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Soul Christmas Sunday: Bonedog Records presents Billy Price's Soul Christmas at the Palisades Ballroom, Fifth Avenue at Water Street, Downtown, at 8 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $15. For more information, call (412) 678-3955.

Also, reservations are now being taken for the New Year's Eve gala at the Palisades featuring DJs Rich Antonic and "Germany."

The bar will be open all evening with traditional New Year's Eve foods, prizes, giveaways and a champagne toast at midnight. Guests will see the ball drop on the Palisades' eight-foot-tall TV screen.

Tickets cost $45 and only 300 will be sold. Tables for parties of eight or more are also available. Call (412) 672-2001 or (412) 370-2971 for more information.

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Symphony Holiday Concert: McKeesport Symphony Pops presents its 2009 holiday concert, "Bells Are Ringing," at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd.

Soprano Alice Heatherington is back to help the MSP celebrate and the McKeesport Area Community Chorus will perform and lead the traditional audience sing-along under the direction of Kevin King.

Families are welcome for a program that will include Christmas carols and other traditional holiday tunes.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, or $8 for students. Call (412) 664-2854 or visit the MSP website.

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Last Weekend for 'Seussical': McKeesport Little Theater Juniors closes its performance of "Seussical: The Musical" with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday.

A musical based on the works of Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, "Seussical" was written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students.

The theater is located at 1614 Coursin St., near Carnegie Library of McKeesport. Call (412) 673-1100 or visit the MLT website.