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Published: December 19, 2008

Today

ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI: An all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at Griffin Park Community Club, 9100 Flint St. (near State Road 52), New Port Richey. Cost is $4.50. For information, call (727) 862-6756.

GIFT OF DANCE: Blackwood Studios will present "Holiday Gifts" at 7 p.m. at the Pasco Middle School auditorium. Tickets are $5. For advance tickets or information, call (352) 567-5919.

SINGING TO HELP OTHERS: The Spotlight Kids Show Choir of Trinity will perform to benefit the Metropolitan Ministries' Bags of Joy campaign.

The performance will be at 7 p.m. at Town Ground Espresso Cafe in Longleaf, 3104 Town Ave., New Port Richey.
VIP audience seating is only by donation of a new, unwrapped gift for the Metropolitan Ministries' campaign.

For information, call (727) 645-6962.

Saturday

TUBA CHRISTMAS: A free outdoor concert of Christmas music by volunteer musicians playing tubas and euphoniums will be presented at 6 p.m. in Clock Square on Fifth Avenue in downtown Zephyrhills. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music.

If you play one of these special instruments join other performers at Cooper Hall at the First Methodist Church, 38635 Fifth St., Zephyrhills at 2:30 p.m.for rehearsal. A registration fee of $5 will be collected from the performers and they will receive a commemorative Tuba Christmas button.

In case of inclement weather the performance will be held inside the church.

For information, call John Wheeler, concert coordinator, at (813) 788-7408.

HOMETOWN HEROES PERFORM: The Bellamy Brothers Christmas Concert Classic will be held Saturday to benefit Pasco High School. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m. Jesse and Noah Bellamy will be the opening act, followed by David and Howard Bellamy, the country singing stars who are Pasco High graduates and natives of nearby Darby.

The concert will be held at the Dr. Donald McBath Activities Center on the campus of Pasco High School, 36850 State Road 52.

Tickets are $10 for bleacher seating and $20 for floor seating. Tickets are also available for $50 for seating at a table with chairs. Parking is $3. Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.com or by calling the school, (352) 524-5200.

All proceeds from the concert will benefit Pasco High athletics, clubs and organizations.

BREAKFAST AND SALE: A pancake breakfast and Christmas items rummage sale will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 7922 State Road 52, Hudson. All-you-can-eat buttermilk pancakes and more will be $3.50 for adults or $1 for children. For information, call (727) 863-5646.

TRADING CARD TOURNAMENT: The tourney for elementary school-age children will be at 1 p.m. at the Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road. Registration is required. Space is limited. For information, call (727) 861-3040.

Sunday

CHURCH STREET CHRISTMAS: The annual Church Street Christmas will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday along historic Church Avenue in Dade City.

The street will be closed to vehicles so pedestrians can stroll the street lighted with luminaria from 7 to 9 p.m. Homeowners and churches along the avenue will feature entertainment. All will be decked out in holiday decorations and feature life-size cards stationed in the lawns.

Church Street Christmas is free and offered by homeowners in the Dade City historic district and event sponsors as a gift to the community.

For information, visit www.churchstreetchristmas .com.

CHRISTMAS DINNER DANCE: The Polish American Social Club of Pasco County, 7615 New Jersey Ave., Hudson, will host a traditional Polish kielbasa with ham and pierogi or chicken parmesan dinner, including the Christmas wafer (oplatek), from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. Music will be by Jeannie, 2:30 to 5:15 p.m. Doors open at 12:15 p.m. Tickets are $12 or $14 for nonmembers. Reservations are required at (727) 862-1520 or (352) 596-4802.

Monday

HANUKKAH CELEBRATION: Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco invites the community to celebrate the Festival of Lights at a public Menorah kindling ceremony with State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, at 6 p.m. at the Chelsea Place Shopping Center, 1346 Seven Springs Blvd.

There will be a special gift and Hanukkah gelt for each child. Hot potato latkes and doughnuts will be served. There will be live music with The Mike Eisenstadt Band. There also will be face painting and arts and crafts. All faiths are welcome to this free event.

For information, call (727) 376-3366.

Ongoing

LIGHT SHOW: Some 250,000 LED lights, 1,000 watts of sound and 10 tons of holiday decor combine to create "Symphony in Lights," a holiday experience that runs nightly through Dec. 31. The Shops at Wiregrass is at State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

Send items to Sarah Rothwell, The Tampa Tribune, 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 102, Tampa FL 33647; e-mail to srothwell@tampatrib.com; or fax to (813) 975-9488.

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