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Tom
Hanks and Rita Wilson to
Co-Host
the 2014 National Christmas Tree Lighting
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NE-YO, Steve
Miller, Rita Wilson, and Chely Wright Join Star-Studded Lineup of Performers
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 Washington,
DC – December 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / The
National
Park Service and the National
Park Foundation announce that actor and producer Tom Hanks and singer-songwriter,
actress, and producer Rita Wilson will co-host the 92nd annual National
Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. Wilson will also perform during the
show. Additionally, multi Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actor
NE-YO, multiplatinum-selling artist Steve Miller, and country star Chely
Wright will join pop phenomenon Fifth Harmony, Grammy-winning legend Patti
LaBelle, pop world duo Nico & Vinz, and award-winning vocal group The
Tenors in performing a collection of holiday favorites. Follow @TheNationalTree
on Twitter and visit www.thenationaltree.org
for the most up-to-date event information.
This
year’s National Christmas Tree Lighting will take place on Thursday, December
4 on the Ellipse at President’s Park, one of America’s 401 national parks,
in Washington, D.C. The ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m. ET with the National
Christmas Tree Lighting pre-show, co-hosted by 94.7 FRESH FM’s Tommy McFLY
and ABC7/WJLA-TV’s Jummy Olabanji. The event will air on public television
throughout the month of December. For broadcast times, check local listings
or the National Christmas Tree Lighting website.
Presented
by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official
charity of America’s national parks, and produced by Bounce
AEG, the National Christmas Tree Lighting kicks off a four-week holiday
celebration at President’s Park. This year’s ceremony marks the 92nd annual
National Christmas Tree Lighting, an American holiday tradition started
by President Calvin Coolidge in 1923.
Thanks
to Google’s Made with Code, the premier sponsor of the 2014 National Christmas
Tree Lighting, girls across the country will experience the beauty of code
by lighting up holiday trees at President’s
Park. Beginning on December 2, girls can head to www.madewithcode.com
to code a design for one of the 56 state and territory trees. Girls can
select the shape, size, and color of the lights, and animate different
patterns using introductory programming language and their designs will
appear live on the trees. Other event supporters are GE Lighting, Amtrak,
Guest Services Inc., Hargrove, Hudler Carolina Tree Farms, Loews Madison,
Nicolas Holiday, and Uber.
For
more information about the event and its history, please visit www.thenationaltree.org
and follow the National Christmas Tree on Twitter at @TheNationalTree.
Join the conversation online using the hashtag #NCTL2014.
About
the National Park Service
More
than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 401 national
parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities.
The
National Park Service has cared for the White House and its grounds since
1933. President’s Park, which includes the Ellipse and Lafayette Park,
was officially included in the national park system in 1961.
Visit
us at
www.nps.gov, on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice,
and YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
About
The National Park Foundation
The
National Park Foundation is the official charity of America’s national
parks and nonprofit partner to the National Park Service. Chartered by
Congress in 1967, the National Park Foundation raises private funds to
help PROTECT more than 84 million acres of national parks through critical
conservation and preservation efforts, CONNECT all Americans with their
incomparable natural landscapes, vibrant culture and rich history, and
INSPIRE the next generation of park stewards. Find out more and become
a part of the national park community at www.nationalparks.org.
Media
Contacts:
National
Park Service
Jenny
Anzelmo-Sarles
202-619-7400
National
Park Foundation
Alanna
Sobel
202-354-6486 |
