CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT
WHAT: CP Group’s 8th Annual Community Tree Lighting and Holiday Extravaganza at Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC): Kicking off the “most wonderful time of the year,” BRiC presents the first free and open-to-the-public “community” tree lighting in Boca Raton, complete with Santa meet and greet and the return of live reindeer, with WPTV’s First Alert Chief Meteorologist Steve Weagle as emcee. Offering a variety of live entertainment, friends and family festivities, and free parking, guests will enter BRiC through an illuminated “Snowflake Lane” directly into a spectacular winter wonderland of memory-making fun, activities, selfie and group photo opportunities, and food.
Surrounding the dazzling 40-foot Christmas tree adorned in thousands of twinkling LED lights and hundreds of ornaments, there will be photo opportunities with Santa and his reindeer, a tented Santa’s Workshop with holiday-themed children’s activities and crafts by ArtNEST Studios and letters to Santa organized by Boca Raton Historical Society & The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, LED Cirque Performers on stage and roaming, and a Hula Hoop contortionist spinning with over 30 Hula Hoops. Families can enjoy a 12-foot holiday bounce house, 360-photo booth experience, and farm animal petting zoo. Interactive entertainment led by Celebrity DJ Dennis Michael Stelling (who has opened for John Mayer and others) includes community choir, acapella, and dance performances by West Boca Raton Community High School, Grandview Preparatory School, and Organic Movements Dance School. A delicious lineup of food trucks and cash bars for cocktails will also be there.
Classically trained dancers from Organic Movements Dance School
As has been the tradition for the last seven years, the event benefits Spirit of Giving’s Annual Holiday Gift Drive, bringing holiday cheer to 6,000+ underprivileged children, and the Junior League of Boca Raton. Boca Raton Magazine is the exclusive magazine sponsor.
Steve Weagle- First Alert Chief Meteorologist WPTV News Channel 5
WHEN:
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Alternate Rain Date: Friday. Nov. 17; same time)
WHERE:
Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC)
Enter off Yamato Road and T-Rex Avenue at 5000 T-Rex Avenue, Boca Raton 33431
WHO:
Presented by CP Group on its Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), benefitting Spirit of Giving and Junior League of Boca Raton
ADMISSION:
General admission is FREE with an unwrapped new toy or discretionary monetary donation to Spirit of Giving collected upon entry.
VIP Tickets are available at $50/adult and $15/child (16 years and younger) that include access to a bedecked and festive VIP hospitality tent, with specialty cocktails and light bites for adults and a designated “Kids Corner” that will serve up children’s treats, beverages, dessert bar, and face painting. One hundred percent of VIP sales benefit the Junior League of Boca Raton; space is limited.
CONTACT:
For General Admission advance registration and VIP Tent ticket purchases, visit
https://CPGrouptreelighting2023.eventbrite.com
