The ladies of Fayro, Texas will put a whole new spin on Christmas. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY – Hold onto your hats, comedy fans! The funniest thing since "Greater Tuna" is now in rehearsal!

This production by Lake County Theatre Co. (LCTC) Is called " Christmas Belles" and features the "fine ladies" of Fayro, Texas, as they struggle to present their annual Christmas Pageant ... and with a new director! Can you imagine?

This pageant will include a surprise pregnancy, a prisoner on temporary release, a lost relative and a love-sick sheriff. Why, heck! Nearly everybody will be there!

There is no better way to jump start your Christmas holiday season than to laugh your way through "Christmas Belles" and a visit from Santa like nothing you have seen before!

Written by a genius group of writers (Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and James Wooten) the characters portrayed by the talented LCTC cast will demonstrate a well-known truth: Anything that can go wrong with a pageant, will ... and especially in Texas!

Now is the time to put "Christmas Belles" on you calendar: Nov. 28 and 29, and Dec. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.

The Weaver Auditorium in the Lower Lake School House Museum in Lower Lake is the place. Tickets are only $14 for reserved and $12 for general seating; $2 less for seniors, students and LCTC members.

Reserved and general seating tickets will be available soon at Catfish Books, Lakeport (263-4454) and Highlands Senior Service Center, Clearlake (994-3051). General seating tickets will be available at Wild About Books, Clearlake (994-9453) and Shannon Ridge Tasting Room in Clearlake Oaks (998-9656).

Get ready to have fun! Joy to the world!

Jump start your Christmas holiday season with "Christmas Belles," a production of Lake County Theatre Co. Courtesy photo.

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