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Thursday, December 1, 2016 • Vol. 135, No. 19 • Stoughton, WI • www.unifiednewsgroup.com • $1
Victorian HOLIDAY 2016
Stoughton takes ‘a walk through the past’ Victorian Holiday weekend blends nostalgia with new events Dec. 1-4 KATE NEWTON
Ceremony at the Stoughton Hospital, followed by the illumination of the Holiday Light Display at 5:30 p.m. in Stoughton Rotary Park Schedule of events at the corner of Sixth and JefferPage 3 son streets. The 100,000-bulb display will act as a backdrop for the StageWorks’ ‘Christmas Carol Ballet’ Stoughton Fire Department’s open house after the Festively IlluminatPage 3 ed Fire Truck Parade down Main Street on Saturday, and will light up Opening Gala and Tour of Homes through the end of the year. Beyond those and many othPages 4 and 5 er familiar sights in the weekend lineup, there are several additions, Stoughton Chamber of Commerce and the Tour of Homes benefit on Oregon and McFarland. Sunday, which are fundraisers for The schedule begins Thursday event coordinator Tricia Suess said. the American Cancer Society Relay with the 26th annual Love Light Among them are an indoor art walk For Life of Stoughton,
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With 70-degree days a not-so-distant memory, residents of many Wisconsin towns might be hard-pressed to suddenly find themselves in the holiday spirit. Not so in Stoughton, where festive activities will be found in droves in the form of the annual Victorian Holiday celebration, which runs from Thursday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 4, in locations throughout the city. Now in its 24th year, Victorian Holiday will feature the return of two events that took the year off in 2015 – the Opening Gala on Friday
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and artisan showcase at Chorus Public House, which help Victorian Holiday continue to “appeal to a broader range and hopefully bring more folks to Stoughton to see everything we have to offer” especially once they set foot downtown, she added. “It’s a beautiful downtown anyways, but when they get the bows and the lights up, it just sparkles,” Suess said. “When it’s all decked out like that, it’s like a walk through the past.” With horse carriages traversing down Main Street and the “perennial favorite” Stoughton High School
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‘Honor, remember, recognize’ at annual Love Light Ceremony For many, the holidays offer a chance to reflect on memories and remember loved ones they’ve lost, and Stoughton Hospital will once again facilitate that remembrance at its annual Love Lights Ceremony. The ceremony, held inside for the second year in the hospital’s Bryant Education Center, will begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, and is one of the first events of the Victorian Holiday weekend. Becky Greiber, the administrative supervisor for the Partners of Stoughton Hospital, which sponsors the event, told the Hub that an honor guard will also be present for the first time this year to help honor current
them on one of the holiday trees outside the hospital. The tree lighting will be visible from inside the Bryant What: Love Light Education Center during the Ceremony ceremony, which Greiber When: 4:30 p.m. said will last about 45 minThursday, Dec. 1 utes. A Dean Clinic employWhere: Stoughton ee will perform live music, Hospital Bryant Health and refreshments will also Education Center, 900 be available. Ridge St. Donation proceeds will go toward maintaining the Info: stoughtonhospital. hospital’s new walking trail, com which was built in October, and other hospital improvements, according to an event or former military service posting on the hospital’s members. website. For a donation, attendees For information, visit can submit a name to be read stoughtonhospital.com. during the ceremony and have a light illuminated for – Kate Newton
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Members of the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers sing during a stop at Woodland Studios while caroling downtown last year. The Madrigals will perform several times throughout Victorian Holiday weekend in locations throughout the city.
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Madrigal Singers highlight three performances from high schoolers
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The Madison-based group will perform a Holiday Variety Show at the Stoughton Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and will be joined by several special guests, including Wheelhouse and Gin Mill Hollow.
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McFarland State Bank, 207 S. Forrest St., will host music students from River Bluff Middle School for at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. There will also be woodcarving demonstrations and sales in the lobby.
S o m e o f S t o u g h t o n ’s most talented young musicians will be on display around the city during Victorian Holiday weekend, with several performances by the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers. T h e m u s i c a l p e r f o rmances will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, with an appearance by the Madrigal Singers at the Stoughton Public Library’s “Music on the Mezz” program. SHS Choirs director Ryan Casey said the performance — the group’s first of the year — will feature many of the traditional songs the group performs annually, as well as works by Thomas Moore, Ola Gjello, Nicholas Myers and Kenneth Jennings. The group will be back at the library on Saturday, Dec. 3, for another session of “Music at the Mezz” a t 9 : 4 5 a . m . , f o l l ow e d by SHS woodwind and brass chamber ensembles under the director of Dan Schmidt. After their library performance, the Madrigal Singers will carol down Main Street and in various
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2016-17 Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers: Soprano: Kira Fields, Bergen Gardner, Emily Skavlen and Ellie Trotter Alto: Emalyn Bauer, Callie Jordan, Paige Sager and Avery Spilde Tenor: Seth Charleston, Michael Church, Brody McCloskey and Bryan Wendt Bass: Reese Bahrke, Matthew Gille, Elijah Krumholz and Adam McCune
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Schedule of events
2016 Victorian Holiday Thursday, December 1
• 3-9 p.m., Friends of the Library Booksale, (3-6 p.m. members only), Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. • 4:30 p.m., Love Light Ceremony, Stoughton Hospital Bryant Center, 900 Ridge St. • 5:30 p.m., Holiday Light Display, Stoughton Rotary Park, Sixth and Jefferson Streets • 7-8 p.m., Music on the Mezz with the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers, Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St.
