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PHOTOS: Lighting of Ballard Park shines bright in Tupelo

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A member of the Parkway Elementary School Voice Wave Choir shows off her Christmas spirit before Thursday night's annual Lighting of Ballard Park in Tupelo.

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Area residents make their into the Oren Dunn Museum under the colorful fireworks display that closed out this year's Lighting of Ballard Park in Tupelo. The event kicks off the city's annual Christmas festivities. The annual Reed's Tupelo Christmas Parade will continue the holiday celebration when it makes its way through downtown Tupelo tonight.

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The fireworks crew begin to inspect the damage done Thursday night after the last few fireworks failed to launch into the air and detonated close to the ground to conclude the annual "Lighting of Ballard Park" ceremony in Tupelo.

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A member of the Parkway Elementary School Voice Wave Choir shows off her Christmas spirit before Thursday night's annual Lighting of Ballard Park in Tupelo.

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Students of the Parkway Elementary School Voice Wave Choir sing before Thursday's annual lighting program at Ballard Park in Tupelo.

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Children take a moment at take a closer look at the "butterfly" light along with others following Thursday's annual Lighting of Ballard Park in Tupelo.

  • Thomas Wells
djr-2022-12-02-news-xmas-lighting-twp4

Residents make their way across the levee and under the snowjump light following Thursday's "Lighting of Ballard Park" Thursday night in Tupelo.

  • Thomas Wells | Daily Journal
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Area residents make their into the Oren Dunn Museum under the fireworks display to close this year's "Lighting of Ballard Park" in Tupelo.

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djr-2022-12-02-news-xmas-lighting-twp6

Area residents make their into the Oren Dunn Museum under the fireworks display to close this year's "Lighting of Ballard Park" in Tupelo.

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djr-2022-12-02-news-xmas-lighting-twp7

Area residents make their into the Oren Dunn Museum under the colorful fireworks display that closed out this year's Lighting of Ballard Park in Tupelo. The event kicks off the city's annual Christmas festivities. The annual Reed's Tupelo Christmas Parade will continue the holiday celebration when it makes its way through downtown Tupelo tonight.

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The fireworks crew begin to inspect the damage done Thursday night after the last few fireworks failed to launch into the air and detonated close to the ground to conclude the annual "Lighting of Ballard Park" ceremony in Tupelo.

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