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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 24, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some interesting upcoming events.

Friday

Drive A Train

The Model Railroad Club of Sun City Center is hosting a holiday open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday. Participants have the opportunity to run a train and earn a certificate. Come out and see the trains and the elaborate track layouts. The event takes place at 915 N. Course Lane, Sun City Center. Visit www.sccmrrc.org for directions or call (813) 634-1414.

Sunday

Burn Troubles Away

The Unity Community of Joy is having a Burning Bowl Ceremony to help release old, unwanted things in your life and clear the way for new beginnings. It will be at 10 a.m. Sunday in the Armstrong Room, 953 N. Course Drive, Sun City Center. Participants write what they would like to release on slips of paper, place it in a small, dedicated bowl to burn outside and return inside to conclude the ceremony. The community is invited to this free event.

Monday

Keep On Truckin'
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi stir the pot with "Soul Stew Revival" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin St., Tampa. Trucks, a blues and rock guitarist, has played with Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, Stephen Stills and the Allman Brothers. Tedeschi mixes classic, urban and gospel blues for a new sound of blues music. An 11-piece ensemble, including three horns, provides back up for them.

Tickets for "Soul Stew Revival" are $37.50, $47.50 and $57.50. They are available from www.ticketmaster.com, by calling (813) 287-8844 or at the Tampa Theatre box office. To sample the music, visit www.derektrucks.com/ or www.susantedeschi.com.

Tuesday

Dancing Horses

The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions will dance and prance their way into the Lakeland Center for shows at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets to see the unique equine ballet range from $16.50 to $26.50 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (813) 740-2246. For information, visit www.thelakelandcenter .com.

Plan Ahead

Elvis Remembrance

"Memories of Elvis" will be presented by the Blackwood Brothers Quartet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in the Community Hall, 1910 S. Pebble Beach Blvd., Sun City Center. The show is scheduled on Elvis' birthday, which makes it special for everyone. Friends of the singer, the Blackwoods were asked to sing at his funeral.

The performance benefits the Sun City Center Emergency Squad. Tickets, $15, are available at the squad. Call (813) 642-0920 or e-mail dleath@dleath.com.

Keyword: Entertainment, for a searchable database of events, music, dining reviews and movie times and locations. Interested in having an entertainment event considered for publication? Contact Kathy Vance at Things To Do, South Shore News & Tribune, 3032

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