The Light up the Lake Christmas Celebration kicks off Saturday and features a variety of events for all ages, leading up to a lighting ceremony, a lighted boat parade and a fireworks display that kick off the holiday season.
The event begins with a street parade at 11 a.m. that makes its way through downtown Lake Charles. The parade will head south on Ryan Street from Mill Street to Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive. Denise Fasske, the city’s director of arts and cultural events, said this year’s celebration has more entries than years past.
“We are expecting a big parade,” she said.
After the parade, children can visit Santa’s workshop at the Civic Center 1-5 p.m. Fasske said children ages 5 and under will go to the exhibition hall, while children ages 6-12 will go to the coliseum.
Fasske said setting up the workshop takes plenty of hard work. It features games, arts and crafts, storytelling and a train that children can ride throughout the area.
“It’s quite an undertaking,” she said of the effort. “The decoration creates this winter wonderland that transforms the whole Civic Center. The workshop gives children the chance to enjoy an event indoors.”
The Lake Charles Community Band will perform 3-4 p.m. on the Civic Center second floor mezzanine. Fasske said members of the Our Lady Queen of Heaven youth choir will sing along with the band.
The lighting ceremony is 5-6 p.m. and features music from the Barbe Show Choir and Zydeco musician Kaleb LeDay. Gumbo Gator will recite the “Cajun Night Before Christmas.” At 6 p.m. officials will flip the switch to turn on the lighted ornaments in front of the Civic Center.
The lighted boat parade starts at 6:30 p.m. along the Civic Center seawall, followed by a fireworks show at 7:15 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to boats based on several categories, including creativity, decorations and presentation.
Fasske said Lake Charles is fortunate to have the location to host the boat parade and elaborate fireworks show.
“We’re lucky we can shoot fireworks over the lake,” she said. “Most cities don’t have that, and if they do, they can’t shoot the larger cannons because of buffer restrictions.”
Fasske said there will be an assortment of food trucks along the seawall, staring at 5 p.m.
For more information on the holiday celebration, call Fasske at 491-9159.
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