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11/19/2002
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
17TH ANNUAL
SRU/SLIPPERY ROCK ‘LIGHT UP NIGHT’ INCLUDES SANTA VISIT
AND MUSIC
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University and
the Slippery Rock community will join forces at 7 p.m. Sunday [Nov.
24] for the 17th annual “Light Up Night,”
officially opening the holiday season with music and a visit from
Santa.
The
opening ceremony, organized by SRU’s Association of Residence
Hall Students and Slippery Rock Mayor Ken Harris, will be held in
Memorial Square on Main Street. The local Lions Club will
participate by lighting the borough’s Christmas
tree.
Following
the lighting, participants will move to campus for welcome remarks
by University President G. Warren Smith and Dr. Robert Watson, vice
president for student affairs, outside Miller Auditorium. Musical
selections by the SRU Gospel Choir, a candle lighting ceremony and
holiday carols will be followed by Santa’s arrival. Hot
chocolate and cookies, donated by ARAMARK, the campus food vendor,
will be provided.
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