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Stage Works Projects Inc. will stage “A Christmas Carol Ballet” Dec. 3-4 at the Stoughton High School Performing Arts Center.
‘A Christmas Carol’ told through ballet Dickens tale takes stage Dec. 3, 4 BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
The holiday season in Stoughton begins the first weekend of December, when a cast of about 100 stages two performances of “A Christmas Carol Ballet.” StageWorks Projects Inc., a branch of the Stoughton Center for the Performing Arts, has assembled the cast of actors and dancers to perform an original adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol.” Executive and artistic director Coleen Kehl told the Hub this year’s programs, staged Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Stoughton High School Performing Arts Center, will be just the third time the company has performed the ballet. StageWorks Projects does holiday performances each year in December, alternating since 2012 between its versions of “The Nutcracker Ballet” and “A Christmas Carol Ballet.” Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” built around the characters of Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, has become a holiday tradition that audiences know and love, Kehl said. It tells the story of a miserly, bitter man and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier person after visits by the spirit of his former business partner and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
If You Go What: StageWorks Projects Inc. presents “A Christmas Carol Ballet” When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: Stoughton High School PAC, 600 Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $14 general admission; purchase online at stoughtonperformingarts. com or at the door Info: 873-0717 Kehl said the production company has “quite a few” veteran performers and also “some new actors from the Madison area who like to come and play with us.” The lead roles of Scrooge and Tiny Tim will be played by a couple of returning actors, J. Peter Shaw and Lukas Hartberg. Kehl described Shaw as “quite a seasoned actor” who performed as Scrooge in the company’s first production of the ballet in 2012. She also noted that Hartberg has performed in the children’s theater in Madison and “trained with our drama department at Stoughton Center for the Performing Arts.” StageWorks Projects’ ballet includes some new elements and scenes this year, and features both classically trained dancers and dramatic actors. Kehl said everyone dances, but the movement is staged for individual ability.
StageWorks also added a new section this year by “putting in a little matchstick girl and her mother.” “We have a scene where the matchstick girl tries to sell her matches, and Scrooge ‘Bah humbugs’ her and basically kicks her to the curb,” Kehl revealed. “Every time she lights a match she sees her mother, an angel who comes to her. And then finally she passes, but it’s all part of a dream sequence and a ghost showing Scrooge that he needs to grow his heart.” Kehl and her creative team – Mary-Carel and Henry Verden – meanwhile, are responsible for embellishments that create new scenes or change old ones. “They are intricate partners in crime with me when it comes to the creative aspects of what we’re going to do each year,” she said, adding that revisiting and revising shows from past years gives directors and choreographers the opportunity to layer and embellish the story. “You keep evolving your storytelling and bits and pieces that would help to layer a scene or make it more visually appealing,” she explained. Rather than single out individual performers, Kehl emphasizes the cast as a “mighty family” who put this year’s program together. “It’s also about the people who have worked behind the scenes untold hours on costumes, and the dads who come in and help put that set together for 15 hours a day,” she said. “Their work is equally as important as the performers that are on stage.”
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• 7 a.m. to noon, Chorus Public House open house, 154 W. Main St. • 8-11:30 a.m., Breakfast with Santa with the SHS Madrigal Singers ($8 adults, $4 kids under 10), Christ Lutheran Church, 700 County Hwy. B • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Victorian Holiday Arts and Crafts Show and Sale, River Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest St. • 10 a.m., A Dickens of a Run and Walk (race day registration from 9-9:50 a.m. or online at active.com for $25), Yahara River Grocery Co-op, 229 E. Main St. • 1:30 p.m., StageWorks Projects, Inc. presents “A Christmas Carol Ballet,” SHS auditorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., purchase tickets at stoughtonperformingarts.com • 3-7 p.m., Victorian Holiday Tour of Homes benefit for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland ($30), 133 N. Page St., 119 N. Page St., 315 N. Division St. and 1516 Williams Dr. • 5:30 p.m., Holiday Light Display, Stoughton Rotary Park, Sixth and Jefferson Streets
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• 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Chorus Public House open house, 154 W. Main St. • 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cookie Walk, United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave. • 9 a.m. to noon, Woodcarving demonstration/sales, McFarland State Bank, 207 S. Forrest St. • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friends of the Library Booksale, Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Victorian Holiday Arts and Crafts Show and Sale and Second Chance Animal Advocates Bake Sale, River Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest St. • 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Center open, 277 W. Main St. • 9:45 a.m. to noon, Downtown caroling with the SHS Madrigal Singers • 10-11:30 a.m., River Bluff Middle School band and orchestra performance, McFarland State Bank, 207 S. Forrest St. • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Stoughton Village Players Holiday Open House, 255 E. Main St. • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Book signing with Geri Schrab, Woodland Studios, 195 E. Main St. • 10:30 a.m. to noon, Music on the Mezz with SHS instrumental groups, library • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Book signing with “Bjorn’s Gift” author Sandy Brehl, Nordic
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• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friends of the Library Booksale, Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Chorus Public House open house, 154 W. Main St., choruspublichouse.com • 5:30 p.m., Holiday Light Display, Stoughton Rotary Park, Sixth and Jefferson Streets • 6-10 p.m., Victorian Holiday Opening Gala for American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland, 206 W. Prospect St.
