Entertainment for the SCHS Christmas Open House Dec. 7-8 at Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd., has been announced as follows:
Saturday December 7
2:00 p.m. Riley Creek Strummers
3:00 p.m. 4 girls and a guy
4:00 p.m. Visit from Santa Claus
5:00 p.m. Michael and Sharon Wildermuth
Sunday December 8
2:00 p.m. Wendy Chappell-Dick
3:00 p.m. High school strings
4:00 p.m. Visit from Santa Claus
5:00 p.m. Brass quintet
The public is invited to tour the decorated 1843 farmhouse while enjoying homemade treats and listening to seasonal songs.
Guests can watch food being prepared in the fireplace, hand-dipping a candle, playing checkers, shopping in the gift shop, and chatting with staff about the history of the home and typical life in the 1840s.
Guests arriving at dusk will be able to see the house lit by candles as it would have been in 1843.
The Bixel/Basinger Barn will also be open to show the progress of its conversion into an SCHS Heritage Center.
The event is free to the public, but donations will be gratefully accepted.