Help Preserve the Spirit of the American West
Holiday Open House
December 1, 2012
Thank you to all who attended our 2011 event, and to all the groups who performed!
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center celebrated the holiday season by inviting our community in for a FREE day filled with festive decorations, Santa Claus, and entertainment.
For more information e-mail Jill Gleich or call her at 307.578.4025.
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Entertainment
Local and regional groups perform for the crowds at our Holiday Open House. The following talented folks entertained this past December: The Corr Family, Yellowstone Harmony Chorus, Pink Ladies Quartet, Bobbie Holder & Samantha Rawlings, the Sheets Family, Susan & Victoria Gwinn, CMS's Jazzical, CHS's SYNERGY, Livingston Honor Choir, Sunlight Martial Arts, Cody Center for the Performing Arts, BigHorn Belly Dance, Absaroka Mountain Thunder, Sunset Honor Choir, Rocky Mountain School of the Arts, Eastside Honor Choir, and CHS's Jazz Band.
Our thanks to all of them!
Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience
Special guest stars this year: the birds of our Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience:
- Teasdale the great-horned owl
- Isham the red-tailed hawk
- Hayabusa the peregrine falcon
- Suli the turkey vulture
Visit with Santa
Santa Claus was here all day for the Holiday Open House to hear the wishes of children of all ages.
Holiday Stories
The Cody Reading Council read favorite Christmas and holiday stories near Santa Claus in the firearms museum breezeway.
Book Signings at the Museum Store
From noon – 3 p.m., the following authors signed their books, available for purchase at our Museum Store:
- Dr. Charles Preston: several natural history titles
- Lynn Houze: Cody: Then and Now
- Jeremy Johnston: Powell
- Kimber Swenson, Megan Smith, and Jill Gleich: Dressed Just Right
- Biographer Don Hardy with subject Al Simpson: Shooting from the Lip
Holiday Decorations
Festive decorations not only greet visitors to the Holiday Open House, but grace the Center from Thanksgiving week through New Years to spread holiday cheer!
A sixteen-foot decorated tree graces the entrance to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center each year for the Holiday Open House.
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