Hilton Garden Inn Downtown in Historic Miller & Rhoads Brings Back Christmas Traditions: Santa Claus and Teddy Bear Teas will highlight the holiday season in the newly restored historic building The hotel will light a giant Christmas tree on Dec. 4 in conjunction with the Grand Illumination ceremony. Visitors to the hotel will enjoy complimentary hot chocolate or hot cider with holiday cookies.
Santa Claus has appearances scheduled each day from Dec. 8-Dec. 13. Santa will visit Miller & Rhoads from 4pm-7pm. Dec. 8-10 and from 10am-5pm Dec. 11-13. Children are invited to tell Santa what is on their wish list and have their photos taken in his chair. A professional photographer will also be available to take digital photographs for a small fee. In addition, two Teddy Bear Teas are scheduled for Dec. 12 and 13 from 11am-12:30pm. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel at 727-2104. Tickets are $25 per child.
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Venture Richmond Announces Holiday Card Winners
Four area high schools have been chosen winners in Venture Richmond's Annual Holiday Card program. This year's cards will be on display beginning Friday, Dec. 4, during the Grand Illumination at the Downtown Public Library on Franklin Street. They will stay on display through the end of the month.
In the four categories identified by the judging committee the following schools were selected as the best representation of the criteria:
Holiday Wishes: Open High School
Most Universal: St. Catherine's School
Most "Green": Huguenot High School
Most Magical: Henrico High School's Center for the Arts
Each of the four winning schools will receive a $350 cash prize to benefit their Art Department and all schools will receive a Ukrop's Pizza party for their participating students. Lissy Bryan acts as chairperson for the annual project. All High Schools in the Richmond Region are welcome to participate in the program, which was initiated in 2003. The "cards"are actually giant works of art produced on the front and back of two, full-sized doors which are hinged together to form a giant greeting card. Schools are provided with doors and materials. This year, for the first time, doors were "recycled"from previous years and cash prizes were awarded.
Participating high schools in 2009 were: John Marshall, Open, St. Catherine's Clover Hill, George Wythe, Henrico, Mills Godwin and Huguenot, Armstrong and Lee Davis.
Venture Richmond continues to store many of the previous years' cards and this year those cards will be displayed at CenterStage, the Visitors Center at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and Main Street Station, also during the month of December.
Sponsors for the program are First Market Bank, Page Bond Gallery and Siewers Lumber and Millwork.
Photographs: Judging Committee
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12.03.2009
