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DISTRICT Contest Rewards Holiday Light Displays
The winners this year’s annual decoration contest designed to encourage downtown merchants to decorate their buildings for Christmas were announced last night. The District, a downtown non-profit supporting economic development and historic preservation, sponsors the annual contest awarding cash prizes and the opportunity to ride in the Nashville Gas Christmas Parade, being held this evening (Friday, December 4).
The Gray line tours, Santa Express took top prize this year. According to Sam Champion, coordinator of the judging with members of the art community. “The judges were very impressed by the enthusiasm of their decorations as well as the enthusiasm exhibited through their selves with live acoustic Christmas Caroling on site.”
A wonderful display of playful lights earned McFadden’s Irish Pub and Grill second place honors, while Butlers Run won third prize with a stately display of lights and garland. Tootsie’s Orchid lounge earned an honorable mention as the pride of lower Broadway. The winners will ride in vintage automobiles in the Nashville Gas Christmas Parade.
Serving as judges for this year’s contest were Nina Kuzina, Director of the Kraus Gallery in the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Tonia Trotter, Director of the Rymer Gallery on 5th Avenue, Amy Walters with the Urban Residents Association, and Randy Morgan with TPUDC Landscape Architects
“The DISTRICT merchants do a great deal to foster the spirit of the season in downtown Nashville, and there efforts are greatly appreciated,” notes Champion. The District is alive with Christmas everywhere you look, and enjoyed by all passersby
To see pictures and video from this year's Christmas parade and years past, click on the following links:
