‘Norris Shines’ puts on show of holiday lights, decorations
Christmas scenes such as this one on Dairy Pond Road await visitors checking out the decorations throughout Norris this year during the Norris Shines event that runs through Dec. 26, lighting up every part of the city. (photo:G. Chambers Williams III )
Norris Shines also includes a scavenger hunt that is designed to lead people to search all of the participating neighborhoods to find specific items of decoration.
The list includes a “house with 50-plus Santas,” “nine-foot horse in pasture,” “real live deer,” “28 jumbo red and white candy canes along road,” “five nativity scenes,” and “Santa stuck in Christmas tree.”
Information and a scorecard for the scavenger hunt can be found on the Norris Recreation Commission’s Facebook page.
Coordinated by the Norris Recreation Commission, the Norris Shines organizers began planning for this year’s event in early summer, seeking donations of holiday lights and people willing to volunteer a few hours of their time to make it happen.
One concern was making sure the Town Center was adorned with plenty of lights this season, even though most of the Town Center building is empty of tenants.
That has now been done by an Andersonville company, 4D Exterior Solutions, which provided the lights and the installation work.
Volunteer Cynthia Edrington said all of the lights on city property, including the downtown gazebo, were paid for by donations.
Besides the downtown gazebo, across West Norris Road from the Town Center, the group each year puts up thousands of lights at both main entrances into Norris, along with asking residents and businesses to light up their properties, too.