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• Published November 30, 2006

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The American Legion Band presents a Holiday Concert , 7 p.m. Dec. 10, Timberline Baptist Church, 6628 Mullen Road S.E., Lacey. Free. 360-923-2487.

Magical Strings' 28th annual Celtic Yuletide Concert, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, St. John's Episcopal Church, 114 20th Ave. S.E., Olympia. $16 adults, $10 children. Tickets are available at Traditions Cafe, Rainy Day Records and Olympia Waldorf School. Call 253-857-3716.

The Olympia Choral Society presents "Glad Tidings We Bring," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Dec. 10, North Thurston Performing Arts Center, 600 Sleater-Kinney Road, Lacey. Free; donations accepted to benefit Partners in Prevention Education. 360-705-6462.

The 28th annual Advent Organ Concert with Andy Crow , 12:10-1 p.m. Dec. 15, First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way S.E., Olympia. Enjoy a concert of both traditional and contemporary works, utilizing the full scope of the pipe organ. 360-943-2661.

Bells of the Sound presents "Ring Those Christmas Bells ," 8 p.m. Dec. 16, Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community C ollege, 2011 Mottman Road, Olympia. $20 general, $15 staff and seniors and $10 for students with ID. 360-596-5501.

Dance

SOUTH SOUND

Ballet Northwest presents "The Nutcracker," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 15; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and 16; and 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and 17, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia. $28, $24, $22. 360-753-8586.

Literary events

SOUTH SOUND

The Paul Gillie Poetry Workshop Series, 7-8:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month through May at the Olympia Timberland Regional Library, 313 Eighth Ave. S.E., Olympia. 360-352-0595.

Hear One, Tell One Story Swap sponsored by The South Sound Storytelling Guild, 7-9 p.m. last Wednesday of every month except July and August, Mud Bay Coffee Co., 1600 Cooper Point Road, Olympia. 360-866-6308.

Barnes & Noble, 1530 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia. Events: Great Books Book Group discussion of "The Good Soldier" by Ford Maddox Ford; Book signing by Sean Williams, 2 p.m. Sept. 30. Ongoing: Saturday Storytime, 11 a.m. Saturdays; Juice Writers Workshop, 7 p.m. first and third Wednesday of each month; Writers Roundtable, second and fourth Thursday of each month. Free. 360-534-0388.