Nook, 176 W. Main St. • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Holiday sleigh family photo opportunity, Division and Main Streets • 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lutefisk/Meatball Dinner (reservations required; $18 adults, $7 kids 5-12, kids 4 and under free), Christ Lutheran Church, 700 County Hwy. B • Noon to 2 p.m., Christmas Shop open, Nordic Nook, 176 W. Main St. • Noon to 3 p.m., Santa’s Workshop with the Stoughton Kiwanis Club and the Stoughton High School Key Club, Community Building, 320 North St. • 12:30-3:30 p.m., Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides ($5 per person or $20 per family), McFarland State Bank parking lot, Main Street • 1-3 p.m., Book signing with “Two Troll Tales of Norway” author Ingrid Kallick, Nordic Nook, 176 W. Main St. • 1-3 p.m., Children’s activities, The Next Generation, 161 E. Main St. • 5:30 p.m., Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade, Main Street (ends at fire station) • 5:30 p.m., Holiday Light Display, Stoughton Rotary Park, Sixth and Jefferson Streets • 7:30 p.m., StageWorks Projects, Inc. presents “A Christmas Carol Ballet,” SHS auditorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., purchase tickets at stoughtonperformingarts.com • 7:30-9:30 p.m., The People Brothers Band: Holiday Variety Show ($20), Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., call 877-4400 for tickets
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Relay for Life’s opening gala returns Friday night Proceeds benefit American Cancer Society SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN Unified Newspaper Group
Going to a funeral home might not be what most people envision for a Friday night out, but that venue has a joyous purpose to kick off Victorian Holiday weekend. The opening gala returns to Cress Funeral, 206 W. Prospect St., on Dec. 2, after taking a year off (along with the tour
If You Go What: Victorian Holiday opening gala When: 6-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 Where: 206 W. Prospect St. Info: amyketterer@gmail.com of homes) in 2015. Amy Ketterer, who has organized the event for about seven years, said it is a “perfect” location for the gala, and “when you walk in you’d never know it’s a funeral home.”
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McFarland. The adult-oriented event is a warm welcome to a fun-filled weekend in Stoughton, and Ketterer said it has “cocktail party” feel. “It’s a fun night to kind of dress up a little, but by no means is there a (dress) code,” she said. Back to share vintage 1940s music will be members of the local Second Swing Around band, who will perform from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Bidding for silent auction baskets (Ketterer’s goal is to have about 35) will close at 9 p.m. While some people may come
for the music, atmosphere and to “see a lot of familiar faces in the community,” Ketterer said others might just want to help a good cause. “All of the money goes to helping people get healthy and stay healthy in this battle against cancer,” she said, adding that it stays local and every little bit helps. “If it’s only my donation at the door, it’s still an important donation,” she said. “If it’s that and a glass of wine, great. But if I see a basket I love, even more so.” Contact Samantha Christian at samantha.christian@wcinet.com.
