Follow @PeoplesTree Award-winning singer and songwriter Kate Wallace and her songwriting friend, Annie J. Dahlgren, will perform “Peace, Peace, Peace” Nov. 5th at the Four County Celebration in Sonora, Calif., where the public gets its first chance to see the 65-foot white fir from Stanislaus National Forest that will become the nation’s Christmas tree...
Follow @PeoplesTree Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa and Alpine counties are celebrating with a parade and “Gifts from Under Our Tree,” a daylong event at the Motherlode Fairgrounds in Sonora with arts and crafts, storytellers, live music, food, wine tastings and more than 60 exhibits SONORA, Calif. – Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa and Alpine counties are planning...
Follow @PeoplesTree A STUNNING PHOTOGRAPH OF SNOW-COVERED PINE TREES IN FRONT OF YOSEMITE’S EL CAPITAN Marc Davis’s winning photograph, “Granite Ablaze,” will be permanently displayed at the U.S. Forest Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. DUBLIN, Calif., Nov. 4, 2011 – Marc Davis has won this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree art competition with “Granite...
Follow @PeoplesTree Seven-year-old Johnny Crawford from Sonora, Calif. will join Speaker of the House John Boehner in the Dec. 6th tree lighting ceremony, which features a 65-foot Sierra white fir from Stanislaus National Forest SONORA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2011 – Seven year old Johnny Crawford has spent the past two years studying U.S. history...
Follow @PeoplesTree By Associated Press, Published: October 4 FRESNO, Calif. — Somewhere in the middle of a California forest stands a perfectly formed 65-foot white fir about to meet a glorious end as the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. Where, exactly, is top secret, though it is somewhere in the Stanislaus National Forest in the...
Follow @PeoplesTree Kate Wallace (www.katewallace.com ) is an award-winning former Nashville singer/songwriter who returned to her home state of California to carry on the tradition of creating and performing music that matters. While in Nashville, Kate produced and recorded four CDs, was a staff songwriter at Universal/Polygram Music and Honest Entertainment, had songs covered...
Follow @PeoplesTree YOUNG CALIFORNIANS CAN WIN A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. CAPITOL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Entry forms for the statewide drawing must be postmarked by Oct. 7th Children love Christmas trees and especially turning on the Christmas lights. Now imagine the thrill for the child who gets a...
Follow @PeoplesTree Although there are indications that the Capitol building purchased Christmas trees in other years, it wasn’t until 1964 that an official annual celebration was held. It was that year that the supervising office of the grounds at the Capitol dome decided to purchase a one and plant it on the Western lawn of...
