Celebrate the Christmas season with LifeLong Learning
Registration opens November 7
Once again, we'll bring PebbleCreek residents to Mesa for a popular and wonderful evening that includes dinner and an organ concert at Organ Stop Pizza and a chance to see the spectacular Christmas light display walking around the grounds of the Mormon Temple.
First stop: Enjoy your dinner at the Organ Stop Pizza restaurant while listening to a musical performance by an experienced organist. The Wurlitzer theatre organ was originally built for the Denver Theatre, Denver, Colorado, and was installed in 1927 and used regularly until the early 1930s. With the advent of talking pictures and the 1930s depression, the organ was rarely heard. It was silenced when a fire in the auditorium caused extensive damage to the organ's relay system.
Then in 1975, the Mesa location of Organ Stop Pizza opened with the totally rebuilt and enlarged organ. The pipe organ is the world's largest Wurlitzer pipe organ in the world – and it is now known as the Mighty Wurlitzer. Organ Stop Pizza is ranked #6 of 1,059 restaurants in Mesa, with more importantly, the hundreds of thousands of patrons who visit each year.
Second stop: The Mesa Temple Christmas Lights has been called one of the “must-see holiday lighting extravaganzas in the United States”, and has drawn over a million visitors annually from across Arizona and far beyond to partake of the Christmas spirit on the sacred grounds. You will see spectacular displays of hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights uniquely illuminating palm trees and flower gardens. This year you’ll be able to see some of your favorite Biblical displays nestled among the olive trees north of the temple with QR code stands that visitors can scan with a cell phone and be linked online to Church-produced videos that give deeper insight to the scenes.
Each vignette will have its own audio system playing accompanying music with narration. You’ll also be able to view the annual display of international mangers. The light display is a beloved community event since 1979. It is an experience of sight and sound beyond description.
PLEASE NOTE: Considerable walking on uneven grass at night from bus to displays, walking around the event, and returning to the bus.
Registration limited to two (2) per event, for each LLL user account.
WAITLIST: If an event has sold out, be sure add your name to the waitlist by registering for the event.
EVENT DATE/TIME: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 3:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
COST: $30 for bus; dinner is self-pay
MAXIMUM: 53
