Usher in the holidays with the Southern Arkansas University Celebration of Lights, which will be held Dec. 1, 2016, on the SAU campus.
The annual event kicks off with the Family Christmas Movie at 3 p.m. in Foundation Hall. Showings are also scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Personalized photo mugs will be available at no charge in the Reynolds Center Plaza from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. The Magnolia Christmas Parade, “Magnolia’s Night of Twinkling Lights,” begins at 5 p.m. RHA Overstreet Lighting is at 6 p.m. and features greetings by RHA members and Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU; Lighting of the Christmas Tree by SAU donors as well as the Lighting of the Centennial Tree; caroling by SAU Heritage and Chamber Singers, and refreshments.
Reynolds Center activities include photos with Santa and Angel Tree adoptions from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. and the announcement of parade winners and the lighting of the bell tower at 6:20 p.m. Also, Magnolia Presbyterian Church members will play hand bells in the Reynolds Center rotunda.
A buffet dinner follows in the Grand Hall of the Reynolds Center, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Adult tickets are $8.50 and children’s tickets (ages 5-12) are $4. Children under the age of 5 eat free. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Finally, the SAU family musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” will be performed at 7 p.m. at Harton Theatre, free of charge.
For more information, call 870-235-4028.
