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Thursday, December 3, 2015 • Vol. 134, No. 19 • Stoughton, WI • ConnectStoughton.com • $1
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The Nutcracker
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Traditions find welcome home for holidays Classic events – and several new additions – ring in Victorian Holiday weekend
KATE NEWTONUnified Newspaper Group
Old-fashioned traditions coexistwith new festivities every year dur-ing Stoughton’s Victorian Holiday,and the 23rd year of the annual cel-ebration should be no exception.
Popular events like the horse-drawn carriage rides, Holiday LightDisplay and the Festively Illumi-nated Fire Truck Parade will return,with additions to the weekend’sagenda including a family photoopportunity with a decorated holi-day sleigh from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5, at the corner of
Division and Main streets, as well asa Christmas Family Fun Day eventbenefiting Martin Luther ChristianSchool principal and administra-tor Cynamon Reynolds from 1-5p.m. Saturday at St. Ann’s CatholicSchool gym, 324 N Harrison St.
Laura Trotter, the StoughtonChamber of Commerce visitor ser-vices coordinator, said the abun-dance of outdoor activities this yearwill draw in residents and visitorsalike from the moment they enterdowntown.
“Regardless of the weather, it’sgoing to be festive all around down-
town because instead of having to
find things indoors, just walking intotown you’re going to know you’rein a festive atmosphere,” she said.
The Stoughton Fire Department’sHoliday Light Display, which start-ed early this year on Nov. 27, fea-tures 100,000 lights and will illumi-nate every evening during VictorianHoliday at 5:30 p.m. in StoughtonRotary Park – just east of the firststation – at the corner of 6th and Jef-ferson streets.
The horse-drawn carriage rides, aVictorian Holiday staple, will departfrom the McFarland State Bankparking lot, 207 S. Forrest St., from
12:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Rides are
$5 per person/$20 per family.The Festively Illuminated Fire
Truck Parade will follow, featuringtrucks decked out in lights and holi-day decorations, departing Wal-Martparking lot at 5:30 p.m. and con-tinuing down Main Street to the firestation, where the public can gatherfor hot cider, homemade cookies,holiday music performed by the cityband and a visit from Santa.
Participants can get a respitefrom the cold with plenty of indoorevents, as well. The weekend kicksoff with the annual Love Light cer-emony at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.3 at the Bryant Center at the Stough-ton Hospital, 900 Ridge St.
On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
shoppers can stop by the VictorianHoliday Arts and Craft Show atRiver Bluff Middle School, 235 N.Forrest St., to purchase handmadeitems for their own collection or asholiday gifts. Shoppers can thenhead down the street to the librarySaturday morning to for a bake sale,set for 9 a.m. and organized by theSecond Chance Animal Advocates,or for the Friends of Stoughton Pub-lic Library book sale from 9 a.m. to3 p.m.
Holiday revelers looking for adose of culture will also have plen-ty to do throughout the weekend,including the traditional appearancefrom the Stoughton High School
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New for 2015
Sleigh ride photos
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Family Fun Day
Page 3
Livsreise discussion:
‘Scandinavians in the Midwest’
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Sleigh snapshotsNew event will
welcome families for
holiday photo op
Photo opportunities areplentiful during Victorian
Holiday weekend, but anew event organized by thePartners ofS t o u g h t o nH o s p i t a lwi l l o f fe ryet anotherchance tos n a p t h econsummateholiday fam-ily photo.
Families –pets included– can stop bythe organiza-tion’s Holiday Sleigh photoopportunity from 11 a.m. to3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 onthe corner of Division and
Main streets near the Life-time Family Dentistry clinicto have their picture snappedby a photographer in a two-seater sleigh.
The sleigh appeared ina 2014 holiday parade inWatertown, and while itwill be stationary for thephoto opportunity, Part-ners of Stoughton Hospi-tal administrative directorBecky Greiber said it will be
decked out with evergreen,as well as wrapped presentsfrom Santa and other festiveprops.
