Broadway Dancesations studio held an open house to celebrate their new location at 1408 North Dale Mabry, Suite 106, in Lutz. Free giveaway drawings, a dance team fundraiser, ribbon cutting and performances were held. For information, call (813) 960-3025 or visit www.Broadway-Dancesations.com.

The Lutz Cub Scouts, Pack 12, worked with the Homeless Ministry of the First Baptist Church in Lutz, 18116 US North 41, to assemble gift bags for the homeless. They will then distribute approximately 70 gift bags to a homeless shelter downtown Tampa on the Thursday night before Christmas. The cub scouts will also make Christmas cards for the people on the street. Information about this event is below.

Lutz Arts and Crafts Festival organizers are hoping for nicer weather and a larger turnout after a 2009 event where attendance was less than half its normal total. Jack Beverland of San Antonio was a vendor for the first time at the Lake Park Arts and Craft Festival last year.