Downtown Danville has never sparkled more! Celebrate the beginning of the holiday season with your friends, family, and neighbors at this annual event that features caroling, activities and games for the kids, carriage rides, food, and of course, the tree lighting ceremony.
Here's a way to experience the fun and brilliance of the holidays in Hendricks County's downtown. If you love lights, music and tradition but aren't so crazy about the crowds in downtown Indianapolis, this is your day-after-Thanksgiving must-attend event!
Here are some of the festivities you can look forward to at the 2009 Christmas on the Square:
3rd Annual Christmas on the Square Schedule
3:00 pm
- Hendricks Civic Theatre performance
- Shops and Restaurants open
- Reindeer Games and Crafts begin
- Historical Museum and Courthouse Rotunda open
- Carriage Rides begin
- Firefighters Chili Supper
- Raffle ticket sales begin
- Strolling musicians, high wheel bike demonstrations begin
4:00 pm
- Danville High School Choir to perform
- Christmas reading begins, Courthouse Rotunda – Betty Bartley, Town Historian, Republican Newspaper
- First raffle prize drawn – check the board, near the Stage.
4:30 pm
- Annie Rogers performs
- Christmas reading begins, Courthouse Rotunda – Chief Gill, Danville Police Department
5:15 pm
- Second raffle prize drawn – check the board, near the Stage.
5:00 pm
- 4 Bones 4 Him to perform
- Christmas reading, Courthouse Rotunda – Loren Malloy, Danville Public Library
5:30 pm
5:45 pm
- Raffle prizes drawn, Grand Prize winner announced
6:00 pm
- Lighting of the Christmas tree and the Canopy of Lights
- Community sings “O Christmas Tree”
6:15 pm
- Santa and Mrs. Claus leave for the opening of Winterland Light Show at Ellis Park
- Get your shopping done. The stores and restaurants will remain open!
