eventually had five children.

David was a lawyer with a good practice, but when he died at a very young age, Sarah was left to raise five children with little money. Survival was on Sarah’s mind when she penned and published a book of poems and later, a book called Northwood: Life North

and South. The books were popular and led to an invitation to edit Ladies’ Magazine in Boston. Sarah later wrote the very popular nursery rhyme Mary’s Lamb.

As a popular writer and editor, Sarah next served as the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a well-known periodical at the time. She was editor for many years, until she finally retired in her late 80s.

But it is for the designation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday that Sarah is best remembered. The holiday was originally only celebrated in New England with each state scheduling its own holiday for giving thanks, some in the fall and others later in the winter.

Sarah worked on the project to make Thanksgiving a national holiday for 17 years, writing letters to five United States presidents. Finally, Lincoln agreed and made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.

It would be unheard of to celebrate Christmas without a tree in our modern-day world. But it was not until the 1800s when German settlers in Pennsylvania brought with them the tradition of decorating their homes with trees for Christmas. According to www.randomhistory.com, “The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers.”

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Page 29 in the United States until 1870. It was, however, much earlier in 1607 Jamestown that Captain John Smith concocted the first eggnog!

Other traditions, such as volunteers dressed as Santa, ringing the bell to call attention to donating to the Salvation Army, came into vogue in the late 1800s.

The bright red poinsettias that decorate many homes at the Christmas season are named for the American minister, Joel Poinsett, who brought the plant from Mexico to the United States in the 1820s.

And what of the most famous of Christmas animals, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? The little fellow was created by Robert L. May, in 1939.

May wrote a poem about the reindeer to advertise the Montgomery Ward department store’s holiday products.

• Holiday Facts Continued from page 28 In 1856, President Franklin Pierce (from New Hampshire) was the first president to bring a Christmas tree into the White House, although some claim the first was President Benjamin Harrison, according to www.wikipedia.com.

It seems that long before the White House saw its first holiday tree, Christmas tree decorating was a tradition in New Hampshire and at Pierce’s home here. Most likely the Pierce White House tree was decked with candles, fruit and strings of cranberries or popcorn.

At one time, Christmas celebrations were frowned upon. The Pilgrims came to America in 1620, and they held strict religious beliefs. One holiday they did not approve of was Christmas, often celebrated with dancing and drinking in Europe. Christmas was not a holiday in early America; from 1659 to 1681, the celebration was officially outlawed in Boston. Anyone exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined or jailed.

For a time, Christmas was accepted, if not wholly embraced, in America.

But after the American Revolution, English customs fell out of popularity, including Christmas.

When did Christmas become truly popular in the United States? It was not until the 19th century that the holiday took hold in this country. It had been, elsewhere, a rather different holiday with a carnival like atmosphere. In this country, with fewer resources at that time than in Europe, Americans celebrated Christmas in a much quieter manner.

Literature also influenced how Americans celebrated Christmas. In the early 1800s, popular author Washington Irvin wrote The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, a group of stories about an upscale Christmas in a wealthy manor house. The stories became popular and featured a rich country squire inviting the town’s poor and lower classes into his mansion to celebrate Christmas.

This mixing of the classes and good will to all were appealing to Americans and probably helped change the way Americans viewed the holiday.

Added to this, Charles Dickens, at about the same time, wrote what would become a holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. With a theme of charity and kindness to all, it helped elevate Christmas to a status of a time of peace.

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located within one of the Town of Wolfeboro’s Economic Revitalization Zones. BusiConstruction is nearly complete at the Wolfeboro Carwash & Executive Detail’s nesses located within approved Economic Revitalization Zones that invest in plant or equipment and/or create at least one new job may qualify for tax credits through the NH new 1,536-square-foot detailing center and truck accessory showroom.

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Located on Pine Street across the street Swenson acted as the general contractor from the carwash at Clark Plaza, the new gamon the construction project and utilized many lobrel-style building includes a large, two-bay gacal businesses and tradesmen.

That team includes rage and work area on the main level, a separate Bedrock Excavation, Raputa Construction, office and showroom, and a two-bedroom rental Bayside Concrete, Don’s Electric, Pierce Heating apartment. Wolfeboro Carwash & Executive and Knight Security Systems, among others.

Detail owner Andrew Swenson, who bought Currently, his carwash and detail crew includes the business in 2008, said he had been looking Eric Moran who runs the carwash, and detail for a building lot for several years on which to technician Robby Pomerleau. expand. Turns out that his landlord, Clarke Plaza Executive Detail is not limited to cars – owner Paul Zimmerman, owned the Pine Street Swenson will offer a menu of detail services for lot, which at one time had a dilapidated barn on Wolfeboro Car Wash & Executive Detail owner Andrew Swensen (center) with boats and all types of vehicles. His expertise in it that was torn down. The location – a stone’s his team members, Eric Moran (right) and Robby Pomerleau. Construction is the area of detailing is extensive. Swenson is part throw within sight distance from the carwash – of a national network of professional detailers nearly complete at the new Executive Detail building on Pine Street. (below) was perfect. called the “Detail Mafia.” Several years ago that “I wanted to keep an eye on both busiteam was chosen to detail Air Force One. nesses as possible,” said Swenson, during an Recently, Swenson attended the Specialty interview where potential clients stopped in to Equipment Manufacturers Association Trade make appointments. “I bought the lot in April Show in Las Vegas, where he saw the latest in after I got all the town permits; we started truck accessories, hot rod trends and restyling. construction late June,” he added. As he was The new part of his business will sell and install entering into a property purchase and business truck accessories such as grill guards, side steps, expansion, Swenson said he was particularly inracks and toolboxes. terested in keeping the process as uncluttered and A ribbon cutting and/or grand opening free of paperwork as possible. At the beginning event will likely be held in the coming months. stages, he connected with Wentworth Economic In the meantime, the more immediate deadline is Development Corporation Executive Director to complete the two-bedroom apartment upstairs Denise Roy-Palmer, whose office, coincidentally which has already been leased. The rental, which one can see from the construction site. Through features a beautiful new hickory kitchen and enWEDCO, Swenson obtained a loan that funded the new construction. gineered hardwood floors, will help Swenson cover the costs of the new venture. As for “I was looking for some temporary funding to get through the building project the design, Swenson said he wanted the building to have a New England style. “I think with the least amount of bureaucracy as possible,” he said “and as it turns out WEDCO this building fits in well here – it’s a good addition to the corner,” he said was able to help.” With its motto of, “Our business is helping business,” the purpose of About WEDCO: The Wentworth Economic Development Corp., Inc. (WEDCO) is a WEDCO’s financing is to retain and create employment opportunities for area residents. nonprofit 501(c) (3) founded in 1993. Its mission is to promote and support businesses and WEDCO has lent over $5 million and leveraged $32 million. This lending activity has the creation of employment opportunities by providing development assistance and financresulted in the creation and retention of over 500 jobs. ing.

WEDCO service area is in the New Hampshire communities of Brookfield, Effingham, Roy-Palmer said Swenson’s business expansion was an ideal project for WEDFarmington, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, New Durham, Sandwich, Tuftonboro, CO. This new facility will provide him with the ability to continue to grow the business.

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