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Carol Sing

A candlelight, community carol sing
will mark the beginning of
"Charlottesville a City of Light Week" on
December 20 at 8 p.m. on the grass banks
of Vinegar Hill.

Sponsored by Downtown
Charlottesville, Inc., (DCI) the carol sing
will feature a large bonfire and some 1500
candles for participants, with hot cider
being served. "Starting with one large
candle," says Chuck Walton, promotion
committee chairman for the DCI, 'the
light will be passed from one person to
the next until the hillside is aglow with
light."

Also during the week of December 20,
downtown merchants will offer some
5000 electric candles at wholesale cost in
a effort to encourage Charlottesville
residents and businesses to have a candle
in their windows at Christmas.