For a $5 donation, familiescan have the photo emailedto them, ready to place ontheir Christmas card or post
on social media. Greibersaid the Partners also planto accom-m o d a t epeople with-o u t e m a i la d d r e s s e sby havingtheir photosprinted at thehospital.
I n p l a n -n i n g t h ee v e n t ,Greiber add-ed, members
of the Partners were mindfulthat the Stoughton commu-nity is “always looking fornew ideas” when it comes toVictorian Holiday. Openinga professional photo oppor-tunity for the communityoutside the confines of thehospital seemed like a sim-ple way to achieve that goalwhile allowing the organiza-tion to engage with the com-munity in a different way, aswell.
For information, contactthe Partners of StoughtonHospital at 873-2205.
If you goWhat: Holiday Sleigh
family photo opportunity
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 5
Where: The corner ofDivision and Main streets
Info: 873-2205
Seasonal sing-alongSHS Madrigal Singers to go
caroling downtown Saturday
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
In one of Stoughton’s favorite holidaytraditions, the Stoughton High SchoolMadrigal Singers will be strolling arounddowntown Stoughton’s shopping area from10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 5, singingholiday music and bringing seasonal cheerwhile dressed in period costumes.
For more information, call SHS choral
director Ryan Casey at 877-5746 or [email protected]
Photo by Samantha Christian
The Stoughton Madrigal Singers cross Main Street while caroling downtown last year duringVictorian Holiday weekend.
Breakfast with Santa(and singers)
The Stoughton High School MadrigalSingers will perform hourly during theAmerican Legion’s Breakfast with Santa,from 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6.
Proceeds from the breakfast willsupport the SHS music program. Thespread of all-you-can-eat pancakes,French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage,milk, juice and coffee is $8 for adults and
$4 for kids under 10.
Holiday Tour of Homes canceled, plans for return in 2016Victorian Holiday week-
end usually offers the publicthe opportunity to tour a fewhomes in Stoughton that aredecked out and lit up for theseason while supporting alocal cause.
This year, however, people
looking for holiday inspira-tion may need to drive aroundthe neighborhood and seewhat they can find for a self-guided tour.
The Hol iday Tour ofHomes, which had beenpresented annually by the
American Cancer SocietyRelay For Life of Stoughton/ Oregon/McFarland as a fund-raiser, has been canceled thisyear.
Amy Ketterer, an ACSvolunteer, said that all of thehomes that were lined up for
2015 backed out on shortnotice.
But the event is not goneforever. Ketterer said thereare already three homes linedup for the tour in 2016.
– Samantha Christian
Love Light
ceremony
honors ‘those
you cherish’Stoughton Hospital
will host the annual LoveLight celebration againthis year on Dec. 3.
The event runs from4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in theBryant Health EducationCenter at the hospital.
Love Light offers peo-ple a chance to “let thelight shine for those youcherish,” with a light onthe tree for a donation.Lights can honor a friendor loved one or recognizea current or former mem-ber of the military.
The proceeds from thisyear’s donations will gotoward the purchase ofiPods for the geriatricpsychiatry program andpatients participating in“Music and Memory,”according to the hospi-tal’s website.
For more information,call 873-2356.
– Scott Girard
If you goWhat: Love Light
ceremony
When: 4:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 3
Where: BryantCenter at the StoughtonHospital
Info: 873-2356
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The Nutcracker returnsStageWorksProjects will
present two
performances on
Saturday, Dec. 5
BILL LIVICKUnified Newspaper Group
StageWorks Projec tsreturns with two perfor-mances of the NutcrackerBallet the first Saturdayin December at part of thecity’s Victorian Holidayweekend.
StageWorks Projects’Nutcracker is a perennialholiday favorite in its 21styear in Stoughton.
“All our productionsare a labor of love,” saidStageWorks board presi-dent Dave Gasner. “The
Nutcracker is one we holdespecially dear. It’s a magi-cal, classic story and anopportunity for dancers toconnect with children dur-ing an enchanted time ofyear.”
