HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Liriodendron Gallery, 502 W. Gordon Street.
Experience that holiday magic at the historic Liriodendron Mansion’s annual Holiday Open House. Fresh greenery arrangements, mantle and centerpieces for sale, arts and crafts vendors, live Christmas music, refreshments and a visit from Santa.
Suggested donation of $5 per individual or $10 per family. For hours and information, visit www.liriodendron.com.
Concert on Main Street in front of the Courthouse begins at 2:30 pm. Parade begins at 3:30 pm – down Main Street at Churchville Road to Lee Street and ending at Hickory Avenue. Community bonfire and singalong in Shamrock Park with free cookies and hot chocolate at 4:15 pm and the Tree Lighting at Town Hall at 5:00 pm. Scheduled to appear: Stilt walkers and acrobats, local high school marching bands, costumed characters and mascots, beauty queens, dancers, floats, musical groups and even some special equestrian guests, ending with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus! Event is weather permitting. In the case of bad weather, the event will be cancelled and not rescheduled.
Celebrate the holidays with the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners at the Town Hall Holiday Open House! Entertainment and light refreshments provided.
Join the Rockfield Foundation as we kick off the holidays at our Annual Manor Tree Lighting for the community. There will be light refreshments, live holiday music and a visit from Santa as a part of the special evening. Please bring an unwrapped new toy to donate to Toys for Tots as your admission.
Learn how to make unique holiday arrangements with a local floral designer. Bring your own container. Greens will be provided. Speakers will also recount the history and myths surrounding holiday plants and the history of Christmas cookie creations.
Enjoy holiday shopping for unique gift items and original artwork created by local artists. Located in Armory Marketplace behind the Armory on Main Street.
Tour the Hays House Museum decorated with fresh greens and holiday arrangements by the Country Garden Club of Harford County. Admission is free. Call 410-838-7691 or visit www.HarfordHistory.org.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – MOVIE SCREENING, Bel Air Armory
Get into the holiday spirit with a showing of the classic Frank Capra film, “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the Bel Air Armory. George Bailey (James Stewart) has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all – and it’s Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence – who then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn’t been for all his good deeds over the years. Sponsored by the Bel Air Arts and Entertainment District.
Enjoy the movie and when it’s over, stroll through Winter Wonderland at Armory Park!
This holiday season, visit the Bel Air Armory and enjoy its festive Winter Wonderland. Enjoy a beautiful light display in Frederick Ward Armory Park, visit with Santa in his sleigh and take a horse drawn carriage ride through Bel Air.
Sponsored through a partnership between the Town of Bel Air, the Bel Air Downtown Alliance and the Greater Bel Air Community Foundation.
Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra: A Suite Holiday Treat, Bel Air High School
Pre-concert lecture to begin at 6:45 pm.
The Susquehanna Symphony’s popular concert will begin with French composer Georges Bizet’s “March of the Kings”, also known as “Farandole” from his “L’Arlesienne Suite”. It will continue with Percy Grainger’s moving “Sussex Mummers Carol” which is beloved by our audience and orchestra members alike. Next, Harford Youth Orchestra conductor Brian Folus will conduct his oft-requested “Hanukkah Celebration”, which is full of well-known and fun-filled Hanukkah tunes. Continuing the celebration to the end of the first half, the orchestra will perform Sir Malcolm Arnold’s “The Holly and the Ivy” (Fantasy on Christmas Carols), which has a rich and full film-music sound.
After intermission, a chamber orchestra will perform the lovely pastoral prelude to Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio; Cantata No. 2”. This will be followed by one of the most often requested works in the SSO’s repertoire: Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” for jazz orchestra by Duke Ellington and his amanuensis Billy Strayhorn, as further arranged by pops conductor and arranger Jeff Tyzik! The concert concludes with a Sing Along and the orchestra’s holiday shenanigans!