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9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
12PM Ace Hi Tavern Holiday Party
12-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
2PM The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
2PM A Christmas Story @ Miners Alley Playhouse
2:30-4:30PM Textile Society @ Golden Library
6-9PM Kayla Ruby with Special Guest Grace DeVine – A Country Christmas That Gives Back, 4th Annual Christmas Toy Drive @ Buffalo Rose
Join Us For A Special Evening of Country Music and Christmas Classics and Toy Drive that benefits Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Kayla Ruby is a 23 year old country music artist from Denver, CO. In just a few years, she has accumulated millions of streams on Spotify and YouTube and has built an international fan base. When she’s not recording in Nashville, she is on the road with various artists, some including Eli Young Band, Parker McCollum, Jordin Sparks, and Joe Nichols. She was nominated in 2022 for Female Vocalist of the Year at the Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards where she debuted her newest single, Ladies Night, which is available on every music streaming platform.
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LIVE MUSIC
11AM-2PM Jonny Sterling@ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
11AM Brian and Pete @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2-5PM Pete Walker @ Golden Mill
3PM The Bowdens @ Over Yonder
4-7PM Luke Amelang @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6:30PM Kayla Ruby @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
81 Years Ago
When the December 17, 1942 Colorado Transcript was published, the country had been at war for a year. Rationing was in place; materials were reserved for the war effort, and many of our young people were overseas.
The front page featured the article, Golden Blackout in Answer to Signal is 100 Percent Perfect. On Monday the 14th, the U.S. Army ordered a blackout for the entire state. Many people (those who were willing to use their gasoline ration) ventured to the top of Lookout Mountain. Those who watched the drill from that vantage point reported that Golden’s response to the signal (a whistle blast from Coors) was instantaneous–all lights went out immediately. Denver was a little slower, but their lights went out within a few minutes.
While Army officers watched from the D&F Tower in downtown Denver and unofficial observers watched from Lookout Mountain, an Army Air Force bomber was circling the area, assessing the response from the vantage point of someone trying to bomb the city.
The test identified some neighborhoods in Denver where the signal had not been heard. In fact, there was a strong wind from the west that night and some people on the west side of Golden hadn’t heard the Coors whistle, while residents of Wheat Ridge and Arvada had heard it clearly.
People who lived in the countryside between Denver and Golden (unable to hear signals), were advised to keep an eye on the “M” on Mount Zion. If it went out, people should assume that a blackout was in effect.
The editorial section provided an interesting summation of the drill:
We can all remember when Washington Avenue, Golden, had no lights or electric signs–some of the older folks can remember the days of coal oil lamps…. Then folks were used to dark houses and dark streets and thought nothing of it–now to be without our wonderful cheap electricity even for twenty minutes is an experience to be remembered–especially had two or three boxes of dynamite been touched off in the clay pits to make the thing realistic. We are all appreciative of the trained wardens and deputies on duty during this test and are glad to know that they will be on the job should a real thing ever happen.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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