StageWorks is proud toprovide an opportunity forgifted area dancers to per-form roles that they wouldnot have a chance to do inother companies that bringin established profession-als to fill the main roles,artistic director ColeenKehl said. Dancers aredrawn from throughoutDane County and beyondand include many in pre-professional programs.
“The dancers we use
bring a delightful freshnessto the roles they dance,”Kehl explained. “Theirprofessionalism and tal-ent makes them a joy towatch.”
The production show-cases lavish costumes ofvelvet and other luxuriousfabrics in rich, jewel tones.Kehl sa id StageWorkshas invested “between
$50,000 and $75,000” inthe costumes used for theshow, including tutus from
Grishko, a dancewear com-pany that provides tutus forthe famed Bolshoi Ballet inMoscow.
The StageWorks’ ver-sion of the Nutcrackeralso features an alternativetreatment of Mother Gingerand her Bon Bons.
“Renamed Mother Lenaand her Krumkake (Nor-wegian cookies), (the char-
acters) are a fun tribute toStoughton’s strong Norwe-gian heritage,” Kehl said.
The staging of the bal-let keeps the running timeto about 90 minutes, shortenough for small childrento stay engaged.
The ballet is staged everyother year in rotation witha StageWorks’ original bal-let version of A ChristmasCarol.
Kehl explained that afterperforming the Nutcrackerfor 20 years, StageWorkswas “looking for a newchallenge, but didn’t wantto abandon a ballet thataudiences love so much.”Alternating the two balletswas the perfect solution,she said.
Tickets are $14 for bothchildren and adults and areusually available up to theday of performance. Thereare two performances, 1:30p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 5, at the Stough-ton High School Audito-rium. Tickets are availableby calling Stoughton Cen-ter for the Performing Arts
at 873-0717, at stoughton-performingarts.com, or atthe door.
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Schedule of events
2015 Victorian HolidayThursday, December 3
• 4:30 p.m., Love Light ceremony, Bryant Center atthe Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St.• 5:30 p.m., Holiday Light Display through Jan. 1,Stoughton Rotary Park at the corner of 6th andJefferson St., just east of the fire station
Friday, December 4• 7 p.m., Gadzooks! Cinderella!, Stoughton VillagePlayers Theater, 255 E. Main St.,stoughtonvillageplayers.org, $10
Saturday, December 5• 9 a.m., Second Chance Animal Advocates BakeSale, Main street by the library• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friends of the Library Book Sale,Stoughton Public Library, 873-6281• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Victorian Holiday Arts and CraftShow, River Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest St.• 10 a.m. to noon, SHS Madrigal Singers VictorianHoliday Caroling at downtown shops• 11 a.m. to noon, “Far From the North Pole:Scandinavians in the Midwest?” discussion, Livsreise -Norwegian Heritage Center, 277 W. Main St., 873-7567• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Holiday Sleigh Family PictureOpportunity, the corner of Division and Main streets
• 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lutefisk/Meatball Dinner, ChristLutheran Church, 700 County Hwy. B, 835-8520, $18adults, $7 children 4-12, free for children under 3• Noon to 3 p.m. Santa’s Workshop sponsored byKiwanis, Stoughton Community Building at the cornerof North and 5th streets• 12:30-4:30 p.m., Horse-drawn carriage rides,McFarland State Bank parking lot, 207 S. Forrest St.,$5 per person/$20 per family• 1-3 p.m., Children’s activities, The Next Generation,161 E. Main St.• 1-5 p.m., Christmas Family Fun Day: A Benefit forCynamon Reynolds, St. Ann’s Catholic School gym,324 N Harrison St.• 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., The “Nutcracker” ballet present-ed by StageWorks Projects, Stoughton High Schoolauditorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., 873-0717, $14• 2 p.m., Music on the Mezz concert, library• 5:30 p.m. Festively Illuminated Fire Truck Parade,
Wal-Mart parking lot to fire station• 7 p.m., Gadzooks! Cinderella!, Stoughton VillagePlayers Theater, 255 E. Main St.,stoughtonvillageplayers.org, $10
Sunday, December 6• 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Victorian Holiday Arts and CraftShow, River Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest St.• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nordic Nook special events, 176 W.Main St., 877-0848• 8-11:30 a.m., Breakfast with Santa, American Legion,803 N. Page St., $8 adults, $4 for kids under 10• 10 a.m. Dickens of a Run/Walk sponsored by YaharaRiver Grocery Cooperative 5K Run or 2K Fun Run,McFarland State Bank parking lot, 207 S. Forrest St.
