Bluffton’s residential holiday lighting contest prize money totals $500 this year. The chamber contributed $350 and First National Bank contributed $150.
Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers and University Chorale, along with a brass ensemble, will headline “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” the university’s Christmas choral concert, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Yoder Recital Hall.
The Friday evening performance will be the only presentation of the full concert. A shortened version will be presented as Bluffton’s weekly forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, also in Yoder Recital Hall.
Bluffton University art majors Victoria Watkins of Mansfield, Ohio, and Sarah Gilman of Knoxville, Tenn., will present their senior exhibit, “Pop Fiction,” representing artwork they have created at Bluffton, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit will be open to the public from Dec. 1-19; gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. An artist reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7.
Registration for the second annual Be A Beaver Triathlon, to be held Saturday, May 30, 2015, will begin on Monday, Dec. 1.
Participants may register online at www.3disciplines.com; cost is $60 for individuals and $100 for relay teams, but those who register during the month of December will receive a $10 discount when using the code 14HOLIDAY.
Participants in the third annual Giving Tuesday—a global initiative to encourage charitable giving amid holiday consumerism—can direct their generosity for the first time to Bluffton University on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The university hopes to raise $10,000 in online gifts in 24 hours that day. The amount raised will be matched, up to $10,000, by an anonymous donor’s gift to the Bluffton Fund. To make a gift, go to https://connect.bluffton.edu/
And from the Shannon Theatre Facebook page...in case you wondered where your child was at 12:01 a.m. Friday, check this photo. Perhaps you'll discover the answer by viewing this photo of the Shannon Theatre lobby. A midnight showing of the premier of Mockingjay Part 1 is the reason for the crowd. If you didn't care to watch the premier, the movie is also shown nightly at 7 and 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
