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MONDAY $6 Martinis|$4 Imports TUESDAY 1 Off NC Drafts| $5 Whiskey Sours WEDNESDAY 1/2 Off Wines (glass) $3 Yuenglings THURSDAY $2 Domestic Bottles $4 Gin & Tonics FRIDAY/SATURDAY $5 Sangria

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Wiston-Salem Jaycees Holiday Parade: Drive-Thru Holiday Parade..............................

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FEATURES TO ADVERTISE!

(336) 285-0158 STEVE CZUMAJ EXT 101 Steve@OurLocalMedia.com

New to the Triad: Triad Trolleys: ............................................................ 5

Give Back With BTV: Beyond The Virus Gifts ...........................

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COLUMNS — Contributors — ­ Steve Czumaj Kristen Margo Daukas Timothy G. Beeman II

Tapped into Craft.................................. 9 ANIMAL RESCUE.......................................

WEEKLY EVENTS/ SPECIALS......................

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Wed Dec 2, 2020 AFAS Center for the Arts, 2nd floor: Open Studio Portrait Sessions, 6:30 pm Thu Dec 3, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: Sips at Sunset, 6:30 pm Fri Dec 4, 2020 Cooper’s Ale House: Karaoke, 11:00 am Old Nick Williams Distillery: Karaoke, 7pm Sat Dec 5, 2020 Piedmont Professional Painters: Piedmont Professional Painters, 10:30 am Creative Aging Network (CAN-NC): Holiday Art Market & Call to Artists, 1:00 pm Salem College Elberson Fine Arts Center Parking Lot: Salem Band Carols Concert, 1:00 pm Mizpah Moravian Church: Drive Thru Nativity, 6:00 pm Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greensboro, North Carolina: la carte: An Advent Concert for All, 7:30 pm Sun Dec 6, 2020 Greensboro Farmers Curb Market: MADE 4 the Holidays Arts & Crafts Show, 11:00 am Old Nick Williams Distillery: Joey Whitaker, 3:00 pm Deep Roots Market: Docu-series, 4:00 pm Mizpah Moravian Church: Drive Thru Nativity, 6:00 pm Wed Dec 9, 2020 AFAS Center for the Arts, 2nd floor: Open Studio Portrait Sessions, 6:30 pm Thu Dec 10, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: Sips at Sunset, 6:30 pm

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$2.75 Dom Pints, $4 Tanqueray Highballs, $6 Blue Moon Pitchers 1/2 Price Wine, $2.75 Stella Pints, $4 Well Drnks TUESDAY $3 Coronas, $5 Margaritas $4 Cuervo Shots

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The novel local folks @ TRIAD TROLLEYS have done it again.... they have launched a unique Trolley Tour for GREENSBORO Visitors & Locals alike! Partnering with awesome information gleamed thru the History Museum and research done by a UNCG Intern who grew up in Greensboro upon a Street sharing her family name (Lowdermilk), this 2-hour daily Downtown Tour with you on board will explore the following with ticket price dependent upon # in your party: ~ adjacent neighborhoods ~ 4 colleges/universities ~ small businesses ~ big businesses ~unique restaurants ~ multiple breweries ~ at least one cemetery ~ several museums ~ lots of railroad tracks/bridges ~ legendary car dealerships ~ terrific music venues ~ competitive swimming ~ etc, etc.

TRIAD TROLLEYS also offers Friday Comedy-BrewPub tours, Hot Dog tours, custom Winery & Distillery tours, unique transportation for Events & Weddings, and anything else that may suit your Visitors, Family, Neighbors, or Co- Worker Group.... with advance reservations & planning! For more information, peek online at www.TriadTrolleys.com or call 336/722-7777 (they almost always will return your phone call).

