Farm Museum to hold open house for Christmas
The Carroll County Farm Museum will open tomorrow for its annual Christmas open house, with this year's theme being an old-fashioned holiday.
A wicker sleigh full of greens sits outside the 19th-century farmhouse. Traditional wreaths hang in the candle-lighted windows. Lining the driveway are luminaries in Mason jars leading to the farmhouse door.
Inside the farmhouse, greens, pine cones and berries adorn the stairway and rooms, along with old-fashioned decorations. A 9-foot evergreen dominates the parlor, hung with Victorian ornaments.
A nutcracker collection is displayed in the showcase and a snow village in the bow-front china closet. From the farmhouse kitchen float the smells of holiday cooking.
Santa Claus will greet children in the broom shop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays and all day Saturdays and Sundays.
The summer kitchen will sell holiday goodies. Miniature gingerbread houses can be found in the bake oven room. Visitors can take a wagon ride around the farm or stop in the living history center to see the museum's artisans demonstrate skills from bygone days.
The Farm Museum will be open for tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Dec. 4. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is $1. Groups of 20 or more must make reservations.
& Information: 848-7775. Hohner harmonica artist Jim Allison will offer a free clinic for interested musicians at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Stu's Music Shop, Route 140, Westminster.
Mr. Allison, a former elementary school teacher, turned to music as a co-founder of Joint Venture Productions, a medium-sized sound company with national credits.
He also helped start the Jim Sellers Band, which produced an album and two singles. Later he was band leader for saxophone player Ace Cannon and country music singers Johnny Lee and Lorrie Morgan.
In 1990, Mr. Allison signed an endorsement agreement with Hohner Inc., the largest producer of harmonicas. The agreement provides him with access to Hohner's catalog of instruments and recognition by his peers as one of the foremost diatonic harmonica players in the world. Information: 848-7585.