SUNDAY, Nov. 18 Sunset Volleyball Club will host tryouts for all 2013 teams and hopes to add elementary school teams for the Epic Volleyball Club. Practices are run by expert coaches Sean Thomas and Davis Ransom. Tryouts for all teams takes place at Point Loma High School from noon to 1:30 p.m. Organizers ask participants to arrive a half-hour prior to register and a parent meeting takes place from 1:30 to 2 p.m. For more information, email [email protected], or call Ransom at (619) 204-2957 or Thomas at (858) 382-3814. MONDAY, Nov. 19 • The Ocean Beach Town Council launches its Holiday Food and Toy Donation Drive. Collection boxes will be disbursed throughout the community. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. • Point Loma Nazarene University’s (PLNU) Music Department continues its fall/winter concert series with The Rawlins Trio, featuring Susan Keith Gray on piano, Eunho Kim on violin and Marie-Elaine Gagnon at cello in a dynamic group of performers, teachers and scholars on the faculty of The University of South Dakota Department of Music. The program takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Crill Performance Hall, 3900 Lomaland Drive. For tickets, call (619) 849-2345, or visit www.pointloma.edu/music. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 21 • The Point Loma Peninsula Republican Women’s Club monthly meeting takes place at 10 a.m. at the Point Loma Café, 4865 Harbor Drive. Bobby Woods from USO Airport will speak. A no-host lunch follows and visitors are welcome. For more information, call Marilyn at (619) 222-9532. • Boy Scout Troop 500 of Point Loma invites all previous Troop 500 Eagle Scouts and Scoutmaster alumni to join in an evening of Eagle Scout Court of Honor celebrations from 7 to 8 p.m. at Saint Agnes Parish Hall at the corner of Evergreen Street and Avenida de Portugal in Point Loma. For more information, visit www.troop500.net, or call Scoutmaster Todd Shinohara at (619) 823-9691. TUESDAY, Nov. 27 Ocean Beach community Christmas tree arrives in OB as the Town Council’s holiday events season begins to hit full stride. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 Regular meeting of the Naval Base Point Loma’s Restoration Advisory Board scheduled for 6 p.m. to discuss relevant issues. The meeting takes place at Southwestern Yacht Club, 2702 Qualtrough St.  The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call (619) 556-0193. THURSDAY, Nov. 29 • Local schoolchildren will help decorate the Ocean Beach community Christmas Tree. For more information, call the Town Council at 619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. • Ocean Beach Town Council hosts its annual OB Tree Auction at Sunshine Company Saloon (21 and older) with exciting auctioneers. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. FRIDAY, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1 The 10th annual Cider Celebration Christmas Show at Point Loma Nazarene University will feature Concert Choir, Extol and Chorale and will climax with a choir of 140. The Concert Choir and Chorale, under the direction of conductor Dr. Dan Jackson, will perform both inspirational and entertaining music throughout the event. Additional performances will include solos, duets and quartets of Christmas favorites. This hour of family entertainment will linclude such songs as “Sing We Now of Christmas,” “Joy to the World,” “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and many other Christmas favorites accompanied by a live orchestra. Come share some music and a cup of hot apple cider to welcome this holiday season. The program takes place at 6 and 8 p.m. at the Crill Performance Hall, 3900 Lomaland Drive. Tickets are $9. For ticket information, call (619) 849-2325, or visit www.pointloma.edu/music. SATURDAY, Dec. 1 • Fun Zone in the Ocean Beach Pier parking lot with music, skateboarding and many other activities from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. • Ocean Beach Craft Fair, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. • Ocean Beach Storefront Decorating Contest judging at dusk. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259. • Ocean Beach Christmas Tree Parade at 5:05 p.m. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. SUNDAY, Dec. 2 Point Loma Nazarene University’s (PLNU) Music Department continues its fall/winter concert series with “Messiah,” now being performed for 60-plus years at the university. Conductor Keith Pedersen brings Handel’s “Messiah” to life and is performed by Choral Union and Orchestra. The 160-voice choir consists of PLNU students, faculty, staff and a large number of dedicated community singers and the soloists are PLNU students chosen by audition. The orchestra is anchored by PLNU’s string program and augmented by members of the wind program, headed by Philip Tyler and Prof. John Dally respectively, as well as a few professionals as needed. Admission is free. The event takes place at 3 p.m. at Brown Chapel, 3900 Lomaland Drive. For information, visit www.pointloma.edu/music. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5 Ocean Beach Farmers Market, with singing in the streets and annual Food and Toy Drive. For more information, call the Town Council at (619) 515-4400, or Claudia Jack at (619) 846-6259, or visit www.obtowncouncil.org. FRIDAY, Dec. 7 Point Loma Nazarene University’s (PLNU) Music Department continues its fall/winter concert series with its 12th annual winter concert, led by conductor Philip Tyler, who is a tenured violin professor and orchestra director. The evening will include Gustav Holst “St. Paul’s Suite” for string orchestra and Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68. The program takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the Crill Performance Hall, 3900 Lomaland Drive. Admission is free. For more information, call (619) 849-2325, or visit www.pointloma.edu/music. SATURDAY, Dec. 8 and SUNDAY, Dec. 9 Two-day “Fort Rosecrans Goes to War” event at Cabrillo National Monument. The event will be chock full of World War II military history and a Pearl Harbor commemoration and re-enactment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In conjunction, a “Liberty Swing Dance” will be held Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring Sue Palmer — the “Queen of Boogie-Woogie” — and her 1940s-era swing band. There will be a free dance lesson at 5:30 p.m.; the dance takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 presale or $20 the day of event, and can be purchased at the Cabrillo Bookstore (619) 222-4747, or by visiting www.cnmf.org. The dance is hosted by the Cabrillo National Monument Foundation. For more two-day information, visit www.cabrillocentennial.org. THURSDAY, Dec. 13 and WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 Correia Middle School’s award-winning music department performs a two-night Holiday Music Extravaganza at the Correia auditorium. Under the direction of music instructor Marc Dwyer, Correia’s Symphonic Bands, Orchestra and Jazz Band will perform in Holiday Extravaganza I on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. and his guitar students will perform at the Holiday Extravaganza II on Dec. 19th at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments and raffle tickets will be sold with proceeds going toward Correia instrumental music. For more information, visit www.correiamiddle.com.