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2013 Georgetown Holiday Window Dressing Competition

The Georgetown Business Improvement Districts's (BID) 2nd Annual Holiday Window Competition is well underway with many Georgetown merchants from design, fashion and food decorating their storefronts for the holiday season.

Facebook voting for the best window display will take place from Tuesday, December 3 to Friday, December 20.

This year, merchants will be using four elements of their choosing to deck the halls plus a fifth element of lights in keeping with the Fete des Lumieres Georgetown event. To see the voting and album from last year click here.

Check back to the Georgetown BID Facebook page on Tuesday, December 3 to begin voting!

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Fete Des Lumieres Georgetown Will Light Up Holiday Season December 13-20

International festival makes U.S. debut in Georgetown with public art and light installations. Four international artists will bring their public art displays, using lights as their medium, to Georgetown for a week-long festival  inspired by the world-renowned Fete des Lumieres, or Festival of Lights, in Lyon, France.

The Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) in partnership with Alliance Francaise, Art Soiree Productions, SPAIN Arts & Culture, The JBG Companies, Wallonie-Bruxelles International and EDF (Electricite de France) will sponsor the light installations that will be positioned in several locations in Georgetown.

(Photo by: Luisa Alvarez) Fete des Lumieres in Lyon, France

Fete des Lumieres Georgetown coincides with the second annual Georgetown Holiday Window Competition, where a variety of neighborhood merchants create holiday-themed window displays using only four different materials. This year’s competition will add lights as a fifth element in honor of the week-long festival.

“Georgetown is a premiere destination for the holidays and year-round with more than 450 restaurants, shops, galleries and other merchants,” says Joe Sternlieb, Georgetown BID CEO. “We are thrilled that Fete des Lumieres will make its U.S. debut in Georgetown, and this is a tremendous opportunity to showcase public art in Georgetown’s public spaces,” Sternlieb adds. “We look forward to expanding this festival into one of Georgetown’s premiere events.”

Sylvain Cornevaux, Cultural Director for Alliance Francaise, says “We are delighted to partner with so many wonderful organizations to bring a representation of this beloved, innovative and historic French tradition to Georgetown.”

Featured artists and installations, previously on display at the Lyon festival, include Luisa Alvarez presenting Cuidad Habitad, a collection of lit mannequins in whimsical poses. Alvarez will also exhibit Floating Lights, an interactive light wall. Both of those installations will be displayed throughout the festival. On December  13 and 14 only, a duo of artists known as Theoriz Crew will create Larsen 3G, a collection of interactive video projections, and Chloe Yaiche will present Zodiac, an artistic display of constellations inspired by  NASA satellite imagery.

Throughout the week, Art Soiree, local artists and merchants will host individual festival events, parties and promotions. For updated Fete des Lumieres Georgetown information and a complete listing of events, visit www.georgetowndc.com, Events, Holiday Happenings.

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8th Annual Georgetown Jingle at Four Seasons December 15

The 8th Annual Georgetown Jingle will take place on December 15, 2013, at Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. The family-friendly holiday extravaganza, hosted each year by Four Seasons and the design community, helps raise funds for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital’s pediatric oncology programs.

Since 2006, Washington’s interior design community has come together to support this event. Nationally acclaimed designers will decorate the Lobby of Four Seasons Hotel Washington with a total of 18 holiday-themed trees and vignettes. Washington, DC designers Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey and Joe Ireland are the 2013 design chairs and selected, with their committee, the participating designers.

This year, renowned designer Alexa Hampton from Mark Hampton, LLC, will decorate the mantle in the Lobby of Four Seasons. Working with an assortment of seasonal décor including floral, antiques and wood workings, Hampton will create a mantle masterpiece will retail for USD 30,000 - all of which will be donated to Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to benefit pediatric patients. Hampton’s vignette and the 17 Designer Holiday Trees will be on display and available for purchase at Four Seasons beginning December 4, 2013.

The ticket price includes all event features – food, open bar, entertainment, tree/vignette displays, silent auction and much more. Tickets may be purchased online.

TheFour Seasons Hotel i s located at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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