Wesley Family Services hosts annual Winter Wonderland in South Fayette
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Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive to greet the Winter Wonderland musical performers.
Sleeping Beauty, aka Brittany Stone, generated plenty of smiles during the event.
Caithlin Kane rocks out with the Flying Sock Monkeys.
Jasmine Adotey sings with the Flying Sock Monkeys.
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Katie Harrill, center, leads a participatory music session, joined by Grace Gagne, left, and Maleea Roy.
Clara Govachini sings with the Flying Sock Monkeys.
Krista Stanley, left, and Carly Bruno get ready to lead a dance activity during Winter Wonderland.
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Helping to enliven the festivities are, from left, Justin Lesniak, John O’Malley, Nicole Steele, Kory Antonacci, Morgan Maxwell and Brittany Stone.
Aiden Marple and Bailie Corboy-Rivera sing a holiday tune.
Tristen Anderson, left, and Jason Smierciak perform with the Flying Sock Monkeys.
Mrs. Claus spreads some holiday joy.
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Drew Evans and Katie Harrill watch for Santa and Mrs. Claus’ arrival.
Dean Kelley, left, and Patrick Ganley perform with the Flying Sock Monkeys.
Visting with Santa and Mrs. Claus is Drew Pompa, son of Wesley Family Services' director of child and family behavioral health, Kate Pompa.
From Sleeping Beauty to Buddy the Elf to, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus, Wesley Family Services’ sixth annual Winter Wonderland offered something for everyone.
An array of familiar costumed characters, including the guy in a green suit made famous by Will Ferrell, greeted visitors to the nonprofit support organization’s South Fayette Township location for a Dec. 8 extravaganza that focused on Wesley’s creative arts program.
At the heart of the event were performances by the program’s rock bands, the Flying Sock Monkeys and Snow Phantoms, providing plenty of sing-along opportunities with a variety of holiday favorites, with the show emceed by Drew Evans.
Winter Wonderland also featured numerous activities, including creative arts program supervisor Katie Harrill leading holiday-themed music making. Crafts, painting, drama and dance also were on the agenda, and everyone was treated to seasonal snacks.
The creative arts program provides an innovative and fun approach to music therapy for individuals of all ages with behavioral, social, psychological, communication, physical and motor/cognitive functioning issues in the Wesley Family Services facilities in South Fayette, Monroeville and Marshall Township.
For more information, visit wfspa.org/service/creative-arts-program.