The Lake County Fair is debuting the Holiday Avenue of Lights this year at the Lake County Fairgrounds. The Avenue of Lights will open for 10 consecutive nights, and for a small fee, patrons will be able to drive their carload of friends and family through the fairgrounds to view the displays, listen to holiday music on a FM radio broadcast, and enjoy refreshments of hot drinks and snacks while driving through the tour. An eclectic mix of seven nonprofit groups from throughout Lake County have signed up to take part in the fundraising opportunity, and will put up 10 large displays between them. The groups include Hospice of Lake County, Scotts Valley 4-H Club, Lakeport Women’s Civic Club, Clearlake Church of the Nazarene, Knights of Columbus, Konocti Christian Academy and Kelseyville High School's Future Farmers of America.
Each organization will put up at least one display, and will provide volunteers to operate the event by directing traffic on one night for each display the organization puts up. The organizations will all share in the revenues from the entire event.
In addition, each car load of patrons which enters the Avenue of Lights will receive a ballot with which to vote on the "People's Choice" for favorite displays. The top three displays will earn an extra financial prize for the organization that built it.
The Avenue of Lights will be open Dec. 13 through Dec. 22 at the Lake County Fairgrounds.
Vehicles will be admitted starting at 5:30 p.m., The grounds will closed each evening at 9 p.m. Cars are expected to take about one half hour to tour all of the displays this year, and the admission price is $10 per car.
A concession stand operated by the nonprofits and offering hot chocolate, cider, coffee and other snacks will be available at the entrance gate. A low power FM broadcast will play continuous holiday music, so that patrons can tune in their car radios and sip a hot drink while enjoying the lighting spectacle. Vehicles should enter the fairgrounds through the main entrance gate on Martin Street, and will be directed through the fairgrounds by volunteers. |
