Changes made to city holiday festival

WINCHESTER -- A forecast of cold weather for Saturday prompted some last-minute changes to the entertainment lineup for the Old Town Christmas Street Festival on the Loudoun Street Pedestrian Mall.

Performances by Peter McCrory's one-man band show, magician John Swomley and the O-Zone's Awesome Obstacle Course bounce house are being postponed. The equipment by each of these performers cannot be exposed to temperatures below 40 degrees, according to a press release from Old Town Development Director Karen Helm.

Christmas carol performances by the Grace Community Church at 3:30 p.m. and Musica Viva at 4 p.m. as part of the tree lighting ceremony will go on as scheduled, the release states. The Snowflake Scramble 1-mile run for ages 4-12 will still begin at 10 a.m.
Santa will light the tree in front of the Old Court House Museum at 4:45 p.m. after the "holiday stroll," which chaperoned, "festively dressed" may join at the south end of the mall.

-- Daily Staff Report