{"id":3911,"date":"2023-11-20T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2023-11-20T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:53:56","slug":"downtown-sioux-falls-holiday-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blockbyblock.com\/news\/downtown-sioux-falls-holiday-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Sioux Falls Holiday Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article has been copied from KeloLand.com , to see the original article, including some great photos of our Ambassadors, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Brian and Winston light up Phillips Ave.<\/h1>\n

By: Jacob Newton<\/p>\n

Posted: Nov. 15, 2023<\/p>\n

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) \u2014 Two men, one yellow ladder, one little red pickup and totes packed with holiday lights. This is the scene as Brian Gochal and Winston Flowers, a pair of Downtown Sioux Falls Ambassadors, work their way up and down Phillips Avenue, working to transform the street for the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Gochal and Flowers are both in this role for the first time, and Flowers says the directive of \u2018go put up some Christmas lights\u2019 is a bit bigger of a job than the pair had expected.<\/p>\n

The two have been out in the streets off and on for the past few weeks, stringing up lights. On Wednesday the two were enjoying the weather, a balmy 60\u00b0F. \u201cTwo weeks ago it was freezing,\u201d remarked Gochal.<\/p>\n

Though they\u2019ve been working on d\u00e9cor for the better part of a month, they\u2019ve been focused on lights on Phillips for the past two days.<\/p>\n

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Despite the limited man-power, the pair are working quickly. They have a technical deadline of The Parade of Lights on Nov. 24, though Gochal expects they\u2019ll be done well before that.<\/p>\n

Overall, Winston says the two have 25 trees and 74 light poles to decorate with a mix of lights and garlands.<\/p>\n

One side-effect of this work? The two have been in the Christmas spirit since about Halloween, they say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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