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“It’s beautiful, it’s one of Stoughton’s oldest homes, it’s large, very spacious,” she said. “The Cress family are so accommodating, they are just wonderful to us.” The historic home will be transformed from 6-10 p.m. with holiday trees and decorations, live music, a silent auction, cash bar with wine and beer and an assortment of complimentary hors d’oeuvres. There is a suggested donation of $5 at the door, and all of the proceeds from the event will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Stoughton, Oregon and
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While technically a new presence on Main Street, Chorus Public House took over one of Stoughton’s most historic storefronts when it opened its doors this fall. Built in 1898, the 12,000-square-foot space at 154 W. Main St. will make its Victorian Holiday debut Friday, Dec. 2, through Sunday, Dec. 4, as it welcomes the public to a Winter Artisan’s Market and indoor art walk. More than a dozen local artists and vendors will be selling and displaying their wares from 9 am. To 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday. Carol Vander Sluis purchased the building in 2015 with her husband, Brian Bergen. Both passionate about historical preservation, she said they spent about eight years looking for the “right place to bring a building back to life” and transform it into a gathering space for the community. The inspiration behind Chorus’ name is that “regardless of musical talent and interest, when (people) get to the chorus of a song, it’s for everyone to join in,” she explained. The historical longevity of the building means longtime Stoughton residents have seen many changes there over the years: The space last housed Catfish River Antiques, whose owners completed much of the restoration work on building before the business closed in April 2014. Over the decades, it’s also been home to Asleson’s True Value
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What: Winter Artisan’s Market and indoor art walk When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 7 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 4 Where: Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St. Info: choruspublichouse. com Hardware (1963-1998) the Schultz Brothers five-anddime store (1941-1963) and Hale’s Dry Goods Store – its original occupant – from the late 1800s until the onset of the Great Depression. After starting renovations earlier this year, Chorus officially began taking reservations in October for events, and can host up to 300 people for gatherings like birthdays, weddings, graduations and musical performances, Vander Sluis said. She wants to facilitate smaller groups and organizations to use the building as a meeting space, as well. “It’s important that they have places to go where everyone feels comfortable, and it’s just a nice environment,” she added. “There’s just such history when you walk in the doors, and you just sort of feel the importance of the place to the community. And I want everybody to share in that.” Two of the groups to inquire about the space early on were the Stoughton Community Farmers Market and Stoughton Arts Council. Sylvia Lawrence, whose husband serves as the market’s manager, began working with Van Sluis on potential ways they could continue allowing for local artisans and food producers to gather inside during the winter months. Van Sluis said depending on the vendors’ continued interest, she and Lawrence hope to hold an indoor market “once or twice a month.” “We’re waiting to see how the response is, and I think that the exhibitors are too. There’s no precedent set for this yet for Stoughton, so we’re trying to establish not only a great market, but the demand to bring in the crowds,” she added. Like the farmers market, the Winter Artisans Market will emphasize local vendors
Participating vendors and artisans Local vendors and artisans who will participate in the artisan walk include: • Midnight Moon: Earrings, rings and pendants, leather cuff bracelets and assorted handmade jewelry, greeting and coloring cards • The Bench Dog: Wooden bowls, candle holders and chainsaw carvings • Paul Lawrence: Mixed media paintings (acrylic, oil and collage) paintings ranging in size from 8x10 inches to 4x6 feet • Simply Stitch: Handknit infinity scarves, hats afghans and baby blankets, and cross-stitched decorative pillows • Designs by Maxe LLC: Handmade jewelry • Confection Fairy Caramel Co. LLC: Assorted caramel confections, toffee popcorn, ice cream sauces • Mandt Honey Works, LLC: Honey and handmade beeswax products, candles, lotions, lip balms and soaps • Avalon Blvd. Studio: Art, bookmarks, jewelry, calendars, note cards and cookies • Andersen Designs Studio: Jewelry and pottery • Watercolor Spectrums: Framed and unframed watercolor paintings, note cards • Sagaartisan: Wood carvings in Norwegian Acanthus and Viking styles as well as career artists seeking more opportunities to connect with the public. The event had a trial run on Nov. 26 for Shop Small Saturday, and the space also played host Nov. 19 to performers of Stage Works Projects Inc.’s “Christmas Carol Ballet,” which runs Dec. 3 and 4. On Saturday and Sunday, Chorus will open at 7 a.m. so that those planning on being downtown bright and early can stop by to purchase a cup of coffee and a pastry before the vendors set up for the day. Musical performances are also planned throughout the weekend, including a visit from the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers and an open mic from 1-5 p.m. Saturday for musicians to simply show up and play or sing. Several bakers will be selling goods at the market, and soups and warm sandwiches will also be available for sale in addition to coffee, cider, hot chocolate and tea. There will also be a separate
craft and play area for children. Van Sluis said they’re looking ahead to 2017 to expand the events and offerings Chorus can host, and will hold a daytime New Year’s Eve tea party with Madison’s Lady Forward Tea Celebrations at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31. Considering how Stoughton residents have “opened their arms so widely” to Chorus, Van Sluis said she hopes they can give back by tailoring the space to serve as a reminder “that everyone has an important history and we’re all making our own today.” “What’s really so evident is Stoughton as a community of people who really care about their history and their heritage have really given so much life to this building, and it really needs to continue that way,” she said. “And that’s what jump started us.” Contact Kate Newton at kate.newton@wcinet.com.
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Tour of Homes returns Sunday after year off SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
The home of Nancy and Todd Hubing at 119 N. Page St.
