RECREATION EVENTS CALENDAR SATURDAY, Third Annual Holiday Festival Festivities include snow, tree lighting, Santa, DEC 1 complimentary hot cocoa and cookies, and crafts and Clubhouse 2 games for the grandkids. Beer, wine and spiked seasonal 6 to 8 p.m. drinks available for purchase. Enjoy a holiday performance from Bank of Harmony (7 p.m.). Please bring a new unwrapped toy or sports equipment item to be given to the Orange County Fire Department’s Spark of Love Toy Drive. For more information, call 949-597-4286 or email [email protected].
MONDAY, Monday Night Football Come watch Washington @ Philadelphia at 5:15 p.m. on DEC 3 the big screen. Doors open 30 minutes prior to game time. Clubhouse 5 Tickets are not needed for this free event. Seating is on a 4:45 p.m. first-come, first-served basis. Enjoy free chips and salsa; hot dogs are available for purchase and the no-host GRF bar will open at 5 p.m. For more information, call @ 949-597-4382.
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WEDNESDAY, Timeless Melodies: Famous Songs of the Movies DEC 5 Enjoy Famous Songs of the Movies, the cinematic song- Clubhouse 1 fest that gave birth to talking pictures, sustained America 1:30 p.m. during the Great Depression, underscored a country at war and survived the 1950s. Tickets are available for $6 in the Clubhouse 1 office. General seating; doors open at 1 p.m. Cheese, crackers and punch will be served. Call 949-597-4281 or email [email protected] for more information.
MONDAY, Monday Night Football Come watch Minnesota @ Seattle at 5:15 p.m. on the big DEC 10 screen. Doors open 30 minutes prior to game time. Tickets Clubhouse 5 are not needed for this free event. Seating is on a first- 4:45 p.m. come, first-served basis. Enjoy free chips and salsa; hot dogs are available for purchase and the no-host GRF bar will open at 5 p.m. For more information, call @ 949-597-4382.
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SUNDAY, ’Tis the Season Holiday Performance Join us for a celebration of the holiday spirit. Sing along DEC 16 and tap your feet with this bonanza of music, readings, Performing Arts Center poetry and songs. Tickets on sale in the PAC Box Office 2 p.m. (reserved seating: $7 to $10). For more information, call 949-597-4288.
MONDAY, Monday Night Football Come watch New Orleans @ Carolina at 5:15 p.m. on the DEC 17 big screen. Doors open 30 minutes prior to game time. Clubhouse 5 Tickets are not needed for this free event. Seating is on a 4:45 p.m. first-come, first-served basis. Enjoy free chips and salsa; hot dogs are available for purchase and the no-host GRF bar will open at 5 p.m. For more information, call @ 949-597-4382.
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MONDAY, Movie Night: The Man Who Invented Christmas DEC 17 Monthly free movie night at the Performing Arts Center. Performing Arts Center In 1843 London, author Charles Dickens finds himself in 7:30 p.m. financial trouble after writing three unsuccessful novels. Relying on real-life inspiration and his vivid imagination, Dickens brings Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and other classic characters to life in A Christmas Carol. 104 minutes. Free movie and popcorn. Soda and snacks for sale. For more information, call 949-597-4289.
TUESDAY, Holiday Buffet Tickets go on sale Thursday, December 6, in the DEC 25 Clubhouse 5 office. Adults are $25, kids ages 6 to 10 are Clubhouse 5 $12.50, and children 5 and under are free. Martinez’s 1 p.m. menu includes prime rib au jus, poached salmon, chicken cordon bleu, escalloped potatoes, orange glazed baby carrots, bread rolls, assorted desserts, coffee and tea. Residents are welcome to bring their own wine; Clubhouse 5 will provide glasses. For more information, call 949-597-4382 or email [email protected].
TUESDAY, Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Ring in the New Year! Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner is DEC 31 served at 7:15 p.m. and music starts 8 p.m. Tickets go Clubhouse 5 on sale Tuesday, December 4, in the Clubhouse 5 Office. 6:30 p.m. $74 per person; limit of four tickets per manor. Formal attire dance with a sit-down dinner (choice of either prime rib, salmon or vegetarian eggplant parmesan). No-host bar and hors d’oeuvres starting at 6:30 p.m. Music by Soulicious, a Motown tribute band. Ball drop at both 9 p.m. and midnight. Complimentary champagne will be served. For more information, call 949-597-4382 or email [email protected].
TUESDAY, Sing in the New Year With James Darren Featuring the Dave Siebels Band DEC 31 Tickets on sale in the Performing Arts Center Box Office. Performing Arts Center Choose from two times: 3 p.m. show ($20 to $25) or 7 p.m. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. show ($30 to $40; includes appetizers and champagne before show). Attendees of the 7 p.m. show may upgrade to VIP access for $20 (includes open bar and meet and greet with James Darren). James Darren is perhaps best known as the actor who played Moondoggie in the original Gidget, and more recently, the character of Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He spent the ’70s singing in nightclubs in Vegas, Reno, Tahoe and fairs around the country. For more information, call 949-597-4288 or email [email protected].
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