My wife usually participates with the large group of over one hundred plus quality singers who present excerpts from Handel’s Messiah in St. Augustine every year. It’s one of the more popular Christmas Season events in this charming city just thirty minutes to the north of Palm Coast. She couldn't this year, but I will still be there when it happens.
The city lit up all its Christmas lights this week. The horse and carriage tours are stalling car traffic all over the city. But who cares! (If you can’t visit during the Christmas season, tours of the neat “Old Jail” are always available. That’s another very popular go-see.)
Flagler College, a high quality and high cost liberal arts college is right in the middle of the city so you encounter a good mix of both youth squanderers and old geezers glazed and gazing on the walking mall, getting great home made ice cream; some toking, some talking.
My son and his wife do a bed-and-breakfast thing in St. Auggie regularly. And they only live 40 minutes away! Escape from the kids. We babysit.
Here is a website with one of the most comprehensive schedules of events…
http://www.getaway4florida.com/nights/events.php
And here are the dates and times for this year’s event:
“HANDEL'S MESSIAH
The St. Augustine Community Choir presents their annual performance of excerpts from Handel's Messiah and other Christmas holiday music at the St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, located at 38 Cathedral Place in St. Augustine. Presentations are at 8 p.m Saturday December 12th and at 2 p.m Sunday December 13th. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Phone: 904.824.2806”
