Elvis tribute act at Alloa arts launch
Heading to the Macrobert Arts Centre this festive season is a terrific show for age five and under called How to be a Christmas Tree.
Opening on Tuesday, November 29 it is guaranteed to get audiences rockin’ around the tree –depending whether the little seedlings of the Tall and True Tree Nursery have what it takes to grow big and strong. Can they fulfil their destiny to become magical Christmas trees?
This fun and interactive show comes from the makers of The Polar Bears Go Up – Fish and Game - in co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre and is filled with plenty of music and jokes designed to fill younger audiences and families with plenty of seasonal cheer.
How to be a Christmas Tree runs until Christmas Eve (Saturday December 24) performances daily, times vary, with the exception of Mondays.
Tickets are on sale now priced £9.50 (£32 for a group of four people) and can be booked by calling 01786 466 666 or visiting www. macrobertartscentre.org. The Central Arts Association Christmas Exhibition returns later this month.
Johnny Lee Memphis, world champion Elvis tribute artist, will attend the launch of the exhibition on Saturday, November 12, from 1.30-4.30pm in The Gallery at G R McFarlane, Watchmaker & Jewellers, Mill Street, Alloa.
On arrival, guests and visitors will be offered a variety of nibbles from several platters containing Elvis’s favourite bite-size treats.
There will be a wide variety of paintings and prints in mainly traditional style on display at the free exhibition, including local scenes of Clackmannanshire and the River Forth as well as floral, wildlife, seascapes, landscapes and some contemporary paintings
The gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm and the display will run until Saturday January 14 2017.
If you cannot manage to attend the exhibition launch, there will also be a Meet the Artists event on Saturday, November 19 from 1.30-4.30pm. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served to visitors on arrival.
Clackmannanshire artist, Margaret MacGregor, who will be exhibiting a selection of her paintings and prints, has launched a competition on Facebook, providing the opportunity to win a framed giclee print of one of her paintings. Margaret is inviting people to choose the print that they would prefer to be selected as the prize from this selection of six prints.
On November 14, Margaret will announce the title of the print that has been the most popular choice, as the prize, from comments posted on her Facebook page, with the contest to win the print following. Visit www.facebook. com/thegalleryalloa for competition details.