A huge cast, including most of those shown here, will present the annual Li’l Ole Opry Smith Family and Friends Christmas Show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 in the Harry M. Ward auditorium at Mathews High School. The house band Shades of Country along with Opry singers will offer country and traditional Christmas selections; children and family take the stage after intermission. The show will end with the reading of the Christmas story from the Bible and the family singing Christmas hymns, such as O Holy Night, Away in a Manger and Hallelujah, He is Born.Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Mathews Visitor Center in Mathews and Marketplace Antiques on Route 17 in Hayes.
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