The Skating Club of Southern Connecticut of Stamford, CT is proud to present the 12th Annual Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open on Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday December 4th at the Terry Conners Rink in Stamford.

The Terry Conners Rink is home ice for the Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating organization representing the Skating Club of Southern Connecticut.  The club skates 3 synchronized skating lines, the Shadows (skating Open Juvenile), Shimmers (Pre-Juvenile) and Sprites (Beginner).

The Shadows, Shimmers and Sprites along with hundreds of other teams from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and all around the Eastern Seaboard will be demonstrating choreographed programs that will be judged for speed, difficulty of maneuvers and precision, as well as for style and artistic expression. The Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open attracts approximately 1,000 skaters and coaches, and over 1,000 fans and supporters over the two day event.

This competition is proud to be part of the Eastern Synchronized Skating Challenge Series. Participation in this series is open to all Beginner 1, 2, or 3 teams and preliminary, pre-juvenile, open juvenile, open collegiate or open adult teams.

Darien Residents Isabel Duncan, Hannah Nillson, Katrine Ryan and Katrina Vassell are Shadows and Brooke Ferris is a Shimmer.

For further information, please contact Kari Ryan at tkkeryan@yahoo.com or visit the website atwww.TerryConnersSynchro.org.

The Skating Club of Southern Connecticut of Stamford, CT is proud to present the 12th Annual Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open on Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday December 4th at the Terry Conners Rink in Stamford.

The Terry Conners Rink is home ice for the Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating organization representing the Skating Club of Southern Connecticut.  The club skates 3 synchronized skating lines, the Shadows (skating Open Juvenile), Shimmers (Pre-Juvenile) and Sprites (Beginner).

The Shadows, Shimmers and Sprites along with hundreds of other teams from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and all around the Eastern Seaboard will be demonstrating choreographed programs that will be judged for speed, difficulty of maneuvers and precision, as well as for style and artistic expression. The Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open attracts approximately 1,000 skaters and coaches, and over 1,000 fans and supporters over the two day event.

This competition is proud to be part of the Eastern Synchronized Skating Challenge Series. Participation in this series is open to all Beginner 1, 2, or 3 teams and preliminary, pre-juvenile, open juvenile, open collegiate or open adult teams.

Darien residents Isabela Duncan, Hannah Nillson, Katrine Ryan and Katrina Vassell are Shadows and Brooke Ferris is a Shimmer.

For further information, please contact Kari Ryan at tkkeryan@yahoo.com or visit the website at www.TerryConnersSynchro.org.

Musicians On Call Presents CHICAGO
November 28 7pm
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Times Square

Musicians On Call is proud to welcome Chicago to New York City for a benefit concert on November 28, 2011 at the legendary B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Times Square.  Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and exclusive meet-and-greets with the artists for our top sponsors.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Musicians On Call, an organization that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities.  Since 1999, MOC volunteer musicians have performed for over 250,000 patients and their families.   Your generosity helps support our Bedside Performance Programs and allows us to continue to make a difference in the lives of patients.

For more information, visit www.musiciansoncall.org/chicago, email chicago@musiciansoncall.org, or call 212-741-2709.

Rye resident and author Lucia Greenhouse will speak about the challenges of growing up in a Christian Science home.

She will also speak about the importance of mentors at this event, which is sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester.

Two New Canaan Entrepreneurs want to give back. We're offering extraordinary tableware, chic tunics & bags, fabulous sleepwear, gorgeous baby / toddler gifts at prices that will make your eyes pop!

Featuring modern cool stuff that retails between $12 - $350, now available for $7-$150 !

