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 2007 Entertainment Content is updated every day.

Check back often to get all the latest information.

This years event dates are: Fri. & Sat. Evenings - 6-10 PM

 Nov. 23, 24 & 30th & Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14 & 15th

For more information call toll free: 1-866-925-ahcc-(2422)

6:00 PM

A Hill Country Christmas 2007 officially begins

All Restaurants open

Winter Wishing Star Theater open

Dickens Pub open

Street of Dreams Awakens

Pictures with Santa in the Gazebo

[Bring the kids & pets & come early to get your photograph

with Santa & guest appearances with Mrs. Santa Claus].

Bring the whole family and stop by the KONO 101.1 booth in Newtons Ally across from Old Town to meet the DJ's and experience their childrens activities.

6:00 PM - Kids Procession - Led by THE Christmas WIZZARD!

 Get the kids there early if they want to be in the procession!!!

Main Street Historic District -At Clamity Janes!

This is the First of our traditional events that invites all the children in Boerne to participate! Have the "Little Ones" dress in Christmas costume & meet in the Calamity Jane'sparking lot, at 5:30 PM SHARP! There, they will be chaperoned & escorted down Main Street to greet Santa, Mrs. Claus & friends in a musical procession of magical merriment!

6:30PM - MAIN STREET

New Attraction!

Bring the entire family down to Viva Rouge 424 S.Main St. and experience this years exciting …

Simply call ahead or let all your friends and family know what time your going to be seen live on the internet…step onto our Holiday web stage and VIOLA!...You can be seen by your loved ones anywhere on earth!

If you have family serving in the military or simply located anywhere in any state, city or country just tell them to go to our “official” Website….

www.ahillcountrychristmas.com click the MAGIC WEBCARD ICON on the home page and instantly they will see your smiling happy faces and best of all it’s FREE!

Remember the old photo booth you went into with your

best friend and took all those silly pictures...

well, this is alot like that but its live and alot more fun!

The Winter Wishing Star!

A Multi-Media Kids show!

For children 10 years old and younger!

Location:Big White Theatrical Tent city parking lot between Antique Mall & The Boerne Emporium in the Historic District

Show Times: 6, 7, 8 & 9PM

Seating is limited - Admission charged

 

Written, Produced and Directed by Bob Caran

The Winter Wishing Star is a fun interactive children’s  25 minute animated, live performance multi-media presentation that talks about the night sky, the difference between stars & planets and the  most special star in the night sky – The Winter Wishing Star!

                 The show features a cast of performers and 5 animated characters who take the audience on an imaginary trip to night sky, a forest, the North Pole and back home while searching for the illusive Winter Wishing Star which has mysteriously turned up missing!

The children in the audience MUST find the Winter Wishing Star so they can make all their Christmas wishes come true! There are several Christmas Carol sing-a-longs that fill the theater with spirit of the holiday season!

For children of all religious beliefs ages 10 to infant.

The Show is held in the Winter Wishing Star Theater in the Old Benefit Planners, (Fiserve), parking lot Nov.23, 24, 30 & Dec. 1st !

Look for the big colorful tent.

The Production:

The Winter Wishing Star was created in 1974 – 33 years ago and the show you

 just experienced is an adaptation from a 30 screen format to a single

screen format and is the original.

All of the characters are original in design

and the special effects are electro- optical mechanical

are made from every day parts in your home.

The Winter Wishing Star has been seen by countless thousands of children from 1976 to 1987

 when it was re-designed and debuted at the

Queen Mary Spruce Goose Entertainment Complex in Long Beach California

 where it played to visitors in 1987 -  20 years ago.

The show has been revamped and now part of A Hill Country Christmas.

 We hope you enjoy it.

Don't miss the Winter Wishing Star we promise it will become

 a holiday tradition for your kids and their kids year after year!

Bob Caran

River City Big Band- The BEST swing band around!

Location: The Flower Shop Parking Lot

6-10 PM ...This band will  get you moving!

The River City Big Band plays big band jazz and dance music including ballads, swing, Latin, polkas, waltzes. The band features arrangements by Lenny Niehaus, Sammy Nestico, Louis Belson and Dave Wolpe as well as local music writers and arrangers Jim Mahaffey and Dale Schultz.

Murph Davis and Richard Wallace formed the band in 2001 with seventeen pieces and three vocalists.  The band plays a standing date at the Blue Star Micro Brewery on the second Tuesday of every month to large and enthusiastic crowds.

Joan Carroll, Steve Kile and Patsy Zehring provide vocals for the group.  Joan has recently recorded with the Terry Gibbs group in Los Angeles. Patsy has sung in various national venues. Steve is a former Air Force musician and vocalist.

6:00 - 10:00 PM - NATIVE AMERICANS

 Benefit Planners/FISERV HEALTH Performance Stage - LIVE BAND -

      New Attraction - something to remember      

  Where: Fiserv 

Every now and then an idea pops into my head that makes me feel compelled to share it with the world…or at least with all the great folks that visit Boerne during the Christmas event.

The Tree of Tradition is one such idea.

Located in front of Fiserv - [Benefit Planners old building], is a magnificent old oak tree. On this tree I will suspend three of the original oleos – the larger-than-life, hand painted original works of art that canvas the portals of our famous gazebo every year. They were first created 4 years ago and are very special to me and in fact have been photographed more than any other object in Boerne! They are spectacular works of art.

