A FANCY dress disco competition will be held tonight at Porthmadog leisure centre to choose who will have the honour of switching on the town’s Christmas lights.
The switching on ceremony will take place in the Park next Friday when there will be stalls, food vans, games, choir singing and other activities. There will also be a catch the Grinch fun run. Numerous local businesses have offered sponsorship for the event. There will also be a huge star placed on top of the town’s 30 feet high Christmas tree.
After the switching on of the lights there will be a hunt the Christmas dragon competition will take place, when children and their families are encouraged to visit local shops along the High Street to find a dragon in a Santa hat, with a prize for the winner.
Cllr Gwilym Jones, Chairman of Porthmadog town council, said: “We all hope these festivities will being cheer to the town.”
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