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Show when 25 groups compete in the yearly Florida High School Band Tournament St. Petersburg is home to the two-da- y event, held November 30 and December Bands battle for honors in concert, steps of maple syrup production, from boiling the sap (no volunteers are called for), to, presumably, tooth decay prevention I stage, parade and field shows WISCONSIN The American Race, the nation's longest ski race, will take place February 25 at Telemark. in Call toll free (800) Wisconsin, or (800) er cross-countr- y SOUTH CAROLINA Once a rice plantation, Middleton Place in Charleston recreates harvest activities every year during Plantation Days Not to be missed are the landscape gardens, wagons and the sight of sheepdogs faithfully herding sheep Adcandle-dippin- cider-pressin- g, g, mule-draw- n mission is $6 for adults Bob Andelman 472-300- 1 826-401- 1 elsewhere INDIANA November 24. Lighting of the World s Largest Christ- Monument Circle. Indianapolis. Ice skating and refreshments add extra cheer to this rosy cheeked ceremony mas Tree (317)636-629- Midwest Chicago Film Festival snowmobile races will be featured The 20th Annual takes place ILLINOIS Above the newly Incorporated town of Mammoth Lakes, California, Mammoth Mountain stands In Its summer trim. By now, however, both snow and avid skllers will have arrived at Mammoth In abundance. Located on the steep Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada range. Mammoth was halved In size some 100,000 years ago by an enormous volcanic eruption. Mammoth's Cornice run is possibly the best alpine adventure in California. Skllers leaving the Cornice Jump from an 11,053 foot high Hp to a slope twenty feet below, thus entering Mammoth's picturesque central bowl. Whitney Portals, one of the West's most beautiful peaks, and the highest In California Is within 80 air miles of Mammoth. It Is surrounded by a profusion of 10,000 to 14,000 foot rocks. Bring your camera and Kodachrome. New Year s Eve, Times Square, New York City, December 31. Instead of fighting the crowds in the street, the new rage is to rent an overlooking hotel room and welcome the new year in comfort with a fabulous view. Bring a friend. PENNSYLVANIA The Fifth Annual Giant Tinkertoy Extrava- ganza, Franklin Institute, PhiladelChildphia, November 23-25. hood dreams run wild. Must be seen to be disbelieved. Play or watch, but wear comfortable shoes and leave your preconceived notions at the door. (215) The Mummer's Parade, Broad Street to City Hall. Philadelphia, lanuary 1. Thirty thousand glitter-ingl- y costumed comics and musicians march to the Mummer's strut in this lavishly MumThe produced spectacle. mers' traditional insistence on costumes makes it vi568-659- world-famou- s, sually dazzling. 9. VIRGINIA George Washington and Ball. . LllVmnbi.v Rannuet A colo- 16. February Alexandria, nial costume banquet takes piace at an old town restaurant fol Riri-hnioh- t . i coslowed by an ball at famous tume or black-ti- e Advance Museum. Tavern Gadsby's locations around at various Chicago November Info: (312)644-340From lanuary 9 through 23. 0. the will Public Library present Chicago 19 to March 9. Black History Month, a festival of blues, gospel, theater and dance celebrating the heritage of black art (312) (Note: Indeblues can be the in study pendent thrillingly accomplished at many Chicago taverns. Look for Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Son Seals, limmy Dawkins and others. Maple Sugar Time, February at March 3 and the Lincoln Memorial Garden in Springfield features a show that takes the visitor through all the 346-327- 8. 23-2- 16-1- 7, 2-- 4, 0 549-020- g, MICHIGAN There are two winter festivals that mention should be made of Town, USA. the in the na carnival winter largest will held be tion, lanuary 0 and in Houghton Lake. Along with the usual fare, concerts and have been added to the hardier souls, for But mix. USA, a festival held Feb ruary through February 3 features a refreshing Polar Bear dip into the ice waters of Lake Huron, off Tip-U- p 19-2- 26-2- 7 ice-fishi- Per-chvill- e. 1 East Tawas. There's a single number for infor mation on all Michigan events: (517) 373-119- 5. Richard Levlnson Bucket Brigade: Winter in New England means the nation's pancakes can look forward to another year's worth of flowing maple syrup. It also means a season of beautiful New England scenery. i. reservations are required and there is an admission charge. (703) 2 There's a Winter Celebration February 4 at Erskine Park in South Bend. Oddly enough, snow sculpture and . rs 5. WASHINGTON, D.C. Festival of Music and Lights, throughout December. More than 40,000 tiny lights sparkle on the trees and shrubs of the Mormon Temple in nearby Kensington, Maryland with nightly concerts. Tony De Sena SOUT H EAST FLORIDA This one may not sound like much on its face, but there is a lot of spectacle involved 1 l- - fl ft fl , r ft r " J |