Festival Of Lights

This week there was a crew in Queen Victoria Park taking down the displays from the Winter Festival of Lights.

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Graham on February 3rd, 2010

From the Niagara Gazette:
City tourism officials expressed support on Monday for a tentative plan to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of Niagara Falls State Park with a July parade through the downtown area.
Members of the Niagara Falls Tourism Advisory Board endorsed the concept of the city celebration parade, which is being developed in [...]

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Graham on January 27th, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Shawn Fleckney says he was “just a kid” when he started volunteering as a mascot with the Winter Festival of Lights.
More than 20 years later, he’s still at it. He says he can’t think of a better way to spend his leisure time than by making new friends, learning skills and [...]

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Graham on January 21st, 2010

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo:
For two decades it reigned as perhaps Western New York’s premier winter time event. The Niagara Falls, NY Festival of Lights drew millions of tourists in a traditionally drab time of year for the hospitality industry, and once captured the American Bus Association’s coveted designation as the number one event [...]

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Graham on December 29th, 2009

From CANOE Travel:
Three-million sparkling lights and 125 lighted displays have transformed Niagara Falls into what is called a “Winter Wonderland.”
Add a little snow and the setting will be complete for the 27th annual Winter Festival of Lights that shines brightly through Jan. 4 and attracts more than a million people.

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Graham on December 22nd, 2009

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
From Rochester: About 90 miles.
Attraction: The Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, Ontario, running through Jan. 4, features holiday light displays, live concerts, fireworks and special events. The outdoor displays are lighted from 5 p.m. to midnight, including an “Enchantment of Disney” display.

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Graham on December 14th, 2009

From Niagara This Week:
The Stanley Cup is coming to Niagara Falls.
A slogan for the event being passed around the city is “two icons, one location.”
The Hockey Hall of Fame put together a package specifically for the 27th year of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights at the Rink on the Brink on Saturday, Dec. [...]

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From Jaunted: The Pop Culture Travel Guide:
Even though the winter storms have started to blow across North America, believe it or not that now is a great time to visit Niagara Falls. Ideally you’d want to drop by one of the nation’s biggest tourist traps during warmer weather, but if you’ve already been during the [...]

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Graham on December 9th, 2009

So, a week ago I announced a contest in association with ETours.to. Visitors were to submit a reason why they loved Niagara Falls. The plan was for me to post the responses, and then choose a winner. Given the time of year, and the drop off in traffic in the off-season, I figured I’d get [...]

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Graham on December 8th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Passports, the economy and cheerleading might not seem to have a lot in common, but they do.
Just ask Nick Nero, organizer of the 26th annual Festival of Lights Cheerleading Championship competition held in Niagara Falls on the weekend.
Teams from the United States, which in past years have brought a lot of [...]

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