It's not too soon to make some special plans for the holiday season - plans that will give your spirit a chance to soar and your heart a chance to sing.

Early registration is suggested for a bus trip to see Handel's Messiah in Baltimore. A bus will leave the Gettysburg Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, promptly at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. The bus will return at approximately 10:30 p.m. Cost is $99.

The Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Edward Polochick will perform Handel's beloved oratorio.

Registration and information is available by accessing HACC's Community Education Center's Autumn 2005 Schedule of Noncredit Classes at www.hacc.edu/noncredit. Information also may be obtained by calling the Gettysburg Campus of HACC at 717-338-1010.