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Grape Expectations flavors Friday, Nov. 13, as the annual fall fundraiser for the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra. It unfolds from 7 to 10 p.m. at Fox Valley University and Business Center on the campus of Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
 
About 30 red and white wines will be offered for tasting from WineStyles in Lake in the Hills, along with homemade and hand-dipped chocolates from Graham’s Chocolates of Geneva. The chocolate tasting was a new addition last year. The event also features appetizers; silent auction; cash raffle; and musical performances by EYSO ensembles. Silent auction items include sports memorabilia, gift baskets and special events.

Elgin OPERA invites the public to watch the coming rounds of its third annual Vocal Competition, beginning with this weekend’s semifinals. Contestants hit the high notes from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 13, and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 14, in the Kimball Street Theatre at the new Rider Center on the campus of Elgin Academy, 261 Dundee Ave., Elgin.

Baitone Teppei Kono, shown in an Elgin OPERA production, has been one of the judges of the ensemble's Vocal Competition.