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Thursday, Sep. 04, 2008

Van Wyck community ready to celebrate this weekend

The Van Wyck Community Club will have its 10th annual Celebrate Van Wyck Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Community Center, 5036 Old Hickory Road, Van Wyck. The family event includes live music, a business and travel show, vendors, children's activities and more. For details, call Richard Vaughan at (803) 285-1076 or e-mail him at vwvaughan@comporium.net. Proceeds benefit the community center.

Party downtown tonight

Main Street Live will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. today in downtown Rock Hill. The Briar Creek Band will perform. Admission is free. For details, visit www.yorkcountychamber.com.

Take in 'Cinderella'

An adaptation of the classic fairy tale "Cinderella" will be at 8 p.m. Friday and 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the former Chester Little Theatre on Wylie Street, Chester. The Children's Theater of Chester, a part of the Chester Little Theater is presenting the show. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and children. For reservations, call (803) 377-1101.

Pageant will be Saturday

The annual Little Miss-Teen Miss Fort Mill and Tega Cay pageant will be at 3 p.m Saturday at Gold Hill Elementary School, 100 Dave Gibson Blvd., Fort Mill. For details, call Linda Hoverman O'Neal at (803) 547-3570 or (704) 904-0117 or visit picasaweb.google.com/littlemissfortmillandtegacay.

Volunteer at the museum

Culture and Heritage Museums will have these events:

• Decipher Handwriting and Misspellings, 11 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday at the Historical Center of York County at McCelvey Center, 212 E. Jefferson St., York. Event is free and open to the public.

• Volunteer information session, 9:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at the Museum of York County, 4621 Mount Gallant Road, Rock Hill. To register, call 329-2121 or e-mail cjenkins@chmuseums.org.

• Our Natural World Book Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Fort Mill Library, 1818 Second Baxter Crossing, Fort Mill. To register, call 547-4114. For details, call Nancy Crane at 329-2121, Ext. 112 or e-mail her at ncrane@chmuseums.org.

• The next installment of the River Ramblers series will be Fish Dam Ford, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 13. To register, call Barbara Ardrey at 981-9182 or e-mail her at bardrey@chmuseums.org. For trip questions, call Steve Fields at 329-2121 or e-mail him at stevefields@chmuseums.org.

Catch up with arts council

The Arts Council of York County will have the following events:

• Catawba River Artist Guild meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 11 at the Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill.

• Pottery Workshop, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Rock Hill Pottery Center, 201 E. Main St., Rock Hill. Cost $50. Registration deadline is Sept. 10.

• Rock and Roll with Young Tom Fury and Fernandina, 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Loading Dock at the Tom S. Gettys Center, 201 E. Main St., Rock Hill.

• "Jerry Finnegan's Sister" at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27 at Old Town Amphiteatre at City Hall, downtown Rock Hill. Rock Hill Community Theatre and Main Streets of Old Town are presenting the show. For details, visit www.rockhilltheatre.org.

For details, call 328-2787 or visit www.yorkcountyarts.org

Conlon concert free

Christian acoustic/electric guitarist, Tom Conlon will perform at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Core at St. John's United Methodist Church, 321 S. Oakland Ave., Rock Hill. The free event is for youth in grades sixth through college. For details, visit www.myspace.com/tomconlonmusic or www.stjohnsrh.org.

Check out the library

The York County Library will have a free family event to introduce the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to York County. Event time is 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at the library, 138 E. Black St., Rock Hill. The Imagination Library was created to enable preschool children to have their own library of books. For details, call (803) 981-5858 or visit www.yclibrary.org.

Find out about Crave

Crave, a local youth mentoring program, offers a performing arts curriculum most evenings. Locations vary. Topics include a teen summit, praise dance, multiculturalism, gospel choir and fun days. Crave is also seeking volunteers. For details, call Latoya Mayes (803) 984-2975.