The oleos will be suspended from the branches of the Tradition Tree illuminated with theatrical lights to showcase their beauty against the darkened night sky.

Imagine… giant glowing Christmas cards floating amongst the branches swaying in the evening breeze. Every year I will incorporate more oleos onto the Tree while adding new original works of art onto the gazebo. As the years pass, more and more oleos will fill the Tree until we must find another one.

 One day, all the trees will become the final resting place for these portraits of our Christmas Past  from individuals who contributed to making my vision a reality.

So, since it is a tradition to have selected artists from our area to paint new oleo’s each year to surround

 the gazebo, I have now started yet another tradition –

The Tree of Tradition …

… that I hope will along with this entire event will indeed become a genuine Tradition in Boerne long after I am gone.

 Bob Caran

spread the holiday cheer on everyone you know!

A Hill Country Christmas

Glitter Cascarones

 booth locations…

1. Gazebo – Main Plaza – where the pictures with Santa are located
2. Beer Booth #1: Antique Mall Parking lot across the street from Crescent Quarters B&B
3. Beer Booth #2: Across the street from Beer Booth #1
4. The Beer Garden – Old Town Center

A Hill Country Christmas Glitter Confetti Eggs…

…Have a smashing good time this year!

Their fun!

All proceeds go to help clean up our town each night – go figure that one out…what was I thinking?

6:00 -10:00 PM – OLEO DISPLAY-INSPIRATION AT ITS FINEST!

Several thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians used handmade fabrics as the canvas upon which they would paint magnificent renderings and paintings of images that were important in their lives.

Here at the Gazebo – the icon of Boerne – located in the Main Plaza every year we showcase our holiday oleo’s that were painted by some of the most talented artists in and around our community.

These incredible works of original art were generated from the artists own personal beliefs surrounding the Christmas season. 15 feet by 21 feet in size, the eight oleos that are positioned in the eight portals have over the years become the backdrop of countless photographs during our event.

This year, we are adding three new oleos to our collection! So make a point of stopping by the Gazebo and take a look at our new oleos - genuine works of art. Interestingly enough, the oleos are painted on canvas it takes our artists over two months to complete one oleo. Then they need to be cut, sewn and sleeved with frames for support prior to hanging. When the event is over each year, they are covered and stored in an air conditioned environment for preservation.

This year we will be taking three of our oleos, illuminating them and putting them on display in the GALLERY OF IMAGINATION area for the first two weekends of the event. This will be located in front of the FISERV or Benefit Planners Building.

I hope you enjoy their beauty as much as I and thousands of others who see them on display.

Bob Caran – Executive Event Director

CONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT – 130 S. MAIN STREET

EVENT ORIGINAL POSTER ARTWORK

Stop by and peer through the window display

and see all four of the original works of art that became the

official Hill Country Christmas annual commemorative posters.

 our first commemorative poster  art. 2003

Local Boerne area artist Tom Ricks designed our first event poster that

truly reflects the spirit of the season

 and

the warmth of the Holidays.

Toms forte’ is utilizing  a mixed media of watercolors and oils on canvas.

 His vision is pure inspiration and this is easily visualized through his artistic interpretations in his work.

 Tom also painted one of the large “oleos” that was suspended from the Gazebo

in the heart of Boerne throughout the duration of the 2003 event as well.

The 2004 commemorative event poster was designed and painted by the distinguished Boerne area artist – Dianne Click.

Her forte’ – oils on canvas! This unique piece of original art was designed to capture the “essence”

of the event by paying tribute to the four thematic weekends of cultural programming.

Original art: 2005

Janet Paduh  

H2O Colors

2005 NIOSA POSTER ARTIST

and the new for

2006 FIESTA POSTER ARTIST

Multi-Award Winning

and

Internationally Selling Artist

I am currently showing at River Art Group Gallery,

 and the Los Patios Gazebo (home base of the San Antonio Watercolor Group).

 Web-site viewing is available at riverartgroup.com & sanantoniowatercolorgroup.org.

  Janet also is involved in many art organizations which keep her busy when not painting.

 She is the current Treasurer with the Texas Watercolor Society, Assistant Treasurer

and Show Chairman of River Art Group Gallery,

Vice-President of the San Antonio Watercolor Group, as well as,

 Los Patios continuous Show Chairman & Juried Show Chairman.

 She also is current President Elect of the La Villita Tenants Association.

2006 Commemorative Poster Art: By Janet Puduh.

We spent many hours discussing Christmas in the Hill Country one hot Summers day in August. Ideas rushed through our minds as our combined creativity led us to believe that the vision of cedar trees made us think of Christmas trees. And so when we merged cedar trees with our historic architecture and the spirit of Christmas in Boerne we were left with an inspirational sense of commonality.

Proceeds from all sales are divided among the artist, The City of Boerne Parks & Recreation Department

and

the Boerne Merchants Association to foster the growth of this cultural event

for future generations. Bob Caran – Executive Event Director

6:00 - 10:00 PM - FATHER CHRISTMAS & FAMILY STORY-TELLERS

Location: Peach Tree Cafe Performance Area - 448  S. Main Street

       NEW!!!

Join Father Christmas & his family for hours of exciting storytelling about Christmas...Santa Claus...and the magic of the holiday season.

Bring the entire family, pull up a bail of hay & spend a quiet evening of readings that will put you into

 "the spirit of the holiday season"!