There will be a Christmas Social at the C. L. Hoover Opera House on Saturday, Aug. 20th from 6-8 p.m. to raise money for holiday lights for the downtown. Admission will be $30 per person or $50 per couple for the adult-only evening.
The Junction City Main Street event is being sponsored by D.E.L. Motors.
Michaela Smith, Executive Director for Junction City Main Street, said there will be some fun Christmas special events that evening. One of those is a snowball drop where participants stand and fake snowballs are thrown at them. "Each snowball will be color coded with a different color and each code will represent a different award for coupons or gift cards to local businesses around town." There will also be a Christmas sweater contest.
The plan is to obtain lights for 6th to 10th Street down Washington and the cross streets of 7th,8th and 9th. Lights will be multiple colors and and there will be the ability to change the colors for different events. They will be strung across the tops of the buildings.
Self noted that officials are estimating that about $200,000 will need to be raised for the lights for all of downtown. Organizers are hoping to put some of the lights up quickly. "We won't be able to have the whole downtown lit up by Christmas, unfortunately, but our game plan is to have all of downtown lit up by next Christmas."
Self added that another fundraiser will be held in October and some local business or building owners have expressed interest and will donate some money for the project.