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The Luke Stoughton House at 315 N. Division St. is featured on the Tour of Homes this year. To design the house, Mary enlisted the help of her sonin-law, Julius Floto, a structural engineer from Chicago who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on various buildings worldwide. The house stayed in the Forton family for several decades. Stoughton resident Oscar Forton, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 93, was Mary’s grandson. In the 1930s Oscar lived alone in the house as a young teenager after the death of his parents, and continued living in the house until after he married and had children. Since 1961 the house has been loved and cared for by the Hubing family. Please enjoy the 2016 Holiday Home Tour and thank you for supporting the American Cancer Society. – Nancy and Todd Hubing
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We are pleased to share our home for the 2016 Holiday Home Tour. We moved in about two years ago, but we’ve had a long association with this 105-year-old house. Todd’s parents owned the house for 50 years and raised their four children here. Nancy first saw the house and fell in love with it in the late 70s, soon after she met Todd. The house was built in 1911 by Norwegian immigrant Mary (Marie) Forton, a 75-year-old widow who previously lived just up the street at 133 North Page (another home on this year’s Holiday Home Tour).
Welcome to our home! We are so excited to contribute to such a wonderful organization and we thank you for supporting the American Cancer Society. Over the last 10 years we’ve worked to maintain the character of our Italianate, built in 1885, while also updating key living areas. Most recently, we c o m p l e t e d a t wo - s t o r y addition that turned our old kitchen into a mudroom and created a new kitchen and hearth room, with a master suite upstairs and side porch entry. Over the years we’ve also redone our front porch, refurbished original wood
One of the first houses in Stoughton, “The Luke Stoughton Pioneer House,” w a s bu i l t i n 1 8 4 7 b y Stoughton, our city’s founding father. The original location was on East Main and the house has been moved twice, first to South Forrest Street and finally to its present location on North Division Street. Luke’s family lived in this house for nine years until his mansion was built at 516 S. Page St. History comes alive for the Victorian holiday as we are hosting a special peek into the past, focusing on a pioneer Christmas. You will be surprised at how different
We are honored to have been asked to participate in this year’s Victorian Holiday Home Tour to benefit the American Cancer Society. We have lived in our home on a small farm since we were married in 1975, and have made many updates, with the most recent addition of a family room. We have furnished our home with country antiques and family memories. Our home is a 94-yearold farmhouse on five acres and has been a great place to raise our two children, Abbie and Peter, along with dogs, cats, horses and goats. They are now grown
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the holidays were celebrated in the 1850s as we re-create, with help from many, the Pioneer’s favorite holiday. Today, the house is one of the Stoughton Historical Society’s three museums and is only open for special events. With help from the community, Dane County Cultural Affairs, the descendants of Luke Stoughton family and many volunteers, the house was saved from collapsing in 1999 when the Stoughton Historical Society took over and restored the home. We are pleased to be part of the Victorian holidays and look forward to seeing – Claire, Kaleb and Fran- you on Dec. 4! ces Varrelmann
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floors and added a fence and landscaping around the back of the house. Many of the holiday decorations you’ll see have been handed down from family and friends. Look for embroidered ornaments and stockings made by great aunts, vintage ceramics made by grandmothers and of course, Santa greeting you on the front porch, passed to us by our dear neighborhood friends. As you tour our home, we hope you feel the history, love and warmth that our home provides our family. Merry Christmas!
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After a hiatus last year, Victorian Holiday Weekend will once again feature a tour of festive homes in the Stoughton area. T h e To u r o f H o m e s , which benefits the Relay For Life of Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland, will showcase four local houses from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. “We’re just thrilled it’s back,” said organizer Amy Ketterer. “People love to see homes that are decorated for the holidays, especially the older homes.” A “fantastic” aspect of this year’s tour, Ketterer said, is that three of the four homes are within walking distance and the fourth is less than a mile away. Between the tour and the Friday night gala, which also benefits the American Cancer Society event, Ketterer said the organization has a goal to raise $7,000. Tickets for the tour are available through the day of the event at McGlynn Pharmacy, The Montage Pharmacy in McFarland and the Firefly Coffeehouse in Oregon for $25. Day-of tickets, which can be purchased at the door of any of the four homes, will increase to $30, Ketterer said. Ketterer wanted to recognize the hosts for the tour, saying people wouldn’t have a chance to “share in that festive introduction to the season” without them. “These are families that know this is happening for a good cause,” she said. “Without the hosts and host houses we can’t do it.” Read descriptions of each of the four homes on this year’s tour, submitted by the hosts, below.
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Whether you’re a regular to Stoughton Village Players Theater or have never seen a show, Saturday offers an opportunity to go behind the scenes at one of the city’s most historic venues. Just watch out for a possibly hungry pet plant. While the group frequently performs for Victorian Holiday, this year they decided to give people a chance to see what they do, up close and personal, with an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the historic Badger Theater. Built in 1921 as Stoughton’s first movie theater, the theater now houses the Players, recently named “2016 Best of the Burbs Theater Group” by Madison Magazine. SVP’s Dan Prueher told the Hub the theater is “an integral part of downtown,” and that after doing shows for Victorian Holiday for “quite a few years,” the group decided to let people check out “a lot of updates and changes” at the facility that they wouldn’t otherwise get to see. “Owning a theater is kind of like owning a house; there’s always something you’ve got to fix,” Prueher said. “We just thought, ‘Hey, it’s a good time to open the doors and let people see what’s behind the scenes … Nothing too formal, just to show props and costumes and things people don’t get to see.” What they’ll see specifically Saturday will be the set of “Little Shop of Horrors,” which SVP just wrapped last week. “People can see how the set works,” Prueher said. “For some people, they might have never been in our theater. It’s the right time to do that. It’s also a good chance to see something that’s been in the city (SVP) since 1972, and been an important part of the community.”