*Print this coupon and receive an additional 10% off your purchase per brand. Bring a friend or friends + coupon, & everyone receives

NOROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TOYS
FOR TOTS DRIVE

The
Noroton Fire Department will be participating in the collection of toys for the
U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve “Toys for Tots” program. The Toys for Tots program
provides donated toys to less fortunate children locally for the Christmas
season. Last year the program distributed 16.7 million toys nationwide. This
will mark Noroton FD’s third year participating in the Toys for Tots program.
With your help and generosity the Noroton Fire Department hopes to collect over
1,000 toys, more than double the 500+ toys they collected last year. The
unwrapped donated gifts can be left in the drop box which will be located in
the parking lot at the rear of the Noroton firehouse (1873 Post Road across from St. Luke’s
Church). Local neighborhood collections to support the Toys for Tots program
can arrange to have the gifts picked up by a Noroton firefighter in a fire
truck between the dates of November 27th through December 18th from 10am – 3pm.
Arrangements can be made by emailing Chief Alan Hyatt at hyatt1996@yahoo.com or by calling 203/ 656-2122. All
donated toys will be distributed locally in Darien,
Stamford, Norwalk.

Celebrate the magic of the season by engaging in a traditional holiday festivity designed to enchant the young & young at heart.  The "Gingerbread-Home Design Workshop" furnishes guests with a pre-baked gingerbread-home structure and a plethora of sweet confections to don the finest of constructions ! Location: Ridgefield, CT. Pre-Registration required. Please direct event inquiries to 203.501.4215 or info@willowdesigns.com 

Our Winter Concert will feature classics by Schumann, Franck and Britten, as well as seasonal selections such as White Christmas, Let There Be Peace On Earth,
The Holly and the Ivy,O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Let
It Snow. Other highlights include Wanting Memories
by Sweet Honey in the Rock, Excerpts from “Scenes from
Goethe’s Faust,” and a lively Gospel rendition of Children Go Where I send Thee, and many others. Our cast of three
hundred singers, four conductors and two accompanists will thrill and inspire!

The Fairfield County Childrens Choir,
conducted by Jon Noyes, Lisa Bettke, Cindy Holberg and Kevin Cottolese, is a community-based choral programade up of over children in grades 4 through 12 from communities in Fairfield County and beyond. The FCCC program provides instruction in vocal technique, choral
technique, music literacy and the appreciation of music through the practice and performance of great choral repertoire. The FCCC has performed throughout New
England as well as in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Orleans, San Francisco, Oakland and (this past summer) Canada. They have shared
the stage with such artists as Renee Fleming, Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Lawrence Gilgore, Sam Waterston, Nick Page, Bob Chilcott, Jean Ashworth Bartle, Rob Hugh and Dianne Legro. Most recently, the choir performed“O Canada”at the NHL pre-season ice hockey game between the Islanders and the Bruins at the Webster Arena in Bridgeport.

^{Tickets for the December 11th
“Joy & Peace” concert are $15 and $20, and will be sold at the Klein
Auditorium the day of the performance.}

Childrens dance classes offered in Stamford

from ages 4-13years old.

Monday:5:30pm

Creative dance age 4-6yrs

Hip Hop 7-12yrs

Tuesday

Creative Movement-varied times-3-5yrs

Ballet 7-and up

Wednesday

Ballroom dancesport-5:30pm-6-14years old

Thursday

Latin and jazz 7-14years old

monthly program- shows and competitions planned in spring 2012

Registration for Winter by December 22

DARIEN, CT — The Darien Library is excited to announce that the all male a cappella band, the Princeton Tigertones will perform two shows at the Darien Library on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Library’s auditorium.

The Tigertones typically perform a wide variety of music, including traditional ballads, jazz, barbershop, classic rock, Broadway and American Pop. In the 65 years since 13 young men came together to form the original Tigertones on Princeton’s campus in 1946, the group has recorded more than 30 albums, and travelled across the world to perform.

And while they turn out top-notch performances, the group prides itself on focusing on “Good Friends and Good Music.”

Tickets for the 3 p.m. performance will be handed out at 2 p.m. at the Welcome Desk, and doors will open at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the 5 p.m. performance will be handed out at 4:30 p.m. at the Welcome Desk, and the doors will open at 5 p.m. One ticket will be available per person, and a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets will be available for each performance.

