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LONGWOOD—For the seventh holiday season in a row, Grissettown Longwood Fire Department will become station central for dozens of model trains.

The department’s seventh annual Christmas Train Show gets under way 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and continues through the weekend, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8.

Each year since the first train show launched during the 2006 holiday season, the trains have just gotten bigger, better, and greater in number, fire chief Tal Grissett says.

The Carolina Borders Detachment 1036 of the Marine Corps League is proud to announce its annual post-secondary education scholarship competition.

This $500 scholarship is available to residents of Brunswick County or Horry County, S.C., who are currently a senior in high school and have been accepted at an accredited community college, four-year college or a postsecondary trade school; or are presently attending an accredited community college, four-year college or a postsecondary trade school.

American bluegrass group Dailey & Vincent is bringing back its special blend of toe-tapping music to Brunswick Community College’s Odell Williamson Auditorium this Thursday night, Dec. 5.

The duo’s heartwarming Christmas concert, part of the BCCOWA Performing Arts Series for the 2013-14 season, starts at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Jamie Dailey was previously lead vocalist and guitarist for Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver from 1999-2008.

A vintage World War II DUKW amphibious truck, nicknamed a “Duck,” which supported Allied landings in Normandy, France, on D-Day, will be exhibited at the WII USO big-band dance and USO show Nov. 22 at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center at 120 S. Second St. in Wilmington.

 The “Duck,” owned by local antique vehicle collector Jim Knowles and in pristine wartime condition with military markings, will greet attendees at the front entrance from 5 to 8 p.m.

The Cape Fear Chorale will present a free Handel Messiah audience sing-along at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Kenan Auditorium at UNCW in Wilmington.

The sing-along is part of the chorale’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Concert, which will also feature a program of the premiere of a commissioned piece by choral composer Carl J. Nygard Jr and seasonal music.

Donations are appreciated.

It’s described as an interactive stage show with bidding and prizes and everything but Bob Barker himself.

 “The Price Is Right” interactive stage show is scheduled to light up Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College at 7:30 Saturday night, Nov. 23.

Tickets are $49.50 for orchestra/downstairs seating and $39.50 for upstairs/mezzanine.

“It’s not the TV show — it’s the live stage show,” auditorium manager Mike Sapp said.

A soup-and-water lunch will be served as the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition hosts its second annual Hunger and Homeless Banquet on Saturday, Nov. 16.

This year’s event is from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seaside United Methodist Church at 1300 Seaside Road (N.C. 904) in Sunset Beach. It is free and open to the public.

Keynote speaker will be advocate Resea Willis, president of Brunswick Housing Opportunities Inc.

Love goes over the middle, and a fish is drinking up the floodwaters from the water pourer before it hits the Earth. Sounds like the ramblings of one who, as the expression goes, paddles his boat with the oars not touching the water. On the other hand, perhaps this is just a person who has learned to decipher the night sky. The planet Venus — love — is going over the middle and there is a fish, which seems to be drinking water. Check out the southern horizon around 6 p.m. to view these star gazing treats.

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office is having a free BikeSafe North Carolina Skills Day from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15.

The class will be held at the sheriff’s office in Bolivia.

This program is being offered by the sheriff’s office in an effort to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities involving motorcycles.

The class will cover background information and training related to several areas including motorcycle control, hazard management, cornering, overtaking and roadcraft.