Parks and Recreation Thanksgiving Week Schedule
All Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 and 25, with the exception of the Yarbrough Tennis Center. The center will be open from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, closed on Thursday, open from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday. Frank Brown Recreation Center will be closed Monday through Friday, Nov. 21-25, for floor maintenance. All Parks and Recreation parks, playgrounds and cemeteries will remain open sunrise to sunset.
Auburn Community Orchestra to perform Holiday Pops concert
The Auburn Community Orchestra (ACO) will perform their Holiday Pops concert at Auburn United Methodist Church this year. This event will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ACO will perform classical and seasonal favorites hoping to spread holiday cheer to the Auburn community. Admission is free.
ACO is under the direction of Natalie Smith, a native of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, who is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in music education with certificates in college and university teaching and program evaluation. She is a graduate teaching assistant for the Department of Music at Auburn University. Prior to beginning at Auburn, Smith served as an elementary instrumental teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools. During this time, she also served as the pep band coordinator/director at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland, where she built a new band play at their division I basketball games. Smith’s orchestral experience includes performing in the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, New Carolina Sinfonia, Trent River Chamber Orchestra, Eastern Symphony Orchestra and substituting in other various orchestras.
ACO partners with the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center to provide orchestral concerts in the community. This event is free to the public. For more information, contact the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center at (334) 501-2963 or visit auburnalabama.org/arts.
The Holiday Wrap Up
Have all your presents gift wrapped this Holiday Season at the Holiday Wrap Up event. Auburn Parks and Recreation will offer its annual gift-wrapping service just in time for the 2022 holidays. Sign up for the day that fits your schedule best and drop off the items you need wrapped. Pick them up wrapped and ready to go same day. You can choose from our limited selection of paper or you can supply your own. The Holiday Wrap Up dates are December 12-18. The gift wrapping is complimentary but you must register for a time to drop off your gifts at auburnalabma.org/parks then go to register.
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