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An old-fashioned fire truck travels down Main Street during last year’s Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade. This year’s parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Wal-Mart parking lot before ending up at the fire station, where parade-goers can stop by for cookies, cocoa, a visit with Santa and live music from the city band.
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Judging by the crowds in past years, the place to be on Saturday night during Victorian Holiday is the fire station for the Stoughton Fire Department’s open house. The open house owes that popularity to its preceding event, the Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade – one of the weekend’s most anticipated activities. The parade, which departs from the Wal-Mart parking lot at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, consistently draws crowds of hundreds of residents and visitors to Main Street as the procession of fire trucks and vehicles decked out in lights and decorations passes by homes and downtown storefronts. Fire chief Scott Wegner said the department has held the parade for more than two decades now, and that they invite area fire departments to join
If You Go What: Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade When: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Begins in Wal-Mart parking lot, continues down Main Street Info: stoughtonwi.com in and decorate their own fire trucks. Stoughton firefighters then return the favor by attending several neighboring parades, including in Cottage Grove, McFarland and Mount Horeb. “It’s good to see all of the kids and kick off the holiday season,” Wegner said. “It’s been a tradition here for quite a few years. I’m happy to continue it, and I think everyone looks forward to it.” The procession of trucks ultimately ends up at the station, along with “400
or 500” parade goers who can then partake in homemade cookies, piping hot cider and face-painting and balloon-making for the kids. Santa will also visit, and the Stoughton City Band, led by director Roger Gohlke, will also return to serenade the crowd with holiday tunes. “We do the popular things, starting with ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,’ then the traditional things like ‘Silver Bells’ and ‘White Christmas,’” Gohlke said of the band’s program. “You name it, we’ve ran through it.” Now entering his tenth year as director since joining the band in 2007, Gohlke said the musicians look forward to playing to the large crowd even if the music isn’t the focal point of the evening. “It gives us some exposure and a chance to play, and the audience gets a chance to hear us,” he said. – Kate Newton
Dickens of a Run and Walk is Sunday Sunday morning will offer an opportunity to run or walk off the treats many will enjoy over the Victorian Holiday weekend with the Dickens of a Run and
Walk. The annual event begins at 10 a.m. Dec. 4 at the McFarland State Bank parking lot at 207 S. Forrest St., across the street from
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What: Open house with the Stoughton Village Players When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: SVP Theater, 255 E. Main St. Info: stoughtonvillageplayers. org
SVP’s beginnings The Players started out as an all-volunteer group formed in 1972 by a dozen people in the living room of Dick and Mary Lou Fendrick. According to the SVP website, their task was to “provide an opportunity for Stoughton people to produce plays” by forming an adult community theater group. With the help of some professional theater specialists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Stoughton Village Players was formed, and by 1974, they staged their first major production, “Thurber Carnival,” in the Stoughton High School auditorium. The group then converted an unused upper floor in the old Our Saviors Lutheran Church into a performing theater. For the next 20 years, the group produced almost all of their shows at a building at the corner of Division and North Streets, which came to be known as the North Church Playhouse, and by the 1990s staged most of it productions at the Stoughton Opera House. When the Opera House was restored, the group was temporarily homeless, but was offered the use of the old Badger movie theater on Main Street at no charge in 1999. The building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, was built at the height of the silent movie era, and served Stoughton for 75 years as a movie house. “The players are looking forward to extending its life into the next century as a performance space for live drama, comedy and music,” reads the group’s website.
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Stoughton will have an afternoon of fun for families on Saturday, Dec. 3, including crafts, music and a visit from Santa. The Stoughton Kiwanis Club and the Stoughton High School Key Club members will hold their annual Santa’s Workshop from noon to 3 p.m. at the Community Building, 320 North St. (northeast of River Bluff Elementary School). The event is free, but children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be an opportunity for kids to get their picture taken on Santa’s lap, get their face painted, decorate cookies, color and make an ornament and
If You Go What: Santa’s Workshop When: Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 Where: Community Building, 320 North St. Info: stoughtonkiwanis. org, 669-2501 other crafts. Attendees can also listen to live music by Kiwanis members, including Brian Shimon, Sid Boersma and Peter Herman. Kids looking to do more arts and crafts can head over to The Next Generation, 161 E. Main St. from 1-3 p.m. For information, call 873-8423. – Samantha Christian
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Library book sale The Friends of the Library will open their book sale fundraiser to the public from 6-8:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, and 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at the library. The book sale will be open to Friends of the Library members only from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, and memberships will be available at the door. In addition to getting early access to bi-annual book sales, members receive special discounts and coupons. The Friends group acts as an independent, nonprofit organization that “encourages and supports library activities” and resources like the summer reading programs, Adult Craft Club and magazine subscriptions, according to the library website. Those interested in donating items for a future book sale can drop off gently-used books, DVDs and CDs at the library in one shopping bag or small box at a time. For information, visit stoughtonpubliclibrary.org/ friends-library.
