Holiday happenings throughout Hammonton in December
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
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Santa at Wells Fargo Bank on the
corner of Bellevue Avenue and
Ronald Reagan Drive (Cental Avenue), located adjacent to where
the tree lighting will take place.
The rest of the evening will offer
entertainment such as horse and
carriage rides, a live nativity and
people singing along sections of
the downtown. Local businesses
will be open for the public to visit
and purchase items as well.
The annual Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting event’s main
title sponsor is jeweler David
Charles Ltd. One Trick Pony, Liberty Dialysis, Arena Buick-GMC
and Univers Workplace Solutions
are also sponsors of the event. Lead
organizer for all these festivities is
Dawn Baldwin, and she said the
hopes are to make the event even
larger this year.
“Kevin Rodio at Spellcaster
[Productions] donates all of his
time and equipment to give the
event the ‘wow factor’ that we
want. Things are moving along
right now and we are getting anxious for the arrival of Santa. We
have a lot of entertainment this
year,” Baldwin said.
The horse and carriage rides are
one of the key entertainment focal
points of the evening. They are
being sponsored by local attorney
Tim Buckley. The route for the
rides has changed compared to recent years as it will start at the
Hammonton Family Success Center building at 310 Bellevue Ave.
and continue on Vine Street to
Third Street. The local churches
are also involved.
“The local veterans organizations are also going to be involved,
decorating at Veterans Park that
night for the carriage rides. We
have a really nice mix of entertainment and happy holiday choices
this year for people of all ethnicities. We are trying to spiritualize it,
as well as the Santa part of it. It is
coming along. It is a big project,”
Baldwin said.
For those interested in viewing
the live nativity, it will be on the
corner of Vine Street and Central
Avenue, near town hall and St.
Joseph High School.
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There will be live performances
put on by two local dance companies — Dance Magic and Paul
Morris DanceXplosion — during
the event, as Kevin Rodio of Spellcaster Productions will provide all
the stage equipment, including
audio, lighting and video.
The evening will be filled with
activities for the family to enjoy, a
tremendous way to kick off the
holiday season in town.
“There is no other town that offers the evening we do for the holidays. It is a speci