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Drive through the Upstate’s biggest, nighttime Christmas wonderland as 32 million colors set the sky ablaze, synchronized to the music of your favorite holiday classics.
Take your time. Park and enjoy. The show lasts 30 minutes, but drive around the track as many times as you’d like!
Santa Land and Ice Skating will be closed due to COVID-19, but you can enjoy feeding the animals inside our Petting Zoo or from your car using our drive-thru lane! We are open rain or shine, 7 days a week!
The Foothills Philharmonic Orchestra continues its 2021-22 season at the Riverside Baptist Church 1249 S. Suber Rd Greer, SC 29650, Saturday, December 11, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. with the Christmas Pops Concert and Toys for Tots Drive. All of Foothills’ concerts are free and general admission to the public. Refreshments will be provided following the performance at our reception where people can meet and greet the performers. The program includes seasonal favorites that will be guaranteed to help our audience get into a festive mood for the holiday season.
Performing in Greenville since 2000, Foothills Philharmonic is committed to providing high-quality, classical music performances to the Upstate community free of charge. The orchestra is an all-volunteer orchestra made up of accomplished non-professional musicians from the Upstate region of South Carolina. Orchestra membership includes individuals from many walks of life including part-time musicians, teachers, lawyers, business professionals, and homemakers. Kory Vrieze is the Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Conductor. Membership in the Foothills Philharmonic is open to amateur and professional musicians. Training in youth orchestra, college orchestra, or professional orchestra, in the Greenville Concert Band or an equivalent band is suggested as necessary experience. For more information about joining the orchestra, interested parties should contact our personnel manager at [email protected].
WSPA TV’s Jamarcus Gaston hosts a program filled with your holiday favorites including music from “The Nutcracker” and “Frozen.” Special guests include International Ballet, acclaimed soprano and South Carolina native Karen Parks, and Santa himself!
WSPA TV’s Jamarcus Gaston hosts a program filled with your holiday favorites including music from “The Nutcracker” and “Frozen.” Special guests include International Ballet, acclaimed soprano and South Carolina native Karen Parks, and Santa himself!
Featuring hits such as Jingle Bell Rock, Blue Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and more!.
A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas
Please note: Proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test and masks will be required at the performance. For more information on our COVID-19 safety protocols, please click here.
The tradition continues on the Rock after going virtual! Bring the whole family to this dazzling holiday celebration, Playhouse-style! An all-new show with the same great spirit and quality, A Playhouse Christmas 2021 will feature many seasonal classics along with several new adaptations and medleys. Showcasing a cast of Flat Rock favorites, this song and dance revue is sure to bring you great holiday joy!
From Holiday classics like “Jingle Bell Rock” and feel-good party tunes like “Don’t Stop Believin’” no matter what holiday you’re celebrating, join us for a celebration like no other! Purchase tickets to our special New Year’s Eve performance and ring in the New Year in true Centre Stage fashion at The Final Countdown!!
This production is generously sponsored by Deborah Peabody in loving memory of Alan Peabody.
Featuring hits such as Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, Christmas Canon, A Mad Russian’s Christmas, and more!
Details from 2020: The music of the Appalachian region was heavily influenced by the influx of Scotch and Irish immigrants, and this influence has been integral in the development of American folk music traditions. With Christmas approaching and the New Year beckoning, it is time once again to honor our musical traditions by listening to songs of the season. A local seasonal musical tradition is the Ed Harrison Memorial Celtic Christmas program, to be held at Heritage Pavilion at the Hagood Mill Historic Site on Saturday, December 19, from 10 am – 4 pm.
The Ed Harrison Memorial Celtic Christmas program has become an annual event, featuring many fine local and even international musicians sharing songs of the tradition. Ed Harrison was a remarkably versatile musician, with a passion for playing multiple styles of roots music on a wide variety of instruments. He was an accomplished dobro player and clawhammer banjo player, as well as playing Cajun accordion and the Uilleann pipes. His warmth, good humor, and ready laugh were a comfort to his family and many friends in the area. Sadly, after over 20 years of battling cancer, Ed passed away in 2012. The annual Celtic music event continues in his honor.
This year Drop o’ the Pure will be headlining our musical lineup. They are a high energy Celtic pub rock band, playing an array of covers from traditional to modern. Their lineup consists of guitars, accordion, mandolin, bass, fiddle, percussion, drums, uilleann pipes, and tin whistle. Also performing are Marshall Goers and Lucy Allen. We will have the Hot Foot Clogging Studios on site offering a dance exhibition of Irish dance and the evolution of Appalachian clogging rooted in traditional Irish dance.
