Topic: Christmas on the Cumberland

Light festival offers weekend entertainment

By Christine Anne Piesyk | December 7, 2007 |

Christmas on the Cumberland will feature a live nativity scene and choral performances by Grace Church of the Nazarene on December 7 and 8 at McGregor Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Acro Dance Express, First Missionary Baptist Church, and Christy’s Dance Connection are scheduled to perform December 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Natalie’s Dance Network and the Tri-City Dance and Step Team are scheduled to perform December 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Santa will also visit Christmas on the Cumberland on December 14, 15, 21, and 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Christmas on the Cumberland is open nightly through January 1, 2008. Hours are Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission to the city’s festival of holiday lights is free.

For more information please contact the City’s Special Events Office at 931-648-6129 or 931-648-6124 or visit www.christmasonthecumberland.com.

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Santa visits Christmas on the Cumberland

By Christine Anne Piesyk | November 21, 2007 |

With hundreds of Children shouting “Where’s Santa?,” the man in the red suit arrived in a lavish sleigh decorated right down to tree and a striking array of colorful wooden Nutcrackers, accompanied by Mrs. Claus, for an evening of festivities that marked the start of Christmas on the Cumberland.

In the company of a very congenial great green Grinch and Mayor John Piper, Santa pushed the plunger that burst the Riverwalk and McGregor Park into a splash of golden lights.

For the past month, Parks Department workers have been installing over one million lights over tress along the waterfront and across the downtown area. Colorful illuminated holiday vignettes and animations dot the landscape and are reflected in the dark night waters of the Cumberland River.

In a burst of unseasonably warm “shirtsleeve” weather, thousands of people flocked to Riverfront for music by the Beagles, the arrival of Santa, and the expanded light show, which will be open daily (in all but the most inclement weather) through January 1. Mayor commented on the warm air, noting that last year the event was launched in below-freezing temperatures. «Read the rest of this article»

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A million lights illuminate holiday riverwalk

By Christine Anne Piesyk | November 15, 2007 |

Clarksville is about to light up its annual Christmas gift to the community: Christmas on the Cumberland. Mayor John Piper will flip the switch and start the magic in a special ceremony on Tuesday, November 20 at 6:30 p.m. on the McGregor Riverfront Walk on Riverside Drive. This year’s theme is The Spirit of Christmas.

This holiday event is indeed a gift, this blazing display of lights and imagery reflected in the dark wintry waters of the Cumberland. It launches the start of the holiday season and will run through January 1.

The familiar Christmas villages, small vignettes, snowpeople, skaters, Santa’s workshop with dancing elves, and two arched lighted tunnels line the meandering walkways of the park, inviting a evening stroll and the casual camaraderie of friends and will be familiar to anyone who has visited in the past. «Read the rest of this article»

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Christmas on the Cumberland brightens Riverwalk with a million holiday lights

By Christine Anne Piesyk | November 8, 2007 |

Along the Riverfront, workers are busy stringing more than one million lights through the trees, preparing to illuminate Christmas on the Cumberland, Clarksville’s walk-thru holiday light display.

The holiday display, a ‘new’ city tradition, opens November 20, 2007 with a lighting ceremony and entertainment at Clarksville’s McGregor Park RiverWalk on Riverside Drive. This year’s theme is The Spirit of Christmas.

Several new scenes have been added to Christmas on the Cumberland this year making it bigger and brighter than ever. The new montages include a Santa train, a gingerbread park, a snow globe, a giant sea-monster, a fishing scene, Santa flying an airplane, and Santa water skiing. The most striking display will be a lighted, 20-foot Screaming Eagle Emblem custom made to represent Ft. Campbell’s 101st Airborne Division, which currently has hundred of its soldiers deployed in Iraq.

The Grand Opening Celebration for Christmas on the Cumberland will begin with holiday entertainment performed by The Beagles starting at 6:00 p.m., with Mayor Johnny Piper officially lighting up the park during a 6:30 p.m. lighting ceremony.

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