Fireworks Display, Village Light Up Holidays
Display location:Elk Grove Village
City:Elk Grove
State:California
Date:Nov.27
Details: About 1,000 people gathered on the Elk Grove Village Green to celebrate the start of the holiday season last Friday with one of the biggest displays ever mounted.
Fireworks lit up the night sky after Mayor Craig Johnson and retiring public works employee Jack Gray flipped the switch to turn on the lights adorning the village's Christmas tree.
Santa Claus rode in on a fire truck and spent time with each child who waited hearing gift requests with his wife Mrs. Claus.
Gray was picked to help flip the switch as he is retiring after 27 years with the public works department and was a key player in mounting the holiday festivities.
He was called "Mr. Christmas" by many in the village for his role as a key planner for holiday celebrations and tree lightings for as long as they had been going on.
Johnson said he and Gray would begin planning for the annual event in May.
"Just when everyone else was enjoying the spring Jack and I started talking about Christmas," said Johnson. "We were like two little kids going through catalogues (to plan the event)."
Power used to be a problem before the new Village Green was completed, said Johnson. He and Gray used to plan how to route power and maximize the lights and attractions while staying within budgets and physical limits of the system.
Moving forward, Johnson said the new Village Green will afford more power for bigger better light displays.
Gray was a key planner on Village Green renovations completed this year.
This year's fireworks display was bigger than in past years. Earlier this year the village's Rotary Fest was rained out and fireworks that would have been shot off at that event were used at the Tour of Elk Grove and Friday's tree lighting.
City:Elk Grove
State:California
Date:Nov.27
Details: About 1,000 people gathered on the Elk Grove Village Green to celebrate the start of the holiday season last Friday with one of the biggest displays ever mounted.
Fireworks lit up the night sky after Mayor Craig Johnson and retiring public works employee Jack Gray flipped the switch to turn on the lights adorning the village's Christmas tree.
Santa Claus rode in on a fire truck and spent time with each child who waited hearing gift requests with his wife Mrs. Claus.
Gray was picked to help flip the switch as he is retiring after 27 years with the public works department and was a key player in mounting the holiday festivities.
He was called "Mr. Christmas" by many in the village for his role as a key planner for holiday celebrations and tree lightings for as long as they had been going on.
Johnson said he and Gray would begin planning for the annual event in May.
"Just when everyone else was enjoying the spring Jack and I started talking about Christmas," said Johnson. "We were like two little kids going through catalogues (to plan the event)."
Power used to be a problem before the new Village Green was completed, said Johnson. He and Gray used to plan how to route power and maximize the lights and attractions while staying within budgets and physical limits of the system.
Moving forward, Johnson said the new Village Green will afford more power for bigger better light displays.
Gray was a key planner on Village Green renovations completed this year.
This year's fireworks display was bigger than in past years. Earlier this year the village's Rotary Fest was rained out and fireworks that would have been shot off at that event were used at the Tour of Elk Grove and Friday's tree lighting.
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