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| LSU will hold its annual Candlelight Celebration, a holiday event for the Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza seasons, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 4-6 p.m. at Memorial Tower. It will be immediately followed by the annual Holiday on Campus event at the LSU Field House from 6-8 p.m. The LSU and Baton Rouge communities are invited to attend the Candlelight Celebration, during which LSU’s Christmas tree and Hanukkah menorah will be lit. LSU’s Cajun expert Jules D’Hemecourt will read “A Cajun Night Before Christmas,” and the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre will perform excerpts from the “Nutcracker Suite” during the event. Sounds of bells and brass will be provided by the LSU School of Music, the Baton Rouge Concert Band and Joyful Noise Bells from University Baptist Church. Those wanting to help families in need can donate to the “Giving Tree” at the event. Donors can bring canned goods, wrapped new clothing and wrapped new toys to the appropriate collection bins Nov. 30 through Dec. 10, from 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. Please specify on a tag the age and gender of the child who should receive your toy or clothing item. All donations will be taken to the Baton Rouge Food Bank, Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army on Dec. 11. “LSU generally has one of the tallest Christmas trees in the nation other than the ones at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. and at Rockefeller Center in New York,” said Randy Gurie, director of University Special Events. This year’s tree, a Nordman Fir from Mossy Rock, Wash., stands at 40 feet. The tree is sponsored by Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Other sponsors are Entergy, Clear Channel Communications, Lamar Advertising, Cox Communications, Fine Woods, LSU Dining, LSU Student Media, Wright and Percy and Campus Federal Credit Union. LSU students, faculty, staff and their children are also invited to Holiday on Campus following the Candlelight Celebration. LSU Staff Senate is sponsoring the charity event, which will include free jambalaya, pizza, cookies, ice cream and drinks. Mike the Tiger and LSU athletes and cheerleaders will be on hand, and door prizes will be given away. Children will have the opportunity to have their pictures taken with Santa, to meet clowns and a magician, and to play games. Arts and crafts and face-painting will also be available. Adults are asked to bring a canned food item for the Baton Rouge Food Bank, and children are asked to bring a wrapped gift for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. For more information, go to www.specialevents.lsu.edu, or contact Randy Gurie at 225 578-0420 or at rgurie@lsu.edu. -30- |
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