Museum of Flight hosts holiday activities

Holiday fun and flight on Dec 17, 2011

By Tyler Hemstreet on December 4, 2011

The Museum of Flight in Seattle will kick off the holiday season in style on Dec. 17 by welcoming Santa and Mrs. Claus on airplane.

The event, entitled "Wright Spirit Holiday," is part of the 108th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' famous first flight. Santa and Mrs. Claus will fly into the museum in a classic de Havilland Beaver floatplane at 10 a.m. to kick off the annual event. After greeting well-wishers outside, the couple will hear children's holiday wishes inside the museum until 2 p.m. Wright Spirit Holiday offers family activities, music and theater until 3 p.m. Indoor events are free with admission to the museum.

The Hope Lutheran School Bell Choir will perform in the great gallery until 11:30 a.m., and at noon, the Boeing Orchestra of Flight will take over until 1 p.m.

The orchestra is a volunteer community group of Boeing employees that has performed in the Puget Sound area since 1983. Under the direction of Matthew Kruse, the Orchestra presents four concert series per season, which runs from September to early June. The music repertoire includes works ranging from baroque and classical to contemporary Broadway and Hollywood film scores. The orchestra has performed at many places in the community, including the Nordic Heritage Museum, Tully's Coffee headquarters and many area retirement homes and senior centers.

There will also be activities for children from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., as participants can learn more about the inventors of the airplane and find out how they solved the problem of controllable flight. Children can also make a model of one of their aircraft designs.

At 2 p.m., the Amazing Skies Theater presents A Salute to the USO - A History of Service.

Combining songs, vintage uniforms, comedy and oral history, the 50-minute show traces the USO from its beginnings in World War II to the present day.

For more information on any of the events at the Museum of Flight, visit www.museumofflight.org.

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