Mayor’s office announces annual tree lighting

Posted by Dale Liesch | Nov 9, 2017 | Community News, News, Uncategorized | 0 |

The City of Mobile will once again host the annual Lighting of the Tree celebration in Bienville Square on Friday, Nov. 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join Mayor Sandy Stimpson, Santa Claus, iHeartRadio’s Mixon the Reindeer and more as Mobile kicks off the holiday season.

“Come celebrate the season!” Stimpson said. “Our annual tree lighting ceremony will kick off our holiday events complete with live music, outdoor movies, elves and more. This is an important time to come together, and I encourage all of our citizens to take part in the merriment.”

Along with local artisans and specialty vendors, there will be entertainment by the Mobile Ballet, Dunbar Magnet School Dancers and Show Choir, and others. For the young and the young at heart, there will be snow, a model train exhibition, story time with the Mobile Library, face painting, balloon clowns, Uncle Joe’s Rolling Zoo and GulfQuest.

The Salvation Army Canteen will be on-site with free coffee and hot chocolate. Watch Stimpson with Majors Thomas and Jennifer Richmond make the city’s first Red Kettle donation drop of 2017 for the Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama.

The Mayor will “throw the switch” for The Lighting of the Tree and the Ceiling of Lights on Dauphin Street promptly at 6:10 p.m. Be sure to arrive early to enjoy all of the evening’s events.

About The Author

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, city council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and actually graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in Midtown Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.