Fans visit with ‘Santa and Friends’ 

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Fans visit with ‘Santa and Friends’ 

“Photos with Santa and Friends” debuted Saturday morning at the Fort Atkinson Club Community Center.

On hand at the first-ever event were Frosty the Snowman, elves, reindeer and Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The morning also featured sweet treats, storytelling, coloring, reindeer games and watercolor art.

Providing holiday music were A Matter of FACT, an a-cappella offshoot of the Fort Atkinson Community Theatre; a sax quartet and a brass quartet composed of Fort Atkinson High School students; and pianist  Bob LaMuro.

Event sponsors were Fort Community Credit Union, Ace Hardware, Festival Foods, Dollar General of Whitewater, Kwik Trip, Heather Longhenry Watercolors, The Langholf, Walmart of Whitewater, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club, and Wood Street Bakery, also of Whitewater.

Photos from the event follow.

Four photos above: A Matter of FACT, an a-cappella offshoot of the Fort Atkinson Community Theatre, two at top; a brass quartet composed of Fort Atkinson High School students, center, and Bob LaMuro on the grand piano, above, bring the Fort Atkinson Club alive with the sound of holiday music. The performances were part of the first-ever “Photos with Santa and Friends” held Saturday at the Fort Atkinson Club Community Center. 

Three photos above: “Frosty the Snowman” and “Santa,” to the delight of area children, arrive Saturday at the Fort Atkinson Club Community Center.

Brothers, Griffin Konz, 3, at left, and Flynn Konz, 5, both of Fort Atkinson, color holiday scenes at the Fort Atkinson Club event.

Trey Comfort, 4, Whitewater, paints a drawing of the “Grinch” using watercolors during the Saturday morning holiday activity.

Sara Miller, 2, Helenville, expressed good cheer while coloring holiday pictures.

Catalina Gonzalez and her father, Eduardo Gonzalez-Barajas, both of Fort Atkinson, watch family members as they color Christmas pictures.

Brekan Avitt, 3, and her father, T.J., both of Fort Atkinson, enjoy a breakfast of doughnuts and juice.

Volunteers dressed as an elf and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” take a breakfast break.

Members of the Wenner family, including dad David, mom Lasa and daughter Yvette, visit with Santa Claus. The family is from Fort Atkinson.

Youngsters share a moment with Santa Claus. 

Chris Spangler photos for Fort Atkinson Online.

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