Light display As soon as the sun goes down, the annual holiday light display in Stoughton Rotary Park is a near-constant draw for families each night of Victorian Holiday. And with 100,000 lights on display, it continues to dazzle visitors year after year. Presented by the Stoughton Fire Department, the display was illuminated on Nov. 25 and can be viewed with a stroll through the park
or from inside a toasty car on particularly chilly nights. The lights will turn on at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 4, and are sequenced to holiday music broadcasted on 88.5 FM radio. The display will remain lit through the end of the year.
Cookie walk Take a break from holiday baking and walk it out while others do the legwork at the United Methodist Church’s annual cookie walk from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Varieties of decorated cookies will be available for participants to take home from the church, located at 525 Lincoln Ave. Jeanne Schwass-Long, who helps organize the event, said the church has been hosting it for about two decades and that the one year it wasn’t held, they were getting “calls from people outside the church” requesting its return. About 60-65 bakers prepare cookies, Norwegian treats like krumkake, fudge and candy, which are then available for purchase by the pound. Attendees can slip on plastic gloves, pick out the items they want and place them into a container for weighing while listening to holiday music. “We have large trays with dozens of cookies and it’s set up like a smorgasbord, and we refill until all of our cookies are gone,” SchwassLong said. “If they want to give them as gifts or have them for their own entertainment, it’s a nice way to do that.” Proceeds from the event will support the United Methodist Church Food Pantry and operational costs to maintain it. SchwassLong said the cookie walk has raised around $800 “or higher” in recent years as the demand for the pantry grows. The food pantry’s hours are from 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For
Crafts show, sale returns to River Bluff The arts are on display in many forms over Victorian Holiday weekend, but only a few events offer attendees a chance to take it home with them. At least 25 local and regional vendors will set up shop for the annual arts and crafts show and sale in River Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest St., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. Long-time organizer Brenda Moen said she expects more to sign up in the last days before the event, with several traveling from as far as Minnesota and Indiana to sell their goods – whether they be handmade, edible, readable or, maybe most importantly for many visitors, giftable. Moen said when foot traffic at the show slowed down several years ago, organizers opened up the show to vendors as well as crafters “and it
available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign her newly-released book “Bjorn’s Gift,” the second installment in Brehl’s trilogy about the German occupation of Norway from June 1940 and until Germany’s surrender in May 1945. The first book in the series, “Odin’s Promise,” will also be available for purchase, and the third book is scheduled for release in May 2017. Nordic Nook will also host Ingrid Kallick, illustrator of the picture book “Two Troll Tales of Norway” from 1-3 p.m., and the store’s Christmas Shop will be open from noon to 2 p.m. Photo by Kate Newton
Livsreise, Stoughton’s Norwegian heritage center located at 277 W. Main St., will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and will be decorated with holiday trees, like this one pictured in the center’s main area. information, call 873-3273.
Livsreise trees Rotary Park isn’t the only place with a distinct holiday display. Livsreise will have a display of decorated Norwegian Holiday Trees from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The Norwegian heritage center, located at 277 W. Main St., showcases the artifacts, traditions and historical perspectives of the immigrant community that grew significantly in Stoughton from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Manager Marg Listug told the Hub that three trees – two in the main gallery and one in front of the auditorium – will be “decorated with traditional straw ornaments and strings of Norwegian flags.” Young visitors who stop by over the weekend can also participate in an activity where they color in a rosemaling design and then fold their page into a “small Norwegian-style trunk,” Listug said. Visitors to the center can also peruse its current exhibit, “Sacred Symbols: The Folk Art of Norway,” features wood, silver, horn and textile artifacts from the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah,
Iowa. Viking influences and the “use of symbols in family rituals” followed by 19th century Norwegian families are two prominent themes the exhibit addresses, according to Livsreise’s website. The center will also host Vesterheim employee Martha Griesheimer on Dec. 10 for a presentation on the museum’s Primstav murals. For information, visit livsreise.org.