Photo courtesy Dan Myers Lumi
Jessica Cupp was the Snow Queen in a previous performance ofthe ‘Nutcracker’ ballet, which is generally held on alternate years.
If you goWhat: Nutcracker Ballet,
by StageWorks Projects
When: 1:30 p.m. and7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec.5
Where: Stoughton HighSchool Auditorium
Info: For tickets ($14),call 873-0717 or visitstoughtonperformingarts.com
Family Fun Day is SaturdayEvent benefits Reynolds
SAMANTHA CHRISTIANUnified Newspaper Group
Those looking to participate in holi-day-themed activities can support a localteacher at the same time.
A Christmas Family Fun Day eventwill be held at St. Ann’s gym from 1-5
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, with all donationsgoing toward the family of CynamonReynolds.
Reynolds, a preschool teacher andprincipal of Martin Luther ChristianSchool, was severely injured in a caraccident in October. She suffered mul-tiple fractures of her legs, left hip, pelvis,neck and arm, internal bleeding and ablood clot in her lung that has requiredseveral surgeries, with more to come.
Rachel Langenohl, vice presidentof Kids-4-Kids charity organizing theevent, said they are asking people todonate to help offset medical bills for thefamily. She said MLCS has offered tomatch up to $7,000 raised at the event.
Christmas music from the Gille/Farris family will be playing through-out the day while people can enjoy ahot cocoa bar with toppings, ornament-making, cookie decorating stations andother activities. There will be also be aspot where visitors can make a Christ-mas card for the Reynolds family, andfamilies can also take a photo by an old-fashioned sleigh.
Kids-4-Kids was established by localfamilies in Stoughton who wanted tohelp other families facing difficult cir-cumstances while spreading the spiritof giving in the community. Its firstevent was a garage sale two years ago to
benefit Ella Hembrook, now 9 years old,who underwent radiation treatments inBoston for a brain tumor.
Hembrook, whose condition remainsstable, will be at the Family Fun Dayselling bracelets that she made andteaching other kids how to make them.Langenohl said kids play a lead role inplanning and carrying out the event.
(Their) hearts are so large and openat this point in their lives, and we wantto continue to foster that spirit of givingand love,” Langenohl said. “We hopebeing a part of this will mean they turninto very compassionate adults whoreach out to those in need.”
For information, contact Langenohl at873-7633 or 577-5076.
How to helpTo make a tax deductible donation
to the family of Cynamon Reynolds,send a check with “Reynolds family”in the memo line to: Kids-4-Kids, P.O.Box 141, Stoughton, WI 53589
If you goWhat: Family Fun Day benefit for
Cynamon Reynolds
When: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
Where: St. Ann Catholic Parishgym, 323 N. Van Buren St.
Info: 873-7633
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Madrigal Singers, who willbe singing carols at down-town businesses from 10 a.m.to noon Saturday.
New this year is a discus-sion with UW-Madison pro-fessor Julie K. Allen, “FarFrom the North Pole: Scandi-navians in the Midwest?”
The talk is from 11 a.m.to noon Saturday at the6-month-old Livsreise – Nor-wegian Heritage Center, 277W. Main St.
“Livsreise adds manydimensions to our town andit’s so exciting to see themembrace the Victorian Holi-day in addition to it,” Trottersaid.
For a classical take on holi-day tunes, visit the library’s“Music on the Mezz” freeconcert with classical guitar-ist Christopher Allen at 2 p.m.Saturday.
