The sun smiled on Davidson Christmas Day, heralding a quiet but cheery weekend for those staying home for the holidays.  Thursday afternoon the only store open on Main Street was CVS (open until 8 p.m. Christmas Day).  Most businesses will resume regular hours Friday.  The busiest place around this weekend could be the Lake Norman YMCA, where the fitness machines are ready to take on all that holiday nog and sweets! Plus, there will be a recital Sunday by two former townies, Rebecca and Peter Cain.

WEEKEND OF DEC. 25-28

Town Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holiday.

Rebecca and Peter Cain, two musicians who grew up in Davidson and are in town for the holidays, will hold a free music recital Sunday, starting at 3 p.m. at Davidson College Presbyterian Church.  Rebecca is a bassoonist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Peter is finishing a master’s degree in clarinet at the University of Minnesota. They are the children of Larry and Jane Cain, music director at DCPC. Both will play solo pieces and they will also play a clarinet-bassoon duet by Francis Poulenc. With piano accompaniment by Jane Cain.

SPORTS

Davidson College athletic teams are on break this weekend, but you can catch up with Wildcats’ sports on DavidsonWildcats.com.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

• MONDAY, DEC. 29, 9 p.m., Charleston, S.C. – Davidson men’s basketball vs. College of Charleston. Television: ESPNU.
• TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 2 p.m., Davidson College Belk Arena – Davidson women’s basketball vs. Wofford. $6 adults, $3 children.
• THURSDAY, JAN. 1 – New Year’s Day. Town Hall and other public offices closed.
• SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 10 a.m. to noon, North County Regional Library, Huntersville – “E-Bay for Beginners: Selling Online,” a workshop to help you learn to list and sell online. Free. To register or for more information, call 704-416-6000, option 4.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 10 a.m., Main Street Books, 126 S. Main St. – Story Time for children 5 and under. Story Time is held twice monthly, on the first and third Tuesday. Future dates Jan. 20, Feb. 3, Feb. 17.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 2:15 p.m., Davidson Day School, Griffith and Jetton streets – Ribbon-cutting for the school’s new Art & Athletic Center, followed by a tailgate party and pep rally in advance of the boys’ basketball game vs. Woodlawn.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 6 p.m., McIntosh Law Firm, 209 Delburg St. – Davidson Board of Adjustment meeting. Agenda includes adoption of written findings of fact in an appeal by developer FC Summers Walk LLC. The developer is challenging the town’s assessment of fees under the adequate public facilities ordinance.
• SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 7:30 p.m., Davidson College Alvarez Student Union – University of Pennsylvania Shabbatones Concert & Havdalah Service, sponsored by Beth Shalom of Lake Norman.  The Shabbatones is a student-run Jewish a capella group. Free.
• SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 7 p.m., Peninsula Club at Lake Norman – Ada Jenkins Center hosts its Ice 2009 fund-raising gala. All proceeds benefit the regional community services center and its programs. Sponsorships available. Details: www.adajenkins.org/ice/
• MONDAY, JAN. 19, Davidson College – Martin Luther King Day events at Davidson College: 9:30 a.m., Walk for Change, from Richardson Stadium to Chambers steps, for a reading of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech; 9:30-11:30 a.m., King Day for Kids at Alvarez College Union, with activities for kids in grades K-5; 11:30, King Day Community Convocation, with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president of University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Also, there will be a community reception, faculty and student seminars, and a 7 p.m. community celebration in Duke Family Performance Hall (see next item). Details on the college website.
• MONDAY, JAN. 19, 7 p.m., Davidson College Duke Family Performance Hall – Martin Luther King Day community celebration, featuring Pastor John P. Kee and New Life of Charlotte, Brothers in Christ of Gethesemane Baptist Church of Davidson, The Chosen Disciples of Asheboro, N.C., and Pastor Jeffrey Thomas of Lincolnton. Details on the college website.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 10 a.m., Main Street Books, 126 S. Main St. – Story Time for children 5 and under. Story Time is held twice monthly, on the first and third Tuesday. Future dates Feb. 3, Feb. 17.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m., North County Regional Library, Huntersville – Family Game Night. Info: 704-416-6000, option 4.
• SATURDAY, JAN. 24, Davidson College Baker Sports Complex – 2008 Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame events. Induction ceremonies begin with a reception at 3:45 p.m., following the women’s basketball game against Appalachian State. That game begins at noon in Belk Arena. A dinner and program will begin at 4:30 p.m., and that’s followed at 7 by the men’s basketball game vs. Wofford. Details about this year’s honorees in our Dec. 16 news item.
• SUNDAY, JAN. 25, 3 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane – Music at St. Alban’s series presents the Farallon Recorder Quartet. Tickets required. Details on the Music at St. Alban’s website.
• TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 7:30 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church – Organ at Davidson Series continues with a performance by Jane Dimmock Cain, director of music at DCPC. Details in our Organ at Davidson season preview.
• SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 3 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane – Music at St. Alban’s series presents countertenor Ian Howell with Tableau: Handel’s Inheritance. They’ll explore the music behind the man who wrote “Messiah.” Tickets required. Details on the Music at St. Alban’s website.
• TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 7:30 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church – Organ at Davidson Series continues with a “Bach Birthday Bash.” Music by Bach accompanies readings from works by Albert Schweitzer. Details in our Organ at Davidson season preview.
• SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 3 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane – Music at St. Alban’s series presents VOX & Friends. Vox is a professional vocal group from Charlotte, led by David Tang. Tickets required. Details on the Music at St. Alban’s website.

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