11/20/14 Kilgore Christmas in the Patch & Lighting of the Derricks by Sarah Miller
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photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Christmas lights lit up the city after the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Christmas lights lit up the city after the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Christmas lights lit up the city after the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Former Kilgore Rangerettes Virginia Grey Culp of Henderson, center, and Doris Nyvall of Kilgore, right, flip the switch for the Christmas lights at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Culp and Nyvall were on the first Rangerette precision dance team in 1940. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph The Kilgore Rangerettes perform a high-kick routine at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph The Kilgore Rangerettes wait for their turn to perform at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Sarah Roberts, 6, center left, and Jayda Lewis, 5, center right, wait for their turn to perform with In-Step Dance Co. at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Aiden Carlile, 5, of Longview, is held by his mother Leslie Carlile at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.
Kilgore Lighting of the Derricks
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Girls from the Longview Ballet Theatre watch the Ranger Band perform as they wait to take the stage to dance at the Christmas in the Patch and Lighting of the Derricks celebration in downtown Kilgore, Texas Thursday Nov. 20, 2014. Kilgore is known as the "City of Stars" because of the decorations on top of the many oil derricks in the downtown area.