Weekend calendar
local Christmas Candlelight Tours will be held at Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville today through Sunday. The tours are available from 5 to 9 p.m. Fridays and 2 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Activities begin with Light-Up Night on Sunday when the castle grounds and walls are lined with luminaria. “An Old-fashioned Christmas” is this year’s theme. For more information, call 724-785-6882.
Hoe-down round and square dancing, slow dancing, polkas, line dancing and clogging will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. today at the Waynesburg Moose in Waynesburg. The Dave Dahl Orchestra will provide music and figure calling. There is a small donation.
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Millions of sparkling lights and animated displays across 15 acres makes up the Overly’s Country Christmas, a drive-through, walk-through Christmas Village, held at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Mount Pleasant Township through Sunday, every day including holidays. Wagon/sleigh rides and kids’ express train rides will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Gifts, treats and a bonfire will also enhance this Christmas tradition. Proceeds from the event benefit Overly’s Lights For Little Ones Endowment, which supports multiple children’s causes. For more information, call the infolines at 800-9OVERLY (968-3759) or 724-423-1400 or visit the Web site at www.overlys.com.
The Winter Festival of Lights at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, W.Va., runs through Sunday. Seven new light displays were unveiled this year including two fire-breathing dragon displays at the Good Zoo at Oglebay. On Friday and Saturday, zoo visitors can make s’mores over a fire burning on the zoo patio from 6 to 9 p.m. The zoo also features holiday laser shows and a large miniature train display with a nostalgic winter village.
Trolley tours of the festival are offered nightly every hour from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The festival is open from 5 to 11 p.m. For more information call 304-243-4000 or 1-800-624-6988 or visit www.oglebay-resort.com.