Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Dec. 6

‘Love Lights’ ceremony at HGTC campus

Join the Mercy Care Love Lights Memorial and Tree Lighting Ceremony, an annual service to remember all patients whom Lower Cape Fear Hospice Mercy Care served in the last 12 months. To buy a love light tribute, for a suggested $20 donation, call 843-848-6497, or 910-796-8099, ext. 6. More details at lovelightsmercycare.org.

Details: 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Horry Georgetown Technical College Thomas C. Masser Auditorium, on Grand Strand campus, 950 Crabtree Lane, Myrtle Beach, off Pampas Drive, near Grand Park and The Market Common.

Three special events span north Strand

▪ Ninth annual tree lighting, 5:30 p.m. at Vereen Memorial Historical Gardens and Horry County Parks and Recreation’s C.B. Berry Recreation Center, 2250 S.C. 179, Little River, just east of U.S. 17 and near N.C. line. 843-249-4157 or parksandrec.horrycounty.org.

▪ Old Bridge Preservation Society’s sixth annual “Christmas at the Old Bridge,” 5:30 p.m. at Old Bridge Museum, 109 Shoreline Drive W., Sunset Beach, N.C., starting with tree lighting, then entertainment at 6 p.m. by West Brunswick High School Chorus, Mandee Williams, and Sea Trail Song Birds, and community sing-along. Free. 910-363-6585 or oldbridgepreservationsociety.org.

▪ Special lecture, “The American Civil War Corps Commander,” with Doug Elliott, 6 p.m. at Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Free with admission: $9.50 ages 13-61, $8.50 ages 62 and older, $7.50 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger. 910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org.

Stamp club convenes, welcoming newcomers

The Myrtle Beach Stamp Club meets the first Tuesday monthly, welcoming anyone interested in stamp collecting, and this time with the program “Clothesline Exhibit.” Details at 843-347-0087, or email lilfort@sccoast.net.

Details: 7 p.m. at Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. Free admission; annual membership $17 for 2017.

Guitar ensemble concert goes ‘unplugged’

Coastal Carolina University has one more concert in this calendar year, “Guitar Series I,” with the Acoustic Songbook ensemble, playing “unplugged” versions of popular songs from a variety of genres. Details at 843-349-2787 or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.

Details: 7:30 p.m. in CCU’s Edwards Recital Hall, on main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 or S.C. 544 in Conway. $7.

This story was originally published December 5, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on Dec. 6."