Members of the Osbourn Park Madrigal Singers sing Christmas Carols. Photo by Steve Hibbard.
About 100 people attended the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Ayre Square Park in the Town of Clifton. Clifton's vice mayor Dwayne Nitz greeted the crowd and announced the lighting of the tree, and the Osbourn Park Madrigal Singers sang a few Christmas Carols while the crowd roasted marshmallows and s'mores around some bonfires. A cherry picker was used to install all of the blue lights at the top of the tree.
"It gets us in the spirit of the season," said organizer Kevin Hutto of Clifton. "It's a little village out here; you feel like you have your own enclave and it kind of brings the community together."