🌱 Patch AM: How VHHS majorettes swept top awards at two fall festivals

Hello Vestavia Hills! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How VHHS majorettes swept top awards at two fall festivals
• See why Vestavia Hills High made Alabama’s top schools list

Also on today's calendar: Liberty Park Rebels vs Mountain Brook Jr High and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 66 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 67, low: 39.
• Sunday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 46 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• VHHS majorettes earn top honors in fall marching festivals (vestaviavoice.com) — Vestavia Hills High School’s majorettes capped their marching season by sweeping top honors at two major Alabama festivals and earning the prestigious Shirley BeShears Memorial Award. Captain Ella Claire Hunter and sponsor Hanna Hatchett credit year-round training, strong teamwork, and community support as the group now prepares for upcoming baton competitions, including Winterfest and the Alabama State Contest this spring.
   

• 15 of Birmingham's biggest news stories in 2025 (bhamnow.com) — One of the year’s standout moments for Vestavia Hills was U.S. News & World Report naming Vestavia Hills High School among Alabama’s top public high schools. That recognition appears in Bham Now’s roundup of 2025’s biggest Birmingham-area stories, which also covers new restaurants, business changes, and major developments like a new Costco and a bank merger affecting local customers.
   

📸 Around Vestavia Hills

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Vestavia Hills

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 11

• Community Drum Circle
  City Walk BHAM, 875 24th St N, Birmingham
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Basic Crochet Lessons
  Hoover Public Library - Plaza Cafe
  11:00 am

Monday January 12

• Libby Meet & Greet
  Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
  10:30 am
• Liberty Park Rebels vs Mountain Brook Jr High
  Liberty Park Middle School , 17035 Liberty Pkwy , Vestavia Hills
  4:30 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Monthly Luncheon
  Vestavia Hills Civic Center , 1090 Montgomery Highway , Vestavia Hills
  11:30 am
• Libby Meet & Greet
  Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
  3:30 pm
• Vestavia Hills Rebels vs Oak Grove
  Vestavia Hills High School , 2235 Lime Rock Rd , Vestavia Hills
  5:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Read with Libby!
  Hoover Public Library - Youth Program Room
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 10

• Crafterday: Now with Extended Hours!
  O'Neal Public Library , 50 Oak St , Mountain Brook
  10:00 am
• Aesthetic Room Decorating
  O'Neal Public Library , 50 Oak St , Mountain Brook
  10:00 am
• Ebony Arrington Dance & Performance Presents A FREE Saturday PlayDate
  The Dance Foundation , 1715 27th Ct S , Homewood
  11:00 am
• The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Birmingham, AL
  Marriott Birmingham , 3590 Grandview Pkwy , Birmingham
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mountain Brook

• ALL IN Mountain Brook to host parent conference at junior high school (villagelivingonline.com)
• Spartans boys remain No. 6 in latest ASWA poll (villagelivingonline.com)
• Hank Marks joins River Financial Services as senior VP and advisor (vestaviavoice.com)

Homewood

• Homewood Public Library offering ASO ticket vouchers for ‘Luminous Legends: Tchaikovsky & Brahms' (thehomewoodstar.com)

Ok Vestavia Hills! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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