Driftless area music groups, including a bell choir, carolers, high school band and popular Whisky Chiken, will provide music throughout this year’s Holiday Happening at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve.
The event, which will be from 1-7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the KVR Visitor Center, S3661 Hwy. 131, La Farge, is open to the public and will also feature a cookie walk, a KVR Friends crafts sale, a silent auction of holiday arrangements and the announcement of photo-contest winners.
A soup, salad and bread meal, with four homemade soups, will be served 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children.
Stargazingwill be from 5–7 p.m. Binoculars and telescopes will be available to see the full winter moon, constellations and star clusters.
The cookie walk, with baked goods from more than 30 local bakers, will be from 1–7 p.m. From 1–5 p.m., the Driftless Carvers will present demonstrations. Wooden plaques, hand-carved items, bracelets, cards and prints, food gifts, soaps and lotions, and hand-knit items will be for sale.
The silent auction will be from 1–7 p.m., and the photo-contest winners will be announced at 6:15 p.m.
Music performances are Viroqua Bell Choir, 2 p.m.; Kickapoo Carolers, 2:45 p.m.; La Farge Band, 3:15 p.m.; harpist Sally Cornell, 4 p.m.; piano by Steve Hall, 4:30 p.m.; string music by Viroqua string teacher PamHughes’ students, 5:45 p.m.; and Whisky Chiken concert, 6:30 p.m.
The event provides the first chance for people to buy 2018 KVR Friends memberships for themselves or as gifts, and the gift shop, featuring a wide range of gifts for children and adults, will be open.