Book signings The library book sale isn’t the only attraction for bookworms over the weekend, as several book signings are planned at two Main Street locations. Award-winning watercolor artist Geri Schrab will be at Woodland Studios, 195 E. Main St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Schrab has 20 years of experience visiting and painting American Indian rock art sites across North America, with a focus on Wisconsin and the greater Lake Superior region. Her work is featured in the new book “Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest,” which highlights the area’s most venerated rock art sites of the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe and other American
Indian nations, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. “The voices of ‘Hidden Thunder’ work together to strip the graffiti, misconception and mystery off (of) the Midwest sandstone pictographs and tell the long-forgotten stories of the ancient people whose art remains,” the release said. “These myriad voices reveal layers of meaning and cultural context that emphasize why these fragile resources – often marred by graffiti and mishandling or damage from the elements – need to be preserved.” Schrab’s previous publications include “Bridging Time,” a fine art book, and “Weaving the Past with the Present,” a coloring book of North American rock art sites. For more on her work, visit gerischrabstudio.com. Refreshments will be offered during the book signing. The studio is also hosting a special exhibit of paintings and prints through Dec. 31. Two more book signings are planned for Saturday at the Nordic Nook, 176 W. Main St. Muskego-based author Sandy Brehl will be
Family photos A newcomer to Victorian Holiday last year, the Partners of Stoughton Hospital will again offer a family photo opportunity in a holiday sleigh from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the corner of Division and Main Streets near the Lifetime Family Dentistry clinic. There will be festive props inside the decorated sleigh to use in the photos, and pets are welcome to join in as well. The photo will be emailed directly to participants for a $5 donation. For information, contact the Partners of Stoughton Hospital at 873-2205.
Carriage rides After traversing from one event to the next on the busiest day of the weekend, families can let their feet rest and take in the sights downtown by taking a horse-drawn carriage ride from 12:303:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The carriage, pulled by Clydesdale horses, will depart from the McFarland State Bank parking lot, 207 S. Forrest St. The rides are sponsored by Stori Anne Co. and cost $5 per person or $20 per family, with proceeds going toward the American Family Children’s Hospital. – Kate Newton
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Festive activities for families abound throughout Stoughton over the weekend. Most events, like the holiday light display, horse-drawn carriage ride and Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade will be familiar sights for Victorian Holiday frequenters, while several book signings downtown will usher in some new faces to join in the celebration.
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Holiday: Local high school, middle school music ensembles to perform at multiple venues Continued from page 1 Madrigal Singers caroling door-to-door in full period costume on Saturday morning, capturing that sense of nostalgia has always been an essential piece of what Victorian Holiday represents to visitors and locals alike. Adults with a lengthy gift list to tend to will likely find reassurance not only by browsing through the vendors’ items at Chorus Public House, but with stops at the Friends of the Library book sale Thursday through Saturday, the holiday arts and crafts show and sale on Saturday (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sunday (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.), or Christmas Shop at the Nordic Nook, 176 W. Main St., from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Families don’t have to venture far from the shopping spots to keep the kids engaged as well, especially on Saturday: bring home treats by the pound from the United
Methodist Church’s cookie walk, head to the corner of Division and Main streets to take a family photo in a holiday sleigh, or stop by Santa’s Workshop at the Community Building, 320 North St., before heading to The Next Generation, 161 E. Main St., for more activities tailored to kids. “There are things going on all day, morning to night, so just generally being around in the downtown (area) is a great idea,” Suess said. But at many events throughout the weekend, kids aren’t the audience – they’re in on the action. In addition to several appearances by the Madrigal Singers, members of the River Bluff Middle School orchestra and band will perform at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at McFarland State Bank; SHS instrumental groups will play at “Music on the Mezz” at the library on Saturday; and many young dancers are featured in the cast of StageWorks Projects Inc.’s “A Christmas Carol
Ballet,” planned for 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the SHS Performing Arts Center, 600 Lincoln Ave. While trying to take in as many events as possible could exhaust the most eager of Victorian Holiday attendees, winding down with a book picked out from any of Saturday’s three book signings (one at Woodland Studios, 195 E. Main St., and two at the Nordic Nook) could bring some much-needed respite from the weekend’s frenetic pace. So could watching a performance – like a holiday variety show with the People Brothers Band at the Stoughton Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Saturday – or taking in the brisk air Sunday morning on the “A Dickens of a Run and Walk” 5K or 1-mile courses. Livsreise will also be open throughout the weekend, rivaling downtown’s holiday decorations with its own Norwegian holiday trees, and the Stoughton Village Players Theater,
255 E. Main St., will open its doors for an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Rub shoulders with the group’s veteran performers while learning about the history of the building. Meanwhile, one of Victorian Holiday’s most sought-after guests – Santa Claus – is sure to pop up at several events, and will make an appearance at the annual Breakfast with Santa Sunday morning from 8-11:30 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 700 County Hwy. B. The all-you-can-eat breakfast is $8 for adults and $4 for kids under 10, with proceeds going toward the SHS music program. For a full schedule of Victorian Holiday events, visit stoughtonwi.com. Contact Kate Newton at kate.newton@ wcinet.com.
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