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The Magic of Christmas Lives
DECEMBER 24, 1986/MONTROSE VOICE 19 —
By Elroy Forbes
Montrose Vince Social Director
□ Merry Christmas
It's about to happen! All the magic of
winter right under your Christmas tree.
We have waited 12 months for the
magic, just like children, and now it is
only hours away. How does it come so
fast when minutes ago it was summer?
That thought is another mystery
worthy of a column.
participants. Six churches have already
promised to begin work on next year's
event in January.
At the close of the Nativity Scene,
Santa Claus came forth to deliver stockings to the little angels and participants
and to announce the winners of the
lighting contest. Most of the group
gathered at Charlie's Coffee Shop for
hot drinks, generously donated to
volunteers.
The wonderful people from Bacchus
and Lynn of "Just" Marion & Lynn's
The Campanile wins Best Traditional Lighting, commercial
u Winners Everyone
The results are in for the lighting contest of Christmas in Montrose. Here
are the results from our panel of judges:
Best Yard Decoration—commercial.
International Flag & Creative Source,
Inc.; Best Block Decorations, Montrose
Mining Co., JRs, Heaven; Judges'
Choice—commercial, TNT Shirts; Best
Traditional Decorations—apartment,
John Flores; Best Shrubbery Decoration, Thera Case; Best New-Wave
Christmas Tree, Jimmy Neon; Best
Creative Use of Lighting, Melvin Dayton; Best Non-traditional Windows—
commercial, Emmanuel Vetrano; Best
Traditional Windows—home, Ashley
Humphrey and Rick Francen; Best Traditional Window—commercial, The
Tire Place; Best Christmas Scene, Elroy
Forbes; Best Non-traditional
Decoration—commercial, The 611;
Judges' Choice—house: Gary Ward;
Best Chritmas Wreaths, J.A. Perez;
Keeping Christmas Bright—house,
David Wayne Hudson; Keeping Christmas Bright—commercial, Yesterday
Antiques; Best Use of Material, Wear It
Again, Sam; Most Decorative Candles,
Stan Steele; Best Traditional
Lighting—house, Steve Shimer; Best
Traditional Lighting—commercial, The
Campanile; Most Creative Christmas
Tree, Frank Teeter—The Roman; Best
Indoor Decoration Visible from the
Street, Niko Niko's; Best Indoor Decoration Invisible from the Street, Venture-
N; Best Commercial Display, Emmite,
Inc.; Most Creative Garlands, Joe Porro
& Tim Pahl, and Best Entryway, Andy
Camacho.
Salutes for Participation: Gay Political Caucus, Montrose Jewelry & Loan,
Craig E. Litton, Gary Van Ottenghem.
Thanks to everyone else who supported the event. You, too, are all
winners.
d The Living
Nativity Scene
Sunday nigh* closed the Living Nativity Scene with the largest number of
Steve Shimer's house wins Best
Traditional Lighting for a house
presented Food for the Needy and Toys
for Tots. Thanks to everyone who
helped with this event.
□ Dickens on the Brazos
Charles Dickens may have been very
shocked to see the salute to Victorian
England at the Brazos River Bottom's Dickens on the Brazos! There,
before the eyes of everyone, I caught the
likeness of Santa Claus dancing with
Scrooge! So, this must have been after
the visit of the Ghost of Christmas
Future! Many of the Colt 45's appeared
in proper Victorian costumes. However,
I don't know if cowboy boots made a
fashion statement in 19th century England.
Birthday celebrations were also a
part of the evening. Alan Pierce, disguised as Scrooge, and Tom of The
Back Pocket both added one more
notch. The music, provided by the Montrose Symphonic and Brazos River
bands, was festive. Even David Royal-
The Little Drummer B<>\
front of Tila s
ty's mother got into the act, and should
have won a costume award for her get
up. Crowds came and built up the
attendance to full capacity.
a TLC Party
It was a gathering of the mystic and
magical people from The Texas Renaissance Festival at TLC, the Annex,
Saturday night. An after-the-holidays
get together was planned. The little
shop flowed with good wishes, fine
thoughts and beautiful ideas. This gathering was a special Christmas present
from Bill and Gary, shop owners, for all
their friends and especially for the people they worked with at the Renaissance
Festival. The excitement affected Buster andBitte who rushed to nearby kennels to invite their nearest and dearest
to come join the festivities.
Also on Saturday, Ron Sioux was
stealing the show at the Lazy J with his
usual great performance.
Roxanne, who lives at A Place in the
Sun. viewed every performance of the
Living Nativity Scene with wonder
a Christmas Plans
You do not have to be lonely this Christmas unless your designs are for that
experience. Many places are having
Christmas diners and even overnight
lodging for the folks without families. I
suggest you try and take the Christmas
spirit from strangers who wish you well
or from v<>ur own planning. Call the
Switchboard at 529-3211 for help. Here
is a list I have compiled: K.J.s Christmas buffet starts at 7:00 p.m.; Cousins
Scrooge and Santa at Dickens
on the Brazos
Christmas buffet and Happy Hour prices; Charlies Coffee Chop will be
open Christmas Day; The Barn;
House of Pies will be open; BRB;
Rock 'n' Horse. You just might check
your favorite spot for their activities.
Best wishes to you for a very Merry
Christmas. Who knows, we may just
meet in this last minute shopping spree,
all around town!
I would also like to suggest that you
tour the Montrose to explore the wonderful lights that are on display this year.
One estimate is that we have five times
the lights as in last year. Don't forget to
view Post Oak and Galleria area as well
as downtown.
Merry, Merry Christmas to all.
Wed: Strip Contest with
M.C. Maude, 10pm
Fri: Montrose Men 10 &
12pm, M.C. Maude
Sat: Muscles in Action,
10 & 12pm
Casino Table Nightly,
5:15pm
428 Westheimer — 529-2506
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