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Vince Guaraldi
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The article mentions Dave Wild performing 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and references Guaraldi's music. Readers would benefit from learning about the jazz pianist who composed the iconic Peanuts soundtrack and his broader musical career.
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The Nutcracker
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The article highlights a live-orchestra Nutcracker production with Tchaikovsky's score. Understanding the ballet's origins, Tchaikovsky's compositional process, and its evolution into a Christmas tradition provides rich context.
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Dr Pepper
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The article mentions the Dr Pepper Museum and 'A Dr Pepper Christmas' event, calling it 'Waco's most iconic soft drink.' The history of Dr Pepper's invention in Waco in 1885 and its cultural significance would enrich readers' appreciation.
Dave Wild isn’t just playing “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on Friday night at Marie’s in downtown Waco—he’s dragging the whole Peanuts universe through a lifetime of jazz scholarship, Coltrane liner notes, and dodging the fluorescent death of federal office bureaucracy.
If you want to hear holiday music played by someone who’s actually lived inside the jazz trenches—not a dilettante in a Santa hat—then grab a glass of wine and let Wild remind you why Vince Guaraldi’s music still swings.
Christmas arrives at the Dr Pepper Museum on Saturday like a carbonated holiday overdose—free admission, Santa photos, raffle baskets, and the chance to mix your own sugary Frankenstein in the Holiday Make-A-Soda lab.
It’s the rare family event that doesn’t feel embalmed in nostalgia. Instead, it fizzes and crackles, so let Waco’s most iconic soft drink remind you that Christmas should always come with a little pop.
On Sunday afternoon, Baylor’s Waco Hall hosts the only live-orchestra production of The Nutcracker in Central Texas, a full-tilt swirl of toy soldiers and snowflakes mixed with Sugar Plum delirium. And when the Waco Symphony tears into Tchaikovsky under Beau Benson’s baton, the whole thing stops being a holiday obligation and turns into a big-hearted spectacle.
Plus, Ballet Frontier returns with professional dancers, local kids dancing their guts out, and costumes so bright they could wake a hibernating bear, all wrapped around choreography that refuses to phone in a single step.
Analog: Waco’s Small, Quiet Space
There’s a door behind University Baptist Church that opens into a room held together with mismatched lamps, exposed ductwork, and community. Last Saturday night, Analog filled that space with voices telling stories that weren’t trying to be polished—only true. Some moments landed. Others drifted. All of it was honest.
The latest episode of Your Waco Weekend examines this long-running spoken word project where Waco speaks without pretense.
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Thursday, December 11
Big Texas Christmas Present | Texas Rangers Hall of Fame & Museum | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Urban REAP Christmas Crafts | Urban REAP | 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
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