An Old-Fashioned Christmas For Casa

North County’s local talents present An Old-Fashioned Christmas at 7pm on Friday, December 18, to benefit Casa De Amparo, an Oceanside-based child development center and shelter serving abused children and families in San Diego through group therapy, family therapy, and child abuse prevention. The concert event will take place at Carlsbad Women’s Club, across the street from Carlsbad High School. Enjoy favorite Christmas and Chanukah songs by local singers and musicians including Joni Harris, Bill Ims, Carolyn Mickelson, Eliane Weidauer, Vicki Hamilton, and Dmitriy Demidov. Guests are invited to join them for a sing-a-long opportunity and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies. Please bring a gift for a Casa kid as an entry fee. Suggestions include gift cards, photo albums, personal toiletries, games, and puzzles. For reservations please call Eliane Weidauer at 760/945-1162 or email her at meliane@cox.net. (www.casadeamparo.org)