Written by Bill Franques (LSU Athletics)
| Monday, 30 November 2009 14:53
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LSU News
NATCHITOCHES, La. – The Natchitoches Christmas Festival Committee has announced that LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri will be the Grand Marshal of the 2009 Natchitoches Christmas Festival Parade.
The parade begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 as part of the 83rd Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival.
Mainieri led the 2009 Tigers to the NCAA National Championship. He was named both the National Coach of the Year and the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year.
Mainieri began his collegiate coaching career in 1983 as the head coach of St. Thomas University in Florida and has coached at the U.S. Air Force Academy and Notre Dame before landing his current position at LSU.
The Christmas Festival’s Main Parade will leave the Northwestern State University campus at 1 p.m., traveling down Jefferson Street into the Natchitoches Historic District. The parade then enters Front Street, turns left onto Lafayette Street and then left onto Second Street. The parade travels down Second Street before ending at the main gate of Northwestern State.
In addition to the Festival’s main parade, a Junior Parade will take place at 10 a.m. on Dec. 5. Grand Marshal for the Junior Parade is 10-year-old Madalyn Sibley, the artist selected for this year’s Christmas Festival Poster.
The Junior Parade begins at the corner of Second and Amulet Streets, traveling down Second Street to Lafayette Street. The parade will then travel down Front Street, ending at Amulet Street.
Madalyn is the youngest artist ever selected to design the Christmas Festival Poster. Posters are on sale for $35 each through the City of Natchitoches’ Office of Community Development. To view this year’s poster online, please visit www.natchitochesla.gov.
For more information about the Natchitoches Christmas Festival or a complete schedule of events, please visit www.christmasfestival.com.
Natchitoches is filled with month long festivities, the coach is a great addition!
