For the Lighting ceremony on December 3, we will be attempting to break the world record for the largest carol service. We have contacted Guinness World Records in London and have notified them of our intention. They have assigned a claim number to us and have given us procedures for documentation.

According to Guinness, "The largest carol service in the world, organized by The City of Cambridge, took place on December 20, 2003 in the Civic Square in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, when 1,175 carollers sang Christmas carols for 28 minutes."

To be counted, participants must sign their names on a form, which will be available at our lighting ceremony. We will have tables set up under the covered walkways and assistants roaming the crowd with sign-up forms. It is important that each participant sign the form for a correct count.

We would like to broaden this attempt to include the Greenville community. Please encourage guests from town to join us for the lighting ceremony and this special record-breaking event. The Greenville News is planning to run an announcement later this week.

We hope many of you will be able to participate in this special event