LOOK: Sewickley Light Up Night 2012

Throngs celebrate the start of the holiday season with Light Up Night in Sewickley. Patch captures the evening in a photo gallery.

Thousands of revelers packed the streets of downtown Sewickley Friday night to take part in the annual Light Up Night celebration.  Did you attend Light Up Night? If so, share your experience on this article and upload your photos.  Yuletide in Sewickley continues this morning with the Santa Parade at 10:30 a.m. and live entertainment. A 1-mile run and pancake breakfast will take place at 9:30 a.m., prior to the parade.   Snowball Dash  The Quaker Valley Wrestling Team and the Quaker Valley Rotary have partnered with Pressley Ridge to host a 1-Mile Holiday Fun Run at 9:30 a.m. Saturday before the Sewickley Holiday Parade. The Fun Run begins at the corner of Chestnut and Chadwick streets, and goes to the corner of Grant and Thorn streets, …

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Sewickley Illuminates Tonight With Light Up Night Activities

A round-up of holiday events happening tonight and Saturday as part of the annual Yuletide in Sewickley celebration.

Get into the holiday spirit tonight with Sewickley's Light Up Night festivities. The evening begins with music by Dancing Queen from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; the Lighting of the Village with Mayor Brian Jeffe, John Tucci, followed by fireworks is from 6:30 to 7 p.m.; and No Bad JuJu follows with music from 7 to 9 p.m. Area churches and non-profit organizations have also planned activities between 5 and 9 p.m. tonight in conjunction with Light Up Night.   Sewickley United Methodist Church The sanctuary will be open to the community from 5 to 9 p.m. with cookies and caroling, with various local Girl Scout troops leading the songs. On the sanctuary steps, there will be a Live Nativity. Santa's hotline phone booth will be on the lawn. Clock Tower Tours…

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Get Ready for Sewickley Light Up Night 2012

The annual Light Up Night in Sewickley marks the beginning of the holiday festivities, as Yuletide in Sewickley continues Wednesdays and Saturdays through Dec. 22.

Sewickley will kick off the holiday season from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 with the annual Light Up Night celebration. Jennifer Markus of Village Green Partners said there are more highlights to this year’s festivities than in years past. Attendees can again look forward to a street filled with vendors, but this year Markus said there will be even more vendors plus seating for those wishing to eat or rest.  Highlights include the traditional ice carving, horse-drawn carriage rides, sponsored by First National Bank, food and fireworks. In addition, expect a line up of entertainment on two stages placed at Broad and Thorn streets and at Beaver and Chestnut streets. Pyrotecnico fireworks, courtesy of Esmark, take place between 6:30 and 7 p.m…

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Larissa Dudkiewicz

8:06 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanks for the info Eileen! I'll definitely stop by.   more ›

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Sewickley's Light Up Night is Back in Every Way

Promotion for this year’s Yuletide in Sewickley has been outstanding, and kudos to Village Green Partners for the work they’ve done.

Light Up Night is back, not just the event, per se, but the moniker. It seems the folks behind the sparkle season hoo-ha believed they should get a tribute from all those communities that were using the ‘Light Up Night’ phrase without their blessing. Last year, in Sewickley, I think it was called Get Lit, or Sparkly Bulb Night, Tinkle Time or something like that, but everyone still, in hushed tones and darkened allies, called it Light Up Night. So this year, Sewickley Borough paid the 100 bucks to the Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership, and, now, we can proudly and boldly, without fear of ridicule, litigation or broken thumbs, call the kickoff event for Yuletide in Sewickley Light Up Night ®. This will be the first Light Up Night that I will …

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