When: Friday, November 30, 2012, 5:50 pm - 7 pm
Where: JAMES CENTER, between 9th-12th & Cary Streets
Time: Reindeer and Buildings Illuminate at 6 pm

It's the MOST wonderful time of the year! Bring your family to James Center for a beautiful (free) family tradition. At 5:59 p.m. Santa and Lite 98 will be counting down the seconds to turn on the downtown office buildings AND James Center’s Great Tree & Reindeer! From 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. experience the magic of the holidays with two blocks of family entertainment. James Center is very excited to present Big Ray and the Kool Kats as our featured performance at 6:30 p.m. With performances from Bellagio Las Vegas to The Kennedy Center for events from Presidential Inaugural Balls to concerts with The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Harry Connick, Jr., Martin Short, The National Symphony, and dozens more, Big Ray and the Kool Kats bring their unique brand of holiday musical festivity to the Grand Illumination.

Shelly Perkins of Lite 98 is Snow Queen! Entertainment also includes: The Greater Richmond Children’s Choir, Varina High School Marching Band, The Sugar Plum Fairy from the Richmond Ballet, Characters from the Nutcracker Cast, the VCU Trombone Choir, the American Youth Harp Ensemble, Singer Patsy Butler, the Virginia Piedmont & Central HO Model Railroad Club and much more. Join the Radio Disney Road Crew for holiday fun including sing-a-longs, games, & prize giveaways!

From 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, SPARC performers and their families will be singing Christmas Carols in the Plaza to welcome everyone to The Grand Illumination.

Street Closing:
On Friday, November 30, 2012: 10th Street will be closed from 9 am - 10 pm from the Parking Deck to Cary Street. The Parking Garage will remain accessible from Canal Street onto 10th Street. The parking lane on Cary Street will close at 9 am and will remain closed until 12 am.

Cary Street, from just past the 9th Street intersection to just before the 12th Street intersection may close from 6 pm - 8 pm, if needed, to accommodate the crowd.

$3.00 parking is available at the parking deck on the corner of 10th & Canal Streets after 4:00 p.m.
This event is provided by James Center Property LLC.

For more information contact:
Kimberly Carter
Marketing Director & Operations Coordinator
804-344-7278



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