Museum of Science and Industry

2008 Performance & Events Schedule

Various ethnic groups and school choirs from across Chicagoland will spread festive spirit with song and dance performances as part of Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light. Performances take place in the Holiday Stage area off the Museum's East Court, Main Floor. Book signings take place in North Court, near the Holiday Shoppe. (Schedules are subject to change.)

November 2008

Friday, Nov. 14: Opening Day Celebration!
10:30 a.m. — Join us for the opening of Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light. You'll hear from the Broadway in Chicago's Jersey Boys—who will "sing in" Christmas Around the World in style—and enjoy as the Museum's 45-foot Grand Tree is lit for the first time.
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Saturday, Nov. 15
12:15 p.m. — Nordikids Musiklubb (Sweden) - Pageantry and singing
2:45 p.m. — Old Town School of Folk Music - Harmonica ensemble accompanied by a string band
4:00 p.m. — Robert Clemente Center & NACOPRW of Northwest Indiana (Puerto Rico)

Sunday, Nov. 16
1:30 p.m. — Flamenco Chicago (Spain)
2:45 p.m. — Harvard High School Elizabethan Madrigals (England) - Choral performance

Saturday, Nov. 22
11:00 a.m. — Cambrian Benevolent Society (Wales) - Song and dance
12:15 p.m. — Pachacamac (Ecuador) - Music and dance
1:30 p.m. — Varblomman Children's Club (Sweden) - Song and dance
2:45 p.m. — Chinese American Civic Council and Robert Healy Elementary School Chinese Folk Ensemble
4:00 p.m. — St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church (Egypt)

Also on Saturday, Nov. 22:
If you visit The Magnificent Mile 2008 Lights Festival on Chicago's North Michigan Avenue today, find the Museum of Science and Industry's booth in the Pioneer Court (near the Tribune Tower) and look for our float in the Lighting Procession that evening!

Sunday, Nov. 23
12:15 p.m. — Bonnie Lindholm School of Dance
1:30 p.m. — Oak Forest Park District, Momentum Dance Force
2:45 p.m. — Indian Catholic Association
4:00 p.m. — Svenige Barnen I.O.S. (Scandinavia) - Choral performance with accompaniment

Saturday, Nov. 29
11:00 a.m. — Moravian Cultural Society (Czech Republic)
12:15 p.m. — Samahang Kapatid & Sama-Sama Project (Philippines) - Cultural dance and folk music
1:30 p.m. — Faith Filipiniana Dance Group/Chicago Angklung & Rondalla Ensemble/Sampaguita Singers (Philippines)
2:45 p.m. — Slovenian Catholic Center
4:00 p.m. — The Hump Night Thumpers (USA) - Jug band ensemble performing traditional American blues, jazz and ragtime music

Sunday, Nov. 30
12:15 p.m. — Children's Choir Campanella (Russia)
1:30 p.m. — Punch and Judaism (Hanukkah)
2:45 p.m. — Flores de Mexico & Affinity Dance Company (Mexico)

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