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30th Annual Winston-Salem Jaycees Drive-Thru Holiday Parade

By Kristen Margo Daukas We are officially in the holiday season and just coming out of Thanksgiving where many families had to cancel or drastically modify their annual gatherings and traditions, if there was ever a year that needed a double dose of comfort and joy, it’s 2020. Normally all of us would be making the tough decisions right now of which holiday party they were going to attend or trying to figure out to make it to two in one night and have all the fun of the season. Making our own lists of shopping that needed to get finished, decorating our homes, and wrapping gifts for friends and family. This year, our calendars are empty, to-do lists are shorter (okay, maybe that one isn’t a bad thing), and houses are getting decorated earlier than ever because we just want something - anything - to feel happy and right again.

One of the best parts of the holidays here in Winston-Salem is the annual Holiday Parade that always ends with the arrival of Santa. I don’t care how old you are, there is just something so magical about heading into downtown late in the afternoon and waiting for the sun to set so you can watch the floats and the marching bands and dancers passing you by. And while this year the parade will be a little bit different, you will be happy to hear that will, in fact, be happening! This year, our city will celebrate the WinstonSalem Jaycees Drive-Thru Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 4:00 pm and it will be a reverse parade!

What’s a Reverse Parade you ask? Only the most special and wonderful event of the season!! Participant’s that would 6 |

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Fri Dec 11, 2020 Virtual Greenhill: Virtual Masterpiece Fridays | Session 3, 10:30 am Cooper’s Ale House: Karaoke, 11:00 am Sat Dec 12, 2020 Thomas Pottery: Christmas Open House, 9:00 am Downtown Pilot Mountain: Mistletoe Market, 10:00 am River wood Therapeutic Riding Center: Holiday Market and Art Auction, 11:00 am Old Nick Williams Distillery: The Lilly Brothers, 7 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Sun Dec 13, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: James Vincent Carrol, 1p Old Nick Williams Distillery: Joey Whitaker, 3:00 pm Salem Band Quartets Live-Stream Concert, 7:30 pm Wed Dec 16, 2020 AFAS Center for the Arts, 2nd floor: Open Studio Portrait Sessions, 6:30 pm Thu Dec 17, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: Sips at Sunset, 6:30 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Fri Dec 18, 2020 Cooper’s Ale House: Karaoke, 11:00 am Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Sat Dec 19, 2020 Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day

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WS JAYCEES HOLIDAY PARADE / TWIN CITY SANTA

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traditionally march through the streets will be lined up in specific areas on 4th Street starting at Broad Street to the corner of Trade Street where the Parade will turn left and continue onto Trade Street. Those who would normally watch from the streets will now lineup in their vehicles at the Winston-Salem Truist Stadium prior to 4PM, drive down Broad Street, turning Right on 4th Street and then Left on Trade Street.

Another event that had to be cancelled this year was the annual Twin City Santa toy drive and semi-formal which was always a large time for those that attended. While it was a great night of getting dressed up, dancing, and having fun with your friends, it also filled a big need for our community in the toys that were donated to help the Salvation Army fill the wishes of many of the children in Winston that otherwise would have gone without anything at Christmas. With the massive amounts of people unemployed right now who are struggling just to keep the lights on and food on the table, this year’s reverse Parade will be in partnership with the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership and Twin City Santa.

Old fashioned candy store All participants are encouraged to bring In Downtown Greensboro toys to donate to Twin City Santa for their Annual Toy Drive. If you can donate, they ask that you bring a new, unwrapped toy or toys when you come to the parade. Collection Locations will be set up at the Truist Stadium and all along the route! What a great way to bring happiness to a child who otherwise may not have Christmas at all!

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This has been a long and tumultuous year for every single one of us. I personally cannot think of a better way to recapture some of the happiness that was snatched out of our hands than to continue a 30 year tradition like the Holiday Parade. So throw on your ugly Christmas sweater, fill a thermos full of hot chocolate, grab your family, and head downtown December 5th! Your holiday spirit will definitely get a well-deserved boost!

