When the icy winds and snow blew into University City on Sunday evening, December 12th, it looked like 2010's Luminaria Night might be a goner. But not so fast...with the help of many neighbors (and their telephones!), our Gannondale holiday celebration was rescheduled for December 19th.
And what a difference a week made: a bright full moon looked down upon Gannondale as Daniel Shaver's talented University City High School student musicians served up some "brassy" arrangements of yuletide favorites. More that one thousand luminaria candles glowed along our sidewalks and in Triangle Park.
Over $600.00 was earned from the proceeds of the luminaria sales. Once again, your support of Luminaria Night allows the Gannondale Neighborhood Association to continue to publish the Pillar Post, pay the electrical bills for the pillar lights at Hanley and Cornell and do other good works. Thank you all!
On behalf of the Gannondale Neighborhood Association, Bryan Young would like to extend a big holiday "thank you" to Linda Fried (who coordinated the music), Kim Mulkey Young (who designed the flyer), Amber Geiger (who helped collect luminaria orders) and Nigel Taylor, Margaret Johnson, Julia Macias (and her son, Max) and Mike Kimzey (who all helped to distribute the luminaria kits). The Gannondale Neighborhood Association would also like to thank Greg and Sharyn Koob for the use of their garage for assembling and distributing the luminaria.
Have a very merry holiday season and a blessed new year!
