LOCATIONS: Capitol Lawn @Carson and Musser Streets. First Presbyterian Church
@ Nevada and Musser Streets. Telegraph Square@ Telegraph and Curry Streets.
Downtown Business Assn.and to Carson City Redevelopment
for their support
Silver & Snowflakes Festival of Lights...December 5, 2014
Friday December 5, 2014
Starting at 5:30 PM on the Capitol Steps
The Carson City Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating
Silver & Snowflakes this year. Please visit their web site at
www.carsoncitychamber.com or
call 775-882-1565 for additional information about this event.
Friday night's festivities begin on the Capitol grounds. The State trees will be lit, Santa
will give out candy canes, and the
300 voices of the Carson City 5th Grade Music Students Singing Ensemble
will prvide the musical entertainment. A warm feeling envelops the
Capitol as families gather to hear children sing and to watch the tree and all of Carson Street spring to light. The young and young
at heart all squeal with delight as Santa Claus arrive
in a 1927 antique Seagrave fire engine, compliments of
Warren Engine Company #1.
This beautifully restored 1927
Seagrave will transport Santa to the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights
(Watch for updates for the 2014 schedule. Subject to change)
Watch this space for more
activities in Downtown Carson City
FRIDAY EVENING 5:30 PM to 8 PM (Dec 5, 2014)
5:30 PM
Carson City 5th Grade Music Students Singing
Ensemble starts to sing.
Hot chocolate and coffee at the corner of Carson and Musser
Streets, by the Elks Club.
5:30 PM
Santa Claus arrive
in a 1927 Seagrave fire engine. They will give out candy canes.
5:45 PM
Tree Lighting; all of Carson Street is lit up.
5:55 PM
Remarks by State Senator Ben Kieckhefer.
6:00 PM
Procession:Follow the fire engine and
Santa Clause in a Candlelight Procession* to the
City Tree at Musser & Nevada Streets (First
Presbyterian Church).
6:15 PM
City Tree Lighting by Mayor Crowell.
6:30 PM to 8 PM
Procession: : Follow Santa from 1st Presbyterian Church, to Telegraph Square (Carson & Telegraph Streets). Any 5th Grade
Chorus member can be in the parade if they have a hat or headgear of the season.
6:30 PM
Telegraph Square: Carson Middle School Advance Band to play Holiday Music.
6:45 PM
Telegraph Square: Carson High School Chamber Choir to sing carols.
Empty Bowls Project to benefit
FISH
at the Skating Rink. Local artists are donating handmade bowls for a fundraising event to take place
during the Tree Lighting ceremony on December 5.
Restaurants are providing the soup and bread that will fill Empty Bowls. For a minimum donation of $10, you may select one of the bowls and enjoy a warm winter meal to launch the holiday season. The artisan bowl is yours to keep. There also will be an art auction at the event.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Friends In Service Helping, a local non-profit that works to feed the hungry.
Tickets can be purchased beginning Nov. 4 at the The Children’s Museum
and at FISH, 138 E. Long St. For more information contact Robin
McGregor, Carson City Pottery, 775-313-8628, or email
emptybowlscc@yahoo.com
* Please bring a flashlight for the Candlelight Procession.
Willow Bill continues his great work with our school-age
children, visiting classrooms and working with the students. Willow shows
them how to use tools safely, how to measure, and cooperation. At the
conclusion, each class has built its own willow reindeer and autographed it.
Each reindeer is wrapped with lights by Willow and volunteers then placed
outdoors for the holiday season. These reindeer grace the Capitol lawn and
surround the tree. You can also see them anywhere along Highway 395.
Congratulations to all the winners and all the contestants!!!
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
K-3
4-6
7-12
The 2013 judges were members of the Carson City
Library Teen Advisory Board:The Loyal Regular Teen Library Kids
and their advisors, Naomi Morgan and Sena Loyd, Youth Librarians
Great thanks to our Art Contest Sponsors: The Carson City Library Teen Advisory Board
and
the Downtown Business Assn.
Both State Trees are part of Nevada history. The original State Christmas tree was planted in
1876 by George Washington Gale Ferris, the father of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, as part of the first major
landscaping project at the Capitol.
In 1937 the Carson City 20-30 Club requested the State Board of Control "to authorize the electric lighting of the
fir tree in the Capitol Square for the Christmas season." This continued until the energy crisis of 1972.
This magnificent tree, a 110 foot tall Colorado Blue Spruce, was planted in 1876 by George Washington Gale Ferris,
whose son would later invent the Ferris Wheel. This and other tiny saplings were planted by Ferris as part of the
first major landscaping project around the Capitol. The tree, with 750 lights, was then re-lighted in 1988 by
former Governor Richard Bryan and also in 1989 by Governor Bob Miller.
A new tree was planted in 1999 by Mrs. Dema Guinn, along with one on the Mansion grounds, to help replace the
1876 tree which is nearing the end of its natural lifespan.
The Chamber has the honor of producing this year’s popular Silver and Snowflake Tree Lighting event that will be held Friday evening, December 5 beginning at 5:30 pm.
We will be temporarily closing
Carson Street between
5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and some of the side streets:
4:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
N. Curry St. from Musser St. to Robinson St;
Robinson St. between N. Curry St & Carson St.
Spear St. between N. Curry St & Carson St;
Proctor St. between N. Curry St & Carson St;
Musser St. between N. Nevada St. & Carson St.
3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Telegraph St. between N. Curry St & Carson St;
We are closing the streets strictly for the safety of the hundreds of kids and families expected to attend the event. All streets will be
open by 8:30 p.m. thus having minimum impact on your business.
We are hoping to keep the families downtown for longer than the tree lighting event by driving them to your business. We are offering free
ice-skating for kids under 12 who still “believe.”
It is our hope you will offer something special to entice families to your place of business. For example: Bars: Offer a special holiday
drink. Restaurants: Offer a special priced meal or kids menu that is related to the holiday. Stores: Offer a very special item that may
entice customers to your store.
We will be co-producing a very special holiday section in the Nevada Appeal to be published December 3rd and hope you will support this
very special section outlining the history of this wonderful hometown community event.
Carson City is a great place all year, but even better during the holidays. Be a part of it!
Great fun and good humor at
the Board of Supervisors' meeting, December 1, 2011. Hard-working
members of the committee had the chance
to publicize
Silver & Snowflakes.
(l to r) Maxine Nietz (Arlington
Group), Joel Dunn
(Arlington Square
Ice Rink), Doreen Mack (Lofty Expressions), Liz Andrews-Booth
(Liz's Biz),
and Fred Nietz(Arlington Group)
Video of our presentation at the Board
of Supervisors meeting. Turn on your sound. Length: approx 10
mins.
Thanks to Darla Bayer, ACCTV
for their support