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Sun Dec 20, 2020 Old Nick Williams Distillery: Joey Whitaker, 3:00 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Mon Dec 21, 2020 Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Tue Dec 22, 2020 AFAS Center for the Arts, 2nd floor: Art at the Heart at AFAS, 4:00 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Wed Dec 23, 2020 AFAS Center for the Arts, 2nd floor: Open Studio Portrait Sessions, 6:30 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Thu Dec 24, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: Sips at Sunset, 6:30 pm Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Fri Dec 25, 2020 Cooper’s Ale House: Karaoke, 11:00 am Virtual Event: UNC School of the Arts: The Nutcracker Livestream and On-Demand events, All Day Sun Dec 27, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: James Vincent Carrol, 1p Old Nick Williams Distillery: Joey Whitaker, 3:00 pm Thu Dec 31, 2020 Westbend Winery & Brewery: Sips at Sunset, 6:30 pm Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts: The Texas Tenors & the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm Continued on page 15

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Local + Global Creative Collaborators Team Up To Give Back With BTV - Beyond The Virus Gifts To Provide COVID-19 Charitable Contributions

By SUSAN B. B. SCHABACKER Local singer/songwriter/musician + Tea-lation! tea business owner, Susan B. B. Schabacker heartfully encourages her community to support BTV – Beyond The Virus to give gifts that give back this holiday. She is honored to team up with talented locals + internationals in humanitarian efforts to support many devastated by coronavirus.

Susan, along with creative collaborators from around the world, has been recording her 5th album of original world music. Susan’s collaborators represent our local scene + countries from A (Austria) to Z (Zimbabwe) and many countries in between.

“We bring people together to heartfully help, as we move forward from coronavirus together. Our mission – heartbeat of humanity – is helping others. We are grateful for God’s support, as celebrated in our Italian tribute song, ‘God On Our Side,’” says Susan.

Old fashioned candy store BTV includes hopeful spiritual songs + funny In Downtown Greensboro coronavirus parody songs to lighten moods and lift

spirits. Each song is special + unique with different genres + styles. Susan explores many languages, singing in Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Swedish, Polish, and etc. + raps.

“This is the first album I rap on. After considering “Lil Suzy,” “Lil Sushi,” and others, Susan settled on a rapper name that reflects her Asian heritage and honors her Korean family. Lim is her surname, meaning forest, so she’s rolling (well, rapping) with Lil Lim.

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Susan honors her country with a patriotic American song, “Independence,” quoting MLK in the outro with “let freedom ring.” And, she couldn’t leave the South out, so “Elbow Bumps And Air Hugs” is a folk/Americana song with a special “y’all” + words of encouragement.

This coronavirus parody duet features local vocalist Doug Davis, of The Plaids. Other local collaborators include: Geoff Weber, Marshall Clark, Chuck Folds, Nicole Andres, and Aaron Kinne.

Susan remains humble about her contributions, but

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gives herself credit for this whole BTV project that also includes mixing all 31 tracks on her album that are mastered by Michael Gaffney, who studied film music composition at UNCSA (University of NC School of the Arts).

Tea-lation!, Susan’s local tea biz, is contributing BTV tea blends, blended in honor of the races of the world harmoniously uniting. Her fruitalicious custom blends are not just delicious, but also nutritious (organic).

“We are grateful to Brad Bennett and local ad agency, Wildfire, for contributing their creativity designing labels for our BTV tea blends,” says Susan. “They are full of ideas, not egos, and are heartful humans. I am proud of their creative team.”

In addition to BTV and Tea-lation! teas, artists have contributed their art + jewelry to support two non-profits that give back locally + worldwide: • Love Out Loud works to transform our community with the love of Jesus and partners with about 250 nonprofit organizations and over 100 faith-groups.

• Heart to Heart strengthens communities through health access, humanitarian development, and crisis relief worldwide.

2020 may have been tough, but as the title of one inspiring BTV song suggests, we will “Do Our Best,” and make 2021 a better year!

Give Santa’s reindeer a break. Let Santa deliver BTV - Beyond The Virus online to loved ones via iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. During this season of cheerful giving, Beyond The Virus gifts of original music, art, jewelry, and teas will give back to others this season + beyond!

Stay tuned by visiting SBBSMusic.wordpress.com and connected with Susan’s music on Facebook: @ SBBSMusic.

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