9 Things To Do In Ocean City This Week: Dec. 9-15

OCEAN CITY, NJ — The holiday festivities continue throughout Ocean City this week. Here are nine activities.

Theatre Company Stages 'Holiday Spectacular' and 'Frozen JR'

The Music Pier stage will light up with the sights and sounds of the season. The Ocean City Theatre Company presents five performances of "Lights, Camera, Christmas: the 2019 Holiday Spectacular."

The cast of professional singers and dancers will present a family–oriented, song-and-dance tribute to the holidays, directed and choreographed by Elizabeth Worley, Brendan Maly and Michael Hartman.

Performances will be:

• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13
• 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20
• 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec 21
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22

Admission is $18 for adults and $15 for kids under 12. Purchase at oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice, by calling 609-399-6111, or in-person at the City Hall Welcome Center (9th Street and Asbury Avenue) or the Roy Gillian Welcome Center (on the causeway leading to Ninth Street). Group rates are available by calling 609-398-1118.

Theatre Co. students from grades 3 to 8 will give two performances of "Frozen JR," based on the Disney Classic. The Music Pier shows will run at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by calling 609-399-6111 or by visiting oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

Life Saving Station Shares Tales of the Sindia

Saturday and Sunday, U.S. Life Saving Station 30 (corner of Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue)

On the 118th anniversary of the stormy night when the 329-foot sailing ship ran aground in Ocean City, the historic U.S. Life Saving Station 30 will welcome visitors interested in learning more about the wreck of the Sindia and the rescue of her crew.

The restored Life Saving Station will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Guest speakers will give lectures on the Sindia at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day.

Portions of a Sindia journal found in 1960 will be read, and newly acquired Sindia artifacts will be on display. At the same time, a new Sindia display at the Ocean City Historical Museum (1735 Simpson Ave.) will be unveiled, and photos will be available for purchase.

The Sindia came ashore in the surf near 17th Street on Dec. 15, 1901. Surfmen from Life Saving Station 30 helped bring the crew to safety. The station has been restored and appears as it would have in the era of the Sindia rescue.

Photos with Santa

Dec. 7-22, Music Pier

Pose for holiday photos with Santa Claus in an Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguard boat. Noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 22 outside the Ocean City Music Pier (Boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace). Photos are $10 each.

Free Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

Dec. 14 to 22

Rides on downtown Asbury Avenue will be available noon to 3 p.m. on weekends through Dec. 22 and again on New Year's Day. Board in front of City Hall at Ninth Street and Asbury Avenue.

'Le Petite' Art Show

Throughout December, Ocean City Fine Arts League (711 Asbury Ave.)

The Ocean City Fine Arts League will go small with a "Le Petite" theme for its December exhibition. There will be a "Meet the Artist" reception and awards presentation from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday.

Light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (609) 814-0308 or visit us at oceancityfineartsleague.org.

Pottery & Mosaic Sale

Through Dec. 14, Ocean City Arts Center (1735 Simpson Ave.)

The Ocean City Arts Center hosts its Pottery and Mosaic Show and Sale 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

Breakfast with Santa

Santa Claus will meet with children from 8-11 a.m. at local restaurants. Here's where he'll be this weekend:

• Saturday: Arlene’s on Asbury (624 Asbury Avenue, 609-399-3639)
• Sunday: Sunrise Café (1200 Asbury Avenue, 609-398-9300)

Holiday Book Sale

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; Ocean City Free Public Library

The Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library will hold a holiday book sale outside the library atrium.

Angelus Chorus and Tenor John Taylor

4 p.m. Saturday, St. Peter's United Methodist Church (8th Street and Central Avenue)

Tenor John Taylor joins the 55-voice Angelus Chorus directed by Richard Stanislaw in a concert of traditional Christmas music. The concert is free.

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