SJM_SouthernExposure_0119 . e $ S_SouthernExposure_11_08 1 / 4 / 19 4 : 14 PM Page 1 + + + + HAVING A MOMENT DATEBOOK PEOPLE GO FIGURE DID YOU HEAR ? + + + + + + HIT OR MISS SPOTLIGHT NAMES TO KNOW ANSWER THIS ! WHAT’S ENTERTAINING US GETTING OUT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS SouthernExposure EDITED BY LAUREN KUBIAK DATEBOOK by Alexis Weaver Dancing with the Stars : Live ! Jan . 26 WORTH TELEVISION’S BIGGEST DANCE SHOW IS THE DRIVE MAKING ITS ROUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS WINTER AND WILL MAKE A STOP AT PHILADELPHIA’S NEWLY OPENED VENUE , The Metropolitan Opera House . Viewers ’ favorite professional dancers will take the stage , along with special guest Joe “ Grocery Store Joe ” Amabile from The Bachelorette . 8 p.m . , The Metropolitan Opera House , Philadelphia , TheMetPhilly.com , ticket prices vary t BEST BETTER BAD WINTERFEST ICE MAMMA MIA ! BEEF AND BREW FIRE & ICE FESTIVAL Logan Ryan , a member of the SKATING AT Jan . 24 - Feb . 9 Jan . 25 Jan . 26 Tennessee Titans and former COOPER RIVER Bride - to - be Sophie has If you’re interested in a night If you love the cold but could Eastern Regional High School star been longing to find her filled with food , drinks , use a warm pick - me - up , this Now through Feb . 18 football player , was recently birth father and have him dancing , games and even festival has got you covered . Cooper River Park has awarded the NFL Way to Play complete her wedding by karaoke , you won’t want to The annual celebration transformed into a winter award . Ryan was granted $ 2,500 walking her down the aisle . miss the Beef and Brew features carvers from up wonderland for those and decided to pay it forward and She decides to invite three fundraiser that benefits and down the East Coast looking to celebrate the give the money to his former high men from her mother’s the Voorhees Theatre converting huge season . The annual event school’s athletic department . past to her wedding in the Company . In addition to blocks of ice into features ice skating , hopes of unraveling the the festivities , guests one - of - a - kind works food and newly instated truth . Sing along to the can also take their of art . activities this year — Also on jukebox tunes of ABBA chance to win one outdoor games and arcade hand , a number and enjoy Sophie’s of the many raffle games in a heated tent of professional expedition for baskets filled for when families chefs will be love , friendship with goodies . are off the ice . putting your taste and 7 p.m . , Berlin Times vary , buds to the test laughter . VFW , Berlin , with a chili contest . Cooper River Park , Times vary , The Voorhees - 10 a.m . , Downtown Cherry Hill , Grand Theatre , Theatre.org , Mount Holly , Camden - Williamstown , t $ 40 for a FireandIceFes - County.com , RoadCompany.com , BEST BETTER BAD single ticket tival.com , free ticket prices vary prices starting at $ 15 Students from Shawnee High School volunteered to help make the Give Kids the World Village four - day clothes and necessities . Once she has made enough to be distributed , event in Florida a success . The event PEOPLE Williams and her father drive to Camden on Christmas morning and by Sarahjane Massaud provides a unique experience for hand out the clothes , making sure every hat finds a head . This past children with critical illnesses and Christmas , Williams , her father and a group of volunteers handed out special needs . more than 150 coats , 90 feminine kits and more than 100 pairs of The Gift of Giving gloves along with many more items . om Currently Williams has a Facebook group — turning her helping Danielle Williams turned her knitting t ss.c hand into a whole operation . People were quick to help by donating skills — something she learned from CPre BEST BETTER BAD winter wear , blankets , pillows and more . Williams hopes the warm her grandmother — into a way to give AB A Moorestown native was fired y feeling she gets when giving back continues to spread and expand to back to the homeless and the 27 - year - isne from her broadcasting job six months other areas where homelessness is an issue . She aspires toward a old has been making a real impact in rs / D before her contract was up in m system where several groups can tackle other areas in South Jersey so the local community . Sta agra Chattanooga , Tennessee — months she can help as many people as possible every holiday season . e Williams started knitting hats for Inst th h after announcing on - air that she / “ When I see people still wearing the hats I made from prior years the homeless four years ago and be - wit yan was going home to receive bone [ it ] really brings a tear to my eye that what I’m doing is actually making fore she knew it , she had bags filled cing R an cancer treatments . a difference , even if it’s only by a little , ” she says . to the brim , which led her to expand her creativity to create other Dan Log SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 15 issue10 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 8 |