The event is free and open to the public. Additional parking will be available on Thorndal circle, behind Nielsen's.

Opus for Person-to-Person, Barrett Bookstore and the Darien Community Association (DCA) will host “Snowflakes and Pancakes,” a family pancake breakfast with The New York Times bestselling author Elise Broach. At the event, Broach will read aloud her latest children’s book to hit the shelves, Snowflake Baby, a story that chronicles a baby’s winter adventures with sleds and snowmen. 

At the Snowflakes and Pancakes event, Broach will also read a selection of her popular children’s books and sign copies, which will be available for purchase. 

Snowflake Baby is Broach’s second board book that follows Seashore Baby, a rhymed story about an ocean-loving baby that explores the beach alongside an adventurous puppy. Broach has also written several other picture books for children aged 4-8, including When Dinosaurs Come With Everything, Wet Dog and Gumption, which received the Parents’ Choice Awards silver medal for picture books in 2010.

Broach is also the author of several books aimed for 10- to 13-year-olds, including Shakespeare’s Secret and Masterpiece, which made The New York Times’ Bestseller List in 2010. Broach’s Masterpiece also received the E.B. White Award for best read-aloud children’s novel in 2009 from the Association of the Booksellers for Children.

A Connecticut resident and mother of three children, Broach has been writing stories since she, herself, was a child. She wrote her first published children’s story when her youngest daughter was a year old.  

"We are happy to be partnering with Barrett Bookstore and the DCA to present this award-winning author, Elise Broach," said Sara Franzese, Co-President of Opus for Person-to-Person. "This is a wonderful opportunity for children of all ages to have an interactive morning with an accomplished author and storyteller.  Families can meet the author and can purchase signed copies of her children’s books in time for the holidays, all while supporting Person-to-Person."

The event will take place at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road in Darien.  Tickets are $20 per family in advance and $30 at the door. Space is limited, and advanced ticket purchase is encouraged at www.opus4p2p.org and Barrett Bookstore at Height’s Road in Darien.  All proceeds will benefit Opus for Person-to-Person. This event is open to the public.

 
About Opus for Person-to-Person
The purpose of Opus is to support Person-to-Person through fundraising efforts and public awareness.  Person-to-Person is a volunteer driven, Darien-based, community agency that, through a sharing of good and talents, responds to neighbors who lack necessities and/or resources to improve their lives.  Each year, more than 24,400 people receive assistance from Person-to-Person, including food and clothing donations, funds for scholarship and camp programs, layettes for babies, living assistance loans, holiday toy store and more. For more information on this growing organization of more than 200 women and how to get involved, visit www.opus4p2p.org.

December 3-4 Fairfield County Antiques and Fine Art Show.  The First annual show dedicated to bringing together 64 quality fine arts and antiques dealers from across the U.S. and as far away as England and Portugal.  Sat. 10-5 Sun. 11-4  Sono Field House, 365 Dr Martin Luther King Drive, Norwalk, CT 06845  www.fairfieldcountyantiquesandfineart.com

The New Canaan Chamber Of Commerce Is Thrilled To Announce

The Seventh Annual Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting Ceremony! 

Friday, December 2nd, 6:00 p.m. – 9 p.m. and December 3rd, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

As is the tradition of this highly anticipated kick-off to the holiday season in New Canaan, Friday evening will feature the 6:30 p.m. arrival of Santa Claus, who will light the trees lining New Canaan’s shopping district. Residents of all ages and backgrounds gather on New Canaan's Elm Street, which is closed to traffic, to enjoy the festivities: singing Christmas carols and enjoying musical performances as well as entertainment from a cast of holiday characters.  Everyone warms up with delicious seasonal beverages provided by local merchants, as guests shop.

The merriment continues on Saturday with photo ops with Santa, live entertainment and new this year, an ice sculptor will be on hand in front of L’Armoire while onlookers watch as reindeer are created from a single block of ice. Proceeds benefit Saxe middle School Parent Teacher Committee.

