As the holidays approach, Tuacahn Center for the Arts has been preparing for its annual Festival of Lights which premiers the day after Thanksgiving on November 24, 2006. Workers have been busy since September hanging approximately 250,000 lights on trees, bushes, buildings, and most everything within reach of a power outlet. “The effect is truly grand and exciting. The lights create a special holiday ambience—a place for the entire family to come and enjoy the spirit of the holiday season,” said Jeff Martin, Tuacahn’s Marketing Director.

The Festival will be open from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings through December 23. A live Nativity is presented in Tuacahn’s outdoor amphitheatre twice nightly at 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm. The Live Nativity features as many as sixty volunteer actors on stage along with an assortment of live animals including camels, goats, and, of course, a donkey. (NOTE: Due to Tuacahn’s “Christmas in the Canyon” concert, which is presented in the outdoor amphitheatre, the Live Nativity will not be performed Friday, December 1, 2006.) (more…)