committed to this event each and every year with the help of Fayetteville Visitors Bureau,” said Tracy Carter, who coordinates the musical event each year. “I feel this is my way of giving back to my beautiful town and enhancing the Christmas season, which is my personal favorite holiday of the year.” Carter said when the Choirs on the Square began, she reached out by phone and offered time slots for local musical groups to perform on the square. This year, the Choirs on the Square will begin at 5:30 p.m. each night on Fri. Dec. 6, Tue. Dec. 6 and Tue. Dec. 13. Carter said to reserve a spot, call (479) 790-3081. This is the 11th year that Ray Dotson at Ozark Mountain Carriages will take visitors on a romantic journey through the lights. “We have about 17 marriage proposals each year on the carriage,” Dotson said. “He had an actual ceremony on the Cinderella carriage as it went around the square….From the carriages, you get to be in the street without the crowds on the sidewalk. You have visibility on both sides of the streets, which makes for better photos.” Dotson said he usually brings two carriages out to the square, including the lighted Cinderella carriage. He also said that when it gets busy, he’ll bring a third carriage. “We have Santa Claus and Rudolph on the back patio of the old post office,” Dotson said. “It’s $2 to see Santa and $5 for a photo.” To purchase tickets for the carriage rides – $15 for adults and $10 for children over three – Dotson said the ticket booth, which is fashioned out of eight vintage doors, sits on the east side of the square.
For more information on the Lights of the Ozarks, visit thelightsoftheozarks. com.
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