We will be livestreaming the entertainment on our YouTube Channel starting at 11 am. Lucy Allen and Marshall Goers will play from 11 am – 12 pm. The Hot Foot Clogging Studios will exhibit the evolution of Irish step dancing to modern day clogging from 12-12:45 pm. Daniel Hendrix will play the Uilleann Pipes from 12:45 to 1 pm and will join his band Drop o’ the Pure from 1:15-3 pm.
There will be lots of other things to see on December 19th as Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folklife and traditional-arts demonstrations. The Mill will be running and the holiday grits will be a grinding. Living history demonstrators will have the option to set up at the Heritage Pavilion with the artisan vendors, or to stay in their regular spots at the Historic Site. We encourage visitors to ask questions of the artists, gain insight, and if you wish, spend a little money to secure a Traditional Arts treasure of your own. There will be an artisan market with a cherry picked selection of the area’s artisans.
Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be joining us for the day. The Heritage Pavilion is closed in with tarps and will be heated with propane heaters. As always, we encourage visitors to bring their own seating and to bundle up. The bonfire will be lit and s’mores will be a roastin’! Come get toasty with us by the fire.
There promises to be lots to do and lots of fun! Admission to the Heritage Pavilion is $10.00 per person aged 13 and up. It is $5 per person aged 2-12. There is no parking fee. There is NO admission fee to visit the historic site, including the Hagood Mill and the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Site.
A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas
Please note: Proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test and masks will be required at the performance. For more information on our COVID-19 safety protocols, please click here.
The tradition continues on the Rock after going virtual! Bring the whole family to this dazzling holiday celebration, Playhouse-style! An all-new show with the same great spirit and quality, A Playhouse Christmas 2021 will feature many seasonal classics along with several new adaptations and medleys. Showcasing a cast of Flat Rock favorites, this song and dance revue is sure to bring you great holiday joy!
Featuring hits such as Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, Christmas Canon, A Mad Russian’s Christmas, and more!
Featuring hits such as Jingle Bell Rock, Blue Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and more!
Drive through the Upstate’s biggest, nighttime Christmas wonderland as 32 million colors set the sky ablaze, synchronized to the music of your favorite holiday classics.
Take your time. Park and enjoy. The show lasts 30 minutes, but drive around the track as many times as you’d like!
Santa Land and Ice Skating will be closed due to COVID-19, but you can enjoy feeding the animals inside our Petting Zoo or from your car using our drive-thru lane! We are open rain or shine, 7 days a week!
WSPA TV’s Jamarcus Gaston hosts a program filled with your holiday favorites including music from “The Nutcracker” and “Frozen.” Special guests include International Ballet, acclaimed soprano and South Carolina native Karen Parks, and Santa himself!
WSPA TV’s Jamarcus Gaston hosts a program filled with your holiday favorites including music from “The Nutcracker” and “Frozen.” Special guests include International Ballet, acclaimed soprano and South Carolina native Karen Parks, and Santa himself!
Featuring hits such as Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, Christmas Canon, A Mad Russian’s Christmas, and more!
The Ball Brothers are two brothers, Andrew and Daniel Ball along with brother-in-law Chad McCloskey and newcomer Rhett Roberts. The group travels world-wide, singing their distinctive brand of Christian music.
Biography:
Since their formation in 2006, the Ball Brothers have rapidly made their mark in Christian music by finding a musical balance between the old and the new. “We’ve never been to a place where every person in the audience was the same age. On the contrary, most places we go have a mixture of young, middle-aged, and older people. So, our music style and song selection is based around that blend. It’s great to see a grandmother and granddaughter worshiping together and enjoying the same music. We get to see that on a regular basis,” says lead vocalist, Daniel.
What can someone expect when they hear the Ball Brothers? A mix of musical styles, melted together by tight, four-part harmony. Each song is hand-picked to be message-driven, and theologically sound. Their goal is to spread the message of the Gospel and encourage believers.
Quick Facts:
– Their hit song “It’s About the Cross” hit #1 on the iTunes Christian Chart and has been seen over 45 millions times online.
– Their current project “Dynamic” made the top #5 on the iTunes Christian Chart.
– Won the 2017 AGM “Male Group of the Year” award. Won 2011 Singing News “Horizon Group of the Year” award.
– Appeared on the popular Gaither Homecoming video series.
– Performed at Faith Fest in 2018 to a crowd of 20,000 people.
– Shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Christian music including: Casting Crowns, Mandisa, Jordan Feliz, The Gaither Vocal Band, Point of Grace, Jason Crabb and many more.
– Travel world-wide performing 120 concerts per year.