STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK

A Christmas concert with country pizzazz!

That’s what you will get when Sun Valley Opera and Broadway presents “A Country Christmas Celebration & Concert” staring The Hurdy Gurdy Girls from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at The Argyros in Ketchum.

The celebration will kick off in the lobby of The Argyros with the Colla Voce Carolers and photo ops with Santa, as well as a spread of homemade Christmas cookies and other sweets and hors d’oeuvres donated by The Village Market. There’ll be wine for adults and hot chocolate for youngsters.

The Hurdy Gurdy Girls have been serving up music with a touch of country twang, bluegrass and folk for more than 10 years.

At 4 p.m. The Hurdy Gurdy Girls will take the stage, along with guest star Kenny Ward, to play traditional Christmas songs with a country twang, classic country selections and even a few novelty favorites.

The Hurdy Gurdy Girls, an all-girl string band from Hailey, were inspired by the petticoats, pistols, music, miners and dancing of the early 1900s. Hurdy gurdy girls lived a rugged life in the untamed gem-laden mountains of Idaho, entertaining miners with music and dancing.

The modern-day Hurdy Gurdy Girls, formed 10 years ago, features Annie Maude on fiddle, Natalie Rose on stand-up bass and Sweet Joy Lee from Tennessee on guitar.

Tickets to the Country Christmas Celebration are $75 for those wishing a bistro table, $65 for adults in the tier seats, $25 for teens and free for children 12 and under. Tickets are available at https://www.sunvalleyopera.com/, at https://ci.ovationtix.com/35937 or by calling 818-577-7811.

Expect festive cookies at the event.

Kyle Johnson, the board president of Sun Valley Opera and Broadway addressed last year’s Christmas concert.