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Friday, November 27, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 48
SoBo Bucks Debuts at Home for the Holidays
Linda Becker, aka Noelle the SoBo Minstrel, holds up one of the SoBo Bucks that will debut at this year’s Home for the Holidays celebration.
SOUTH BERWICK When residents of South Berwick head downtown for the annual holiday celebration, they will be greeted with all the traditional festivities – cookiedecorating, Santa Claus, a tiny petting zoo, and dreidel games, for starters. But revelers will also get a gentle reminder that Home for the Holidays in South Berwick is all about the merchants, and helping downtown businesses thrive. SoBo Bucks, a new idea to promote local independent stores, will be offered at shops along Main Street during the 12th annual Home for the Holidays stroll from 5 to 8 pm Friday, December 4. Each SoBo Buck will entitle the shopper to a discount at that store during the holiday season. “We came up with this idea as
a way to remind the community that our annual holiday event is about supporting and nurturing our Main Street merchants,� said Deb DeColfmacker, chair of this year’s event and local Edward Jones representative. “Many residents love South Berwick because it has a downtown where we can shop for food, fabrics or pharmacy items, and Home for the Holidays is our way to make sure we shop local first during the holidays.� Home for the Holidays, which began in 2004, features stores filled with games, concerts and crafts, as well as free refreshments, concerts and story-telling. In addition, community caroling will begin at 6:15 pm at the Jewett House, followed by caroling through
town with Noelle, the SoBo Minstrel. And as always, the Women’s Holiday Art Sale will open that night featuring dozens of local women in a juried sale at the South Berwick Town Hall auditorium. The art sale runs through 8 pm Friday evening and again 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. For the first time this year, Abby Chic Florist will be hosting free makeovers by Mary Hussey with Motive Cosmetics, and cookie decorating will start an hour earlier than everything else at Central School. The event is sponsored by SmartGrowth South Berwick, a program of SoBo Central that is focused on See SOBO page 34...
Kennebunkport Celebrates Christmas Prelude KENNEBUNKPORT – Kennebunkport’s “Christmas Prelude� 2015, is the ultimate seaside holiday celebration and a great way to kick off the Christmas season. Prelude will remind you of Christmas’ of the past, when the whole town is transformed with bright lights, bows and boughs and everyone
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comes together to celebrate this festive time the first two weeks of December. The Christmas Prelude celebration began in 1982 and has since become one of the most popular annual events in Kennebunkport. Visitors come from all over the world to take part in festive activities for all ages. The celebrations start off with the Dock Square tree lighting, where everyone gathers around as carolers take the stage to sing our favorite Christmas tunes. Other events include historic house tours, sleigh rides, con-
certs and more. Kids will love watching Santa arrive in town on a real Maine Lobster Boat!
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Rice Pudding Poetry Kicks Off at the Library KITTERY Seacoast residents are in for a tasty cultural treat of literature and jazz next month when the Rice Pudding Poetry Series kicks off at Kittery’s Rice Public Library. Former Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl will be the star attraction at the December 3 event, but she’ll also share the mike with several local readers. These folks will read selected poems inspired by or about jazz. In addition, Kent Allyn, best known as a founding member of
Ben Baldwin and the Big Note, will perform jazz interludes together with David Graf, guitarist with the jazz trio, Seasmoke. The series is modeled after the statewide Poetry Express conducted by current Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair, who visited Rice Library for a standing room only “whistle stop� back in March. The event celebrates the joy, spontaneity, swing, vitality, syncopation, and improvisation of jazz. Community readers will select poems from four volumes --
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Shoppers will delight in the steals and deals around town, with stores offering great sea-
sonal discounts for those looking to get a jump on their Christmas shopping! Many shop owners and art galleries will even serve up cookies and fresh cider to warm up visitors as they browse. There are also several local craft fairs that offer unique and hand made gifts from local artisans. With so many festive ways to celebrate the holiday season, it is no wonder that Christmas Prelude has gained a large amount of media attention. HGTV recently featured the annual Ken-
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The Jazz Poetry Anthology and The Second Set: The Jazz Poetry Vol. 2, both edited by Sascha Feinstein and Yusef Komunyakaa; and Jazz Poems and Blues Poems, both by Kevin Young. “This is not an open miketype event – it’s designed to increase awareness of and pleasure in the wider poetry world,� said former Portsmouth Poet Laureate Kimberly Green, who helped organize the festivities. “A different mission, if you will, from the See POETRY page 2...
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