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Michele Ragusa

FREEPORT — Christmas in Freeport will include a Christmas House Tour from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets for the tour cost $10. A shuttle bus picks up at the kindergarten center.

Other Christmas activities Saturday include a flea market, Breakfast with Santa, bake sale, art show, children's crafts, train displays, a Firemen's Parade and Santa House at 2 p.m. and light-up night at 5 p.m.

Call 724-295-6551 or visit freeportcommunity.com.

Butler County Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Traditions concert as well as the 25th annual Holiday Tour of Homes will take place Saturday.The tour includes six Butler County homes decorated for the season. Tickets for the tour are $15.The concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday will feature singer and actress Michele Ragusa. Tickets for the concert are $20 for adults and $5 for students, plus a handling fee of 50 cents per ticket if purchased at the symphony office or a fee of $3 per adult ticket and $1.50 per student ticket if purchased through the showclix website.The concert Dec. 7 at Mars High School has been canceled.Call 724-283-1402 for tickets or more information.

The Celebration Ringers, a community hand bell ensemble, will present its Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Monday at Tower Presbyterian Church, 248 S. Broad St., Grove City.Residents of Slippery Rock, Emlenton, Grove City, Hermitage and Mercer make up the group. Director is Jennifer Cupak and co-director is Marilyn Hines, both of Slippery Rock.Joining the ensemble will be the Grove City College ensemble Revelation Ringers, the Glenn Memorial Ringers of Tower Church and solo hand bell artist Sue Garton.Admission is free.

The Three Rivers Ringers winter concert schedule includes:1 and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum8 p.m. Dec. 12 at Bower Hill Community Church, Mount Lebanon2 p.m. Dec. 13 at Emlenton United Methodist Church4 p.m. Dec. 14 at St. Stephen's Church, Sewickley7:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Allison Park.For tickets, visit www.threeriversringers.org.

BUTLER TWP — Trinity Jazz Orchestra will present a benefit Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.The concert also will feature American Idol 2011 semifinalist Adam Brock as well as the Tornado Big Band and Butler Senior High School Choir.Tickets are $20 for adults and $9 for children with a $50 family ticket available for two adults and up to four children. Tickets are available at May's Music Shoppe, Fudoli's Music, Butler High School, and the Community Health Clinic.Proceeds benefit the clinic.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Camerata will sing holiday choral concerts.“Recounting the Nativity” will go on at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 at Mount Lebanon Lutheran Church, 975 Washington Road; at 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at Sixth Presbyterian Church; and at 8 p.m. Dec. 20 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 5801 Hampton St. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; full-time students pay $5. Call 412-421-5884

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