Giveaway: Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Creole Christmas, Dec. 20 at Walton Arts Center
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For more than 50 years, Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been freaking out audiences all over the world with their spicy New Orleans-style jazz.
Later this month, they’ll be bringing that flavor to Fayetteville.
The band is set to perform “Creole Christmas,” featuring their take on holiday songs like “Blue Christmas,” “Swinging In A Winter Wonderland,” “Bells Will Be Ringin’,” and “The Dreydel Song,” on Thursday, Dec. 20 at Walton Arts Center.
And guess who has a pair of tickets to give away to the show? It’s us. Try to win ‘em.
How to enter
Getting tickets to see legends like Preservation Hall Jazz Band would be a pretty sweet Christmas present if you ask us. Since it’s kind of that time of year to be thinking about gifts for friends and family right now, leave a comment below telling us what the best Christmas gift you ever got was, and you’re entered. (We’re just looking for some good ideas).
What you’ll win
One lucky winner will each win two (2) tickets to the performance by Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Dec. 20 at the Walton Arts Center.
A few rules (read ‘em carefully):
- You may only enter this specific contest once.
- This contest is open to anyone anywhere except Fayetteville Flyer writers, Walton Arts Center employees, and their immediate family members.
- Contest is open until 12 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 7
Make sure you leave a valid e-mail address when filling out the comment form since that’s how we’ll contact you if you’ve won. Once we notify the winners, you’ll have 24 hours to respond via email to claim your prize. - You’ll have to provide us with your first and last name (if you win) and then be prepared to show a valid photo ID when picking up your tickets.
Thanks to the Walton Arts Center for sponsoring this contest. For more information about this performance or to purchase tickets, visit waltonartscenter.com.
An old acoustic guitar given to me by my wife as incentive to start playing.
I got a djembe one year!
I was 4 and got a game of Don’t Break the Ice for Christmas. I made my grandpa play it with me all day long. 2 days later he passed away and it’s still the best gift I’ve received because of the memories that came with it. I still have it 23 years later. I remember that day perfectly and it always brings a smile to my face. even if i don’t win the tickets, i love that this contest was able to remind me of that special day.
My best gift was an engagement ring from my boyfriend….he had wrapped it up in a small box inside a bigger box, etc. Thought that was pretty romantic. We broke up a few months later….but I kept the ring!
The one that comes to mind is a gift from my husband on our first Christmas together.. tickets to see Dave Brubeck at the WAC. So glad we had the chance!
The complete collection of Calvin & Hobbes.
My most memorable gift was an acoustic guitar autographed by STP. My parents won it in an auction benefiting St Jude’s Children’s Hospital. It was an amazing way for my parents to give in more ways than one. Instead of preserving it I chose to hone my mediocre guitar skills with said guitar. I’m still playing it, but Scott Weilands signature is barely legible anymore. I’m just fortunate my parents were able to give me such a great gift while helping with such a great cause at the same time. Good folks!
My dad built an acoustic guitar from scratch and gave it to me! It was the first instrument he ever built and it took him almost 2 years.
A set of plastic dinosaurs so detailed I got scared and hid them. Later played with those things to death and they became a good memory of that time…
A Kindle! I love to read and it was a totally unexpected gift.
Swatch watch AND Guess overalls – Christmas 1988.
got a Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
alas, i shot my eye out.
A pink beach cruiser from my fiance. It was a total surprise and he had even had it sent down to his parents’ house where we were for Christmas so I could open it with everyone there.
Strongbow. Beer/cider is always an appropriate gift!
A Mattel Dishonest John puppet with a string pull that played favorite phrases of the character. “Nya-Ha-Haaa! Dishonest John!!!” My sister got the Mr. Ed puppet.
I can’t enter, but if I could, I’d probably say Ewok Village Playset. I could not believe Santa brought that thing to my house. It was awesome.
An Intellivision game system, Christmas 1981. I couldn’t believe my parents bought that for me. It was the beginning of many, many hours of Pitfall, Frogger, Qbert, Centipede, Dig Dug…
The best Christmas present was in 1985, I was in the Army and stationed in Germany. I could not afford to come home that year so was very depressing time. The present was a very simple one. My company commander and 1st sgt came in the barracks late Christmas eve and hung a stocking for every soldier it included candy canes, chocolate santa, and jelly bean, also one beer. It had a personal note to each soldier, with how they had effected their lives. Wasn’t much but when your all alone on the holidays it’s a lot
A leather bomber jacket from my fiancee. We were married 4 days later.
A beautiful map of my hometown.
When I was twelve, my oldest step-sister (14 years my senior) gave me a plaid, Polo long-sleeve. I loved it some much it didn’t matter that it was an adult XL. I’m 28 now, and it’s still a little on the large side. Sadly, it’s also about to fall apart.
*I loved it so much…
You’d think, by this point, I’d proofread my comments before posting them.
The best present I ever got was a camera.
A pair of New Kids on the Block concert tickets. (I was in 4th grade)
The best present I received was a pair of boots.
A carton of cigarettes. So go home and cry to your daddy. Don’t cry here.
Oh, am I too late?
When I was three years old, my father was a salesman at a Ford dealership. I was given a big bag of tiny plastic cars– about two hundred of them. My parents cleared off the kitchen table so I could play with them far into the evening. It snowed that year, but we couldn’t make snow ice cream because the strontium-90 levels were too high. We had a chocolate cake with white icing dotted with red hots instead.
It isn’t a Christmas present, but it has been a treat to read this list.
A pair of red go-go boots in the ’60s. I was in jr. high and thought I was hot stuff!