Central Oklahoma’s Event Calendar December 2009

The following is a truncated list of events occurring in Frontier Country:

DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA – Experience Downtown in December Nov. 27 through Jan. 3 in downtown Oklahoma City. Go snow tubing down the nation's largest manmade slope or go ice skating at an outdoor rink. Plus take a free water taxi excursion along the winding Bricktown Canal or Oklahoma River cruise. See an array of museums for free, a magically-lit botanical garden and historic avenue and much more.  See www.DowntowninDecember.com for more information.

Media Contact: Kim Searls, Downtown OKC, Inc., 405-235-3515

Visit the Harn Homestead Museum in Oklahoma City Dec. 3 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for a Territorial Christmas Celebration. Tour the historic buildings and grounds, take a hay ride around the property, create Victorian holiday crafts and visit with Santa. The Harn Homestead Museum’s gift shop will be open featuring fun toys and trinkets. General admission is $5, $4 for seniors and military and children 3 and under and Harn Homestead Museum members get in free.   

Media Contact: Cher Golding, Harn Homestead, 405-235-4058

Celebrate the holidays with Central Oklahoma Ballet’s 16^th production of the Nutcracker Ballet Dec. 5-6 at the Yukon Fine Arts Auditorium. Performance times are Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets visit www.CentralOKBallet.org. 

Media Contact: Patti George, Central Oklahoma Ballet, 405-354-7143

Join Santa for a Christmas Train ride at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City Dec. 19 with hot chocolate, carols and storytelling. Trains run at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Call 405-424-8222 to purchase tickets.

Media Contact: Drake Rice, Oklahoma Railway Museum, 405-424-8222

            Each of these contacts can provide additional information or a spokesperson for interviews. To download a complete listing of events, exhibits and attractions for the next two months, visit http://www.oktourism.com/uploads/documents/December2009January2010.doc

For more information, visit www.oktourism.com or call 1-800-FUN-OKLA.

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 For Immediate Release: November 23, 2009
 

Contact: Lauren Lorenzen, Public Relations Manager

Telephone: 405-232-6552  

E-mail: lauren@oktourism.com