The Holiday Stroll continues to be one of the reasons why living n New Canaan is A Wonderful Life.

Admission to the Holiday Stroll is FREE

The New Canaan Chamber Of Commerce Is Thrilled To Announce

The Seventh Annual Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting Ceremony! 

 Friday, December 2nd, 6:00 p.m. – 9 p.m. and December 3rd, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

 As is the tradition of this highly anticipated kick-off to the holiday season in New Canaan, Friday evening will feature the 6:30 p.m. arrival of Santa Claus, who will light the trees lining New Canaan’s shopping district. Residents of all ages and backgrounds gather on New Canaan's Elm Street, which is closed to traffic, to enjoy the festivities: singing Christmas carols and enjoying musical performances as well as entertainment from a cast of holiday characters.  Everyone warms up with delicious seasonal beverages provided by local merchants, as guests shop.

The merriment continues on Saturday with photo ops with Santa, live entertainment and new this year, an ice sculptor will be on hand in front of L’Armoire while onlookers watch as reindeer are created from a single block of ice. Proceeds benefit Saxe middle School Parent Teacher Committee.

The Holiday Stroll continues to be one of the reasons why living n New Canaan is A Wonderful Life.

Admission to the Holiday Stroll is FREE

NORWALK COMMUNITY CHORALE presents its
51^st annual Christmas concert, The Magic of Winter, on
Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. in Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East
Avenue, Norwalk.  Admission is FREE.   The 65-member, 4-part mixed chorus,
directed by Brian Muller, will perform music for the holiday season.  A small instrumental ensemble will join
accompanist Marilyn Jones.  Sponsored by
Norwalk Recreation and Parks Dept.  For
more information call 203 226-4398. or visit our website:
norwalkcommunitychorale.org

Tickets for the Turkey Bowl are on sale in advance. 

Monday (21st) and Tuesday (22nd) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Darien High School front desk; 11 a.m. to noon in the DHS cafeteria. 

Wednesday (23rd) at the DHS front desk. 

All tickets are $5, same price as game day.

GO BLUE WAVE FOOTBALL!!

The Truth and Dangers About Belly Fat & How To Lose

Explores contributing factors that play a vital role in preventing people from successfully controlling their weight, including the body’s inability to cope with stress; adrenal gland function; blood sugar, and various other important components.  

7pm Seating is limited.

Please RSVP 203.655.2659 

The “LEGO WARS” series is a photographic study of popular culture, commercial advertising and nostalgia. As an adult, Dale May revisits these tiny plastic Lego toys and photographs them in a way that returns them to the epic importance they once ha as a child.

Iconic, nostalgic, yet timeless, the artist brings a new look to a subject that’s common place. Dale leaves nothing to chance. Not only is the work impeccably crafted and well

thought out but the material he has chosen to produce the Lego Wars series was no accident. Dale felt that the entire piece of art should resemble the high polished

glossiness of the subject itself. Crafted in archival acrylic and backed with aluminum dibond, the work is given a look not unlike the plastic Star Wars Lego or something in

Darth Vader’s home, the Death Star itself. 

The show opens with a reception on Thursday, December 15^th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will run through January 19^th.  Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Start a new tradition! The Darien YMCA will be open for the first time on Thanksgiving morning from 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. YMCA members and their friends and family are invited to be a part of the 1st Annual Turkey Day Training. Enjoy the Wellness Center, pool or gym. Or, try one of the special Turkey Day Training group exercise classes:

7:30 a.m. - Spin

8:00 a.m. - TRX

9:00 a.m. - Spin

9:15 a.m. - Yoga

9:15 a.m. - Sports Conditioning

Happy Thanksgiving!

Real Estate is For Sale and Al Filippone Associates is open on Black Friday!

Doors open at our Darien and Fairfield locations at 8am and close at 1pm.

We'll show you Fairfield County's finest homes for the holidays.

Take a sneak peak at Fairfield County's entire inventory of Real Estate:

Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Redding, Stamford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton