KCKCC to hold Candle Lighting Ceremony today

Kansas City Kansas Community College will hold its 98th annual Candle Lighting Ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the KCKCC Performing Arts Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The ceremony is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed on the KCKCC Facebook and Vimeo accounts.


The 98th-Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony is at 11 a.m. Nov. 30 in the KCKCC Performing Arts Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The ceremony will highlight students in the music and theater departments as well as KCKCC Foundation scholarship donors and recipients.


Among the groups performing will be the national award-winning KCKCC Jazz Band, The Standard Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Blue Devil Funk Band. In addition, there will be a special video showcase recognizing foundation scholarship recipients and videos from the KCKCC Pioneer Career Center (PCC) and the Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center (TEC).


This year’s keynote speaker will be Joseph Straws, a graduate of KCKCC.