Christmas at the Dole- Crystal Lake, IL

Come Home for the Holidays at the Historic Dole
Mansion-Crystal Lake’s Finest Home on Friday, December 2nd! Tickets are on sale now for this Family Friendly Holiday Event featuring live performances, art, food, beverage and holiday cheer! Ticket prices include under 21 rates and children rates.

The Historic Dole Mansion and Lakeside Legacy Arts Park's
halls are decorated to welcome the community for this annual Christmas Event. The event opens at 6pm and guests will be greeted on the Lobby Stairs by the Martin
Lopez Academy Four Strings Attached. The event also includes a Tree-Lighting ceremony in Dole Mansion by Village of Lakewood President Erin Smith. Performing before the Tree-lighting Ceremony is the Marian Central Catholic Madrigals. The Madrigals and the Martin Lopez Academy also perform throughout the evening leading the guests in caroling and violin music!

Other holiday vignette performances of the evening include jazz, blues, instrumental, and modern holiday music by
Together Again, scenes from the Nutcracker Ballet by Summers Dance Academy members of the Berkshire Ballet Theatre ®, and a performance Roger Reupert professional
trumpet player- Lakeside Legacy Foundation Resident Musician & Friends. Roger plays in many Chicago area bands and often plays at the Lincolnshire Marriott or for shows like Wicked in Chicago!

Christmas at the Dole also features the artwork in the Sage, Dole, Hallway and Lobby of Lakeside. Artwork will be on sale and guests can meet and mingle with the artists at the event. The Sage Gallery features of works of emerging and profession artists  of the of Thomas Trausch's Fine Arts studio if Woodstock, IL. The Sage Gallery exhibit is titled “Impressions in Light & Color”. The Dole Gallery features the exhibit titled, "Side by Side" by Thomas Trausch and his wife Gale. For more information visit: www.Trauschfinearts.com. The Hallway and Lobby exhibit features works from the talented Resident Partner Artists of Lakeside Legacy Foundation. The work of the resident partner artists celebrates all mediums and more information on their work, classes and private lessons can
be found at http://www.lakesidelegacy.org/artists.html. A portion of each art sale is a donation to Lakeside Legacy Foundation.

Tickets to Christmas at the Dole are $35 a person, $65 a
couple, and for guests ages 13-20 tickets are $20 and for those 12 and under tickets are only $10. Purchase a table of 8 for $250 with priority/premium seating in the Sage Gallery. Ticket price includes 2 drink tickets, pop & water, passed hors d’oeuvres, food stations & dessert by 3 Chefs Catering.

The event also includes a Raffle & Silent Auction
featuring a private dinner for 6 people in the Dole Mansion Dining room. This is a VERY SPECIAL and Rare evening in the DOle includes a 3 course meal, private beverage service, private concert by The Martin Lopez Academy, and a post dinner 'flash-light' tour of the Dole Mansion. This dinner is valued at over $500 and guests will have an opportunity to bid on this amazing evening.

Pre-sale tickets only to Christmas at the Dole on December
2nd. Purchase ticket by Tuesday Nov. 29th by visiting www.LakesideLegacy.org
and downloading a reply card. The reply card can be mailed to 401 Country Club
Road, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 or faxed to 815-455-8080. Ticket sales can be
taken over the phone at 815-455-8000.