Christmas in Historic Homer - The Town of Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

A Full Day of Fun
For the Entire Family

Art & Craft Vendors and Square Merchants Open Early
Specialty Food Vendors - Great Food for Every Taste
Singing and Dancing Groups Perform Throughout the Day
Our Biggest Ever Christmas Parade Starts at 3 pm
The Lighting of the Square at 4:30 pm
The Appearance of Santa Claus
and live Choral Music round out the evening.

Upcoming Events

Merchants Christmas Open House: Saturday, November 13, 9 am - 5 pm. Door prizes, refreshments, discounts: Shop Early for Great Christmas savings.
Homer Chamber of Commerce is giving away $500.00 in Christmas Money: $1.00 per donation per chance, Drawing will be held December 22, 12 Noon at the COC Office. Tickets available at the chamber office.
The 35th anniversary of the Homer COC is Jan 31, 2000: Banquet tickets on sale mid January. Great Fun, Entertainment and Fellowship

For More Information
Homer Chamber of Commerce
519 South Main St
Homer, LA 71040
Ph/Fx 318-927-3271
HomerCOC@ClaiborneOne.org

"Christmas In Historic Homer"
Set For Saturday December 11
By Susan T. Herring - Editor, The Guardian-Journal

The Seventh Annual Christmas Festival will begin at 10:30 AM Saturday, December 11 on the Claiborne Parish Courthouse Square in Historic Homer.

Craft and food booths will open at 10:30 AM. All day entertainment will begin at 11 AM. Among the many items featured in the craft booths will be ceramic angels, quilts, Native American items, jewelry, leather crafts, airbrush, sand art and more. Food booths will include alligator, shrimp, candied apples, hot cider, ribeye sandwiches, barbecue, and more.

The 1999 Christmas Festival Entertainment will begin at 11:00 AM with Emcee Jerry Thompson and performers Morgana Burch, Rachal Ford, and Lexie Lee. Other entertainers will include Thomas and Marion Reed (11:15-11:45 AM), Britney Winn (11:45-12:00 Noon), The Outlaws and Barry Roberts (12:00 Noon-12:45 PM), Dick Dorrell and Pat Gladney (12:45-1:00 PM), Glenbrook School in Minden, (1:00-1:30 PM), Chris Sherrill (1:30-2:00 PM), Joann's Studio of Voice of Homer (2:00-3:00 PM), and Jerry Thompson, Joey White, Pat Gladney, Dick Dorrell will entertain until the parade arrives.

Senator Randy Ewing will serve as Grand Marshall for the Christmas Parade. The Parade begins at 3 PM and will travel down North Main from Homer High School to the Courthouse Square. Featured in this year's parade will be the Grambling University Marching Band, the Starlettes Twirling Group of Ruston, Smokey the Bear, the 1920 Coca-Cola Truck, Miss Juneteenth, Officer Ollie and Puppet Friends, Santa Claus and a host of others.

Following the parade, winners will be announced for the business lighting and parade floats. The Community Church Choir will then perform, followed by Dump Hatter and the "Bold Witnesses" of Minden.

For history buffs, you can learn the history of Claiborne Parish and much of Northwest Louisiana by visiting the Herbert S. Ford Museum.

For the kids, there will be pony rides in front of city hall and the "Screaming Beaming". Following the parade, kids can visit with Santa Claus and have their picture made at the Courthouse.

The 1999 Christmas Festival Committee Chairman is Buddy Pixley. Mac Brakefield and Delores Leggett lined up parade entrants. Glenda Williams and Pam Suggs assigned booths to vendors. Myra Cottrell and Buddy Pixley were over the lighting.

Radio Stations KRMD will be in Homer from 8-10 AM and KMJJ from 4-6 PM, giving away T-shirts and caps. Everyone is invited to come spend the day, bring a lawn chair and enjoy the festivities.