It’s also a great weekend
to visit the theater, with theMadison-based MercuryPlayers Theatre debutingtheir comedy, “Gadzooks!Cinderella!” at the Stough-ton Village Players Theatre,255 E. Main St., at 7 p.m.both Friday and Saturday.Performances of the “Nut-cracker” ballet, presented byStageworks Projects, will takeplace at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.Saturday in the StoughtonHigh School auditorium, 600Lincoln Ave. To purchasetickets ($14 general admis-sion) call 873-0717 or visitstoughtonperformingarts.com.
The schedule has plentyto offer to kids, as well. Stopby Santa’s Workshop – with
cookie decorating, crafts,face painting and, of course, avisit from the big man himself– sponsored by the Stough-ton Kiwanis Club and theStoughton High School KeyClub from noon to 3 p.m. Sat-urday at the Stoughton Com-munity Building at the cornerof North and 5th streets.
The family-friendly fes-tivities continue with spe-cial kid’s activities from 1-3p.m. Saturday at The NextGeneration, 161 E. MainSt., and an all-you-can-eatBreakfast with Santa from8-11:30 a.m. to Sunday atAmerican Legion, 803 N.Page St.
The Stoughton HighSchool Madrigal Singerswill perform every hour,and proceeds from the event(breakfast is $8 for adultsand $4 for kids under 10)will go toward the highschool music program.
While the Holiday Home
Tour will not take place thisyear, Sunday has plenty tooffer, with a book signingwith teacher-turned-authorAnne Rouse and other activ-ities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.at the Nordic Nook, 176W. Main St., as well as theannual Dickens of a Run andWalk, sponsored by YaharaRiver Grocery Cooperativebeginning at 10 a.m. in theMcFarland State Bank park-ing lot, 207 S. Forrest St.
You’ll be participating fora good cause: proceeds andan accompanying food drivewill benefit the StoughtonFood Pantry, the United
Methodist Food Pantry andthe Co-op.
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Photo by Samantha Christian
The annual fire truck parade makes yet another appearance at Victorian Holiday Saturday evening, Dec. 5. The parade, which featuresfestively decorated fire trucks from a number of area departments, will begin its procession at 5:30 p.m. at the Wal-Mart parking lot andtravel down Main Street to the Stoughton Fire Station, where there will be hot cider, music, homemade cookies and a visit from Santa.
Photo by Samantha Christian
There’s nothing quite like a Clydesdale horse-drawn carriage rideto make the holiday season special, and in Stoughton, people canenjoy them from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Rides start atthe McFarland State Bank parking lot (207 S. Forrest St.) and cost$5 per person or $20 per family. For information, call Nikki at205-6263 or the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce at 873-7912.
Dickens of a Run/Walkreturns to downtown SundayFunds benefit food
pantries, co-op
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
The Dickens of a Run/ Walk returns this year to kickoff the final morning of theVictorian Holiday weekend.
Organizer Deb Piper saidthat with no changes for therace this year, the key factorto its success is the weather.
“We had probably about115 (participants) last year. Itfluctuates,” she said, recallingmore than 200 people turningout a couple of years ago on abeautiful day.
The race, now in its seventhyear, includes both a 5K run/ walk and a 1-mile run/walkevent through downtownStoughton.
“It’s a way to get outsideand enjoy the neighborhoodsand come back to the (YaharaRiver Grocery Co-op) andget some warm coffee,” Piper
said.More than physical fitness
is rewarded on race day, withbest-dressed prizes for holi-day-themed costumes and anentry to win door prizes foranyone in the race.
“I’ve had snowmen, somepeople (come) in ... old-styledresses,” Piper said. “It’s runthe gamut.”
The race will begin in theparking lot at McFarlandState Bank at 10 a.m. Raceday registration, for a cost of$25, runs from 9-9:50 a.m.For information on the raceor to register online, visit
active.com and search in“Stoughton, WI.”
If you goWhat: Dickens of a Run/
Walk
When: 10 a.m. Sunday,Dec. 6; registration 9-9:50a.m.
Where: McFarland StateBank parking lot
Info: active.com, searchin Stoughton, WI
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