DOOLITTLE SCHOLARSHIP OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT: 7 a.m. Nov. 3, Eglin Golf Course in Niceville. Starts with check-in and 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost: $50 for active duty military, $75 for Eglin Golf Course members and $100 for all others. Price includes green fee and cart, balls, lunch, refreshments on the course, and an awards party. Proceeds help provide college scholarships for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at area high schools, top graduates at the Community High Okaloosa Institutes for Career Education (CHOICE) Okaloosa Aerospace Academy at Choctawhatchee and Crestview high schools, and the University of West Florida Air Force ROTC program. Details: www.eglin.afaflorida.org. Registration forms available at http://eglin.afaflorida.org/html/events.html. Details: Steve Madley, 803-2280.
RELAY FOR LIFE GOLF TOURNAMENT: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 5, Foxwood Country Club, 4927 Antioch Road, Crestview. Proceeds support the American Cancer Society. Registration costs $35 for Foxwood members, $45 for nonmembers. For registration or sponsorship, contact Lynn Boone, LynnB@OkaloosaFCU.org, 398-8218 or 826-1632.
BAKER HERITAGE DAY: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5, Baker Block Museum, 1307 Georgia Ave., Baker. Features heritage demonstrations, vendors, music and food. Booth spaces available. 537-5714.
THANKSGIVING DINNER: noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 5, Carver-Hill School Center, 461 School Ave., Crestview. Free community sit-down dinner presented by Concerned Citizens Outreach of Crestview. Speakers include Rev. Darryle Hooks and Attorney Aaron Watson.
HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH' SELECTIONS PERFORMANCE: 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1100 Palm Blvd. S., Niceville. Featuring conductor Jeffrey Rink, of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and guest soloists. Free to attend.
BLUE ANGELS HOMECOMING AIR SHOW: Gates open 8 a.m. Nov. 11-12 at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Evening show is 4:30-7 p.m. Nov. 11. Free admission and parking. Concessions and memorabilia are available for purchase. Reserved seating at http://www.naspensacolaairshow.com/.
VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY: 9 a.m. Nov. 11, Main Street, Crestview, with 11 a.m. memorial wall ceremony near the Okaloosa courthouse. To participate, go to www.mainstreetcrestview.org for an application form or email jmpost395@gmail.com.
ACTING AUDITIONS: 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Sprint Theater of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, 100 College Blvd., Niceville. Auditions are for March 6-12 presentations of "Agnes of God" and "The Servant of Two Masters," directed by Clint Mahle. A 90-second prepared audition consists of one dramatic and one comedic short monologue with the comedic one having a broad physical style. “Agnes of God” is a women-only cast. Men and women are needed for “The Servant of Two Masters.” Servant rehearsals are Mondays and Tuesdays; Agnes rehearsals are Thursdays and Fridays.
BALLET SEASON TICKETS: The Northwest Florida Ballet’s 47th season has set four productions at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, 100 College Blvd., Niceville. Tickets are available four weeks before performance dates. Season subscriptions cost $135 per adult and $55 per child; details at www.NFBallet.org.
Shows include:
- ‘The Nutcracker’ — 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19, and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 20. 37th annual ballet performance and debut of the holiday favorite. Performances will be held at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2:30 p.m., and will be the debut of the Northwest Florida Ballet Symphony Orchestra led by composer and conductor David Ott. $38 for adults and $18 for children 12 and under.
- ‘From Russia With Love — A Celebration of The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo’ — 7:30 p.m. April 1 and 2:30 p.m. April 2. Live accompaniment by the NFB Symphony Orchestra. Pays tribute to the famous ballet company, with “three of the world’s most historic ballets by three of Russia’s most prolific composers”: The Firebird, with music by Igor Stravinsky; Scheherazade, with music by Rimsky-Korsakov; and the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, with music by Sergei Prokofiev. $38 for adults and $18 for children 12 and under.
WASTE PRO THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE: Waste Pro will be closed Nov. 24 to observe Thanksgiving Day. Recycling usually picked up Thursday and Friday will be picked up Nov. 25; residential garbage collection will be moved to Nov. 28.
‘A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS’ JAZZ PERFORMANCE: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, 100 College Blvd., Niceville. Accompanying guitarist White are trumpeter Rick Braun and saxophonist Euge Groove. Reservation required. Front-section seating costs $80 each; general admission costs $40 each. Order at seabreeze.fm or call 729-6000.
NORTH OKALOOSA CUB SCOUTS ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS: Rising first- through fifth-grade boys now can join the Cub Scouts. Registration, through December, costs $14; annual membership costs $24. A Boys Life Magazine subscription costs $12. Scholarships and earning opportunities are available through pack fundraising.
North Okaloosa groups include:
- Pack 530, which meets at Crosspoint Church’s south Crestview campus. Contact Cubmaster TJ Tajalle, 573-842-8214 or tj.tajalle@gmail.com, for more information.
- Pack 799, which meets Mondays at First United Methodist Church in Crestview. Contact Cubmaster John Humphrey, 380-6977 or johnhumphrey@embarqmail.com, for details.
- Pack 532, which meets at First Baptist Church of Holt. Contact Cubmaster Courtney Strom, 228-365-1995 or cejeos5@gmail.com, for details.
- Pack 731 also meets in Crestview. Contact pack chair Mike Wing, 902-3556 or mikecwing@yahoo.com, for details.
Crestview Boy Scout membership is available for sixth-grade through 18-year-old males. Contact Rae Schwartz, bakerny@yahoo.com, or Bryant Perkins, Bryant.Perkins@scouting.org, for details.
RECURRING
SCHOLA CANTORUM FALL AUDITIONS: The Northwest Florida State College Schola Cantorum vocal ensemble has begun fall rehearsals. To audition, call 830-2062. The group will present a series of seasonal concerts in area churches in December. Meetings are 6 p.m. Mondays in building 110 of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, 100 College Blvd., Niceville.
CRESTVIEW COMMUNITY GARDEN FARMERS & CRAFT MARKET: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Saturdays, 157 Main St. S., Crestview.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: What's Happening in North Okaloosa County