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CULTURAL CALENDAR PART ONE PART ONE 28 REGISTER ONLINE: classweb.townofcary.org December Cary Players presents "A Christmas Story" December 1, 2, & 4 | 7:30 p.m. December 2 & 3 | 3 p.m. Tickets: Adults $20; Students & Seniors $18 Cary Arts Center We triple-dog-dare you not to miss humorist Jean Shepherd's heart-warming story of Ralphie Parker's quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Bring the family to the Cary Arts Center for this holiday classic! Cary Community Choir "Messiah" 2017 Performance December 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Free Westwood Baptist Church Cary Community Choir's 47th performance of Handel's "Messiah." Singers from across our region gather to sing as a community choir.This annual concert stands alone as Cary's longest-running tradition. Concert Singers of Cary presents Concert & Gala Celebration Saturday, October 28 Cary Arts Center Join us for a celebratory evening to honor our founding director. Featuring a performance of one of the treasures of American choral music, Randall Thompson's beloved setting of Robert Frost poetry, Frostiana. November Philharmonic Association presents Triangle Youth Jazz Fall Concert Sunday, November 5 | 4 p.m. Tickets: Adults $10; School-aged children $5 Cary Arts Center Enjoy an afternoon of outstanding big band jazz! Our most advanced group, Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble is a two- time fi nalist in the national competition, Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington. Philharmonic Association presents Triangle Youth String Orchestra Saturday, November 12 | 4 p.m. Tickets: Adults $5; School-aged children $2 Cary Arts Center This great concert for children features the Triangle Youth String Orchestra playing new and old favorites in the fi rst half, and a multi-media program by the Triangle Youth String Sinfonia after a short intermission. Cary Playwrights' Forum presents "Dawn's Early Light" The Cary November 17–18 | 8 p.m. & November 19 | 2 p.m. Tickets: $15 Jamal and Ellie are two troubled souls traversing their own American landscape in "Dawn's Early Light," a touching, poignant drama in three parts by local writers Paul Newell and Mark Cornell about small graces, wide-open spaces, and a place to call home.Part of the Cary Playwrights' Forum's Independent Producers Series. Produced by Full Nelson. Triangle Wind Ensemble presents "Wonderful Winds" Saturday, November 18 | 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Adults $15; Students & Children $5 Cary Arts Center The 50-member wind/brass/percussion ensemble under the direction of Evan Feldman presents its fall concert. TRIANGLE YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA