The Kentucky Opry in Draffenville will host its "Old Fashion Country Christmas" December 8. For more information regarding tickets and show times, call 527-3869.

The next First Friday Bluegrass Night at the Kentucky Opry in Draffenville will be held January 5 at 7:30 p.m.

The City of Benton and the Jackson Purchase Friends of Bluegrass will present the 15th annual "Bluegrass on the Square" Monday, May 28, 2007. The Bankesters and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage will appear in concert beginning at 2 p.m. There will also be a barbecue contest and barbecue lunch. Admission to the concert is free.

The fifth annual Kentucky Lake Bluegrass Festival will be held at the amphitheater at Kenlake State Resort Park in Aurora, Kentucky, June 8-9, 2007. Nothin' Fancy, the Williams and Clark Expedition, and Cedar Hill will appear in concert Friday, while Blue Highway, The Boohers, The Circuit Riders, The River Bottom Band, Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap, and Bawn in the Mash will perform Saturday. The McKendrees will be the festival's host band and will perform both Friday and Saturday.

Events

Steak N Shake restaurant in Paducah will donate one Steakburger patty to America's Second Harvest Food Banks for every $5 in gift card purchases. The program runs through December 25.

The Noble Park holiday light display will be on display now through December 31. The display will be open from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is free, and monetary donations or canned goods will be accepted for local charities. For more information, call (270) 575-4000.

The Christmas light display at Mike Miller Park in Draffenville will be available for viewing now through January 2. Donations will be accepted for the Marshall County Needline. For more information, call (270) 527-5284.

The Murray Bank is offering a drawing for two fifth-row tickets to see the television program "Dancing With The Stars" live at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville January 21. Everyone who makes a $5 donation to Relay For Life at either of The Murray Bank's locations between now and January 12 will be entered in the drawing. For more information, call Anne-Marie Dunlap at 753-5626.

The Graves County High School Horticulture Department's annual Poinsettia Sale will begin Wednesday, December 6. The price for the flowers this year is $5, and colors available are white, red, pink, marble, apricot, monet twilight, and jingle bells. Poinsettias may be purchased during school hours at the horticulture department high school entrance, which faces Graves County Middle School. For more information, visit the Web site www.graves.k12.ky.us/schools/gchs/howard.

In conjunction with the United States Marine Corps-Toys For Tots, the Northside Church of God will sponsor "The Greatest Gift Ever Given" Saturday, December 16, at 3 p.m. at the Robert Cherry Civic Center in Paducah. There will be free toys for children up to 12 years old, free Christmas cookies and punch, and drawings for door prizes such as a color TV, a DVD player, and Mp3 players.

A chicken and dumpling dinner and a free old-time Christmas concert with Eric Horner will be hosted at the Metropolis Masonic Lodge December 22. The all-you-can-eat dinner will be hosted from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Dinner tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door. The concerts, which begins at 7 p.m., is free to the public and everyone is invited to attend. Proceeds from the event will go to the Make A Wish Foundation.       

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