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The City of Mar­i­on, Walk­way of Lights Com­mit­tee and part­ners have an action-packed day planned for you this Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 23^rd, and we want you to catch as much as you can! Below, you’ll see the com­plete order of events planned for the day and evening, lead­ing up to the tree-light­ing and offi­cial open­ing of the annu­al Walk­way of Lights!

Mir­a­cle on 3^rd & 4^th Street

LIST OF EVENTS

10am-4pm — CHRIST­MAS OPEN HOUSE — Quil­ters Hall of Fame

11am-7pm — CHRIST­MAS OPEN HOUSE — Host­ess House

11:30am — SAN­TA ARRIVES BY HELI­COPTER — Bal­lard Field (799 E. 3^rd St.)

12 – 5pm — PIC­TURES W/ SAN­TA — City Hall (301 S. Bran­son St.)

12 – 5pm — PIC­TURES W/ GRINCH – Five Points Axe Throwing

12 – 5pm — Twist­ed Sug­ar – Cot­ton Can­dy – CSA

12 – 5pm — FREE CHRIST­MAS COL­OR­ING PAGES – CSA

12 – 5pm — FREE ORNA­MENT DEC­O­RATI­ING – Ashley’s Ice Cream Café

12 – 5pm — FREE — WRITE LET­TERS TO SAN­TA – Kennedy Art Cen­ter

12 – 6pm — A BAK­ERY & GIFT SHOP EVENT – True Envy Boutique

12 – 6pm — CRAFT VEN­DORS – City Hall, Boston Hill, 5 Points Axe Throw­ing, Rid­ley Tow­er

12 – 6pm — DJ TAP­PAN THAT SOUND – Boston Hill Cen­ter

12 – 6pm — FREE HOT CHOCO­LATE & MINI S’MORES — Mama’s Home­town Mar­ket

12 – 6pm — FINE ART SHOW/OPEN HOUSE/​Free Refresh­ments – Beat­rice the Vil­la (Pom­peii)

12 – 8pm — FOOD TRUCKS (Steve’s Ket­tle & Caramel Corn, Rob’s Kitchen, Crazy Munchies, Dough Boys, Taco’s Don Bur­ro, Dolled Up Spuds, JD Con­ces­sions, Imag­ine Burg­ers, Hoss House BBQ, Charles Love, Smash & Dash and Trav­el­ing Tom’s Cof­fee Truck — 5^th St. Com­mons across from Boston Hill Cen­ter

12:30 – 2:30pm — EAST­BROOK HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CAR­OL­ING – Down­town Mar­i­on Area

12:30 – 3pm (at var­i­ous times) — ANCHORED CAR­OL­ING – City Hall

1pm — CHRIST­MAS STO­RY MOVIE – Mar­i­on Pub­lic Library

1 – 3pm — IWU CHOIR CAR­OL­ING – Down­town Mar­i­on Area

1 – 4pm — SANTA’S REIN­DEER – Cour­t­house Lawn

1 – 5pm — FREE CHRIST­MAS CITY TRAIN RIDE — around Cour­t­house Square

1 – 5pm — PIC­TURES W/ FROSTY — CSA

1 – 5pm — FIRE PIT W/ FREE SMORES — 5^th St. Com­mons (across from Boston Hill Cen­ter)

1 – 5pm — FREE BAL­LOON SCULP­TURES (Aaron Mess­er) — Ashley’s Ice Cream Café

1 – 5pm — FREE FACE PAINT­ING (Mon­na Black) — City Hall

1 & 2pm — FAITH IN MOTION PER­FOR­MANCES — next to Paris Bldg. at 225 S. Adams St.

1 – 5pm — FREE KIDS’ CAR­NI­VAL GAMES – CSA & 5 Point Axe Throwing

1 – 5pm — PRINCESS­ES MEET AND GREET – CSA Civic The­ater

2 – 4pm — FREE GRINCH TRAIL MIX & MOVIE – Mar­i­on Pub­lic Library

2 – 4pm — MAR­I­ON HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CAR­OL­ING – Down­town Mar­i­on Area

5 – 6pm — KEI­TH REA W/ BEL & THE BAD WOLVES – City Hall

6pm — DRIFTERS PER­FOR­MANCE – Stage at Cour­t­house Square (NW side)

6:30pm (after Drifters per­for­mance) — ANNOUNC­ING WIN­DOW CON­TEST WINNERS

7pm — TREE LIGHT­ING CER­E­MO­NY (Cour­t­house area) / FIRE­WORKS (Cour­t­house area) / WALK­WAY OF LIGHTS PARADE (see map)

For more infor­ma­tion and updates as the day approach­es, please fol­low the Walk­way of Lights Face­book Page.