Music & Arts

The Highland Camerata chorus will present three winter concerts in early December in Galax, Independence, and Sparta, N.C.
The schedule is: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Sparta Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Brush Creek Hall near Independence, and 3 p.m. Dec. 11 at Galax Presbyterian Church.
The major work will be Johann Pachelbel’s “Magnificat,” which is based on the Biblical pronouncement from St. Luke, chapter one.
“Ava Maria” and “O Nata Lux” by Morton Lauridsen will be sung in Latin to compliment the Magnificat.

GALAX — Old Town Pottery Cooperative and Chestnut Creek School of the Arts will offer a raku pottery showcase at the Chestnut Creek building on Nov. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Raku is a firing process that involves removing ceramic pieces from the kiln while they are still glowing red hot. Ceramic pieces fired this way are characterized by a metallic glow and can have a distinct white crackle appearance. Outdoor firings are held behind the Old Town Pottery Cooperative.

The Young American Creative Patriotic Art Scholarship program is a competition for college scholarships that is offered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary and entries are being accepted.
The contest is open to all students in grades nine through 12, as well as home-schooled students. This is a chance for students to express patriotism through art. Students have a chance to win prize money and a scholarship.

A  large crowd took advantage of the warm fall sunshine to attend the Mountain Foliage Festival and Grand Privy Race last Saturday. Main Street was closed to traffic during the privy races.