Monday, November 30, 2009

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY TODAY AT 5 PM

 

       


MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy

Office:     (213) 974-5555  Cell: (213) 215-5176

E-mail:     tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

         November 30, 2009                                                                                             For Immediate Release

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY TONIGHT AT 5 PM

 

 

WHO:                 Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

                           Providence High School Choir in Burbank

 

WHAT:               Los Angeles County Christmas Tree Lighting

WHEN:              Monday, November 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm

WHERE:           Los Angeles County Music Center

                                    135 N. Grand Avenue

                                    Los Angeles, CA 90012

(Thomas Guide p. 634, F3)

 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY-- The public is invited to join Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich to officially kick off the holiday season in Los Angeles County with the annual lighting of the County Christmas Tree this evening at 5 p.m.  – continuing a special tradition begun by late Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in honor of the County’s children. 

 

Supervisor Antonovich will be joined by talented young performers from the Providence High School Choir in Burbank, to help flip the switch to light the 50-foot tree.  

 

“As we light the County Christmas tree, we invite all of our County’s citizens to join us and reflect on the glory of the season and share in the celebration,” said Antonovich.   

 

The tradition of lighting a Christmas tree in the United States began over a hundred years ago.  In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge started the National Christmas Tree lighting Ceremony, every year on the White House lawn.

 

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