2016 Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony Program

96Th Annual Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony

6 Pm

Saturday, December 10

2016

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96th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LANE LIGHTING CEREMONY Knowledge • Experience Professionalism • Integrity

OPENING WELCOME

From the first time through a lifetime —we are here to serve you. Zemrus Escrow has it all and more.

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Proud Sponsor of Christmas Tree Lane Independently Owned and Operated

MASTER OF CEREMONY DANIEL LANDAU

CONDUCTOR, KAREN KLAGES LORI TOULOUMIAN, PRINCIPAL

PRESENTATION OF COLORS

BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL ARMY JROTC, COLOR GUARD PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

NATIONAL ANTHEM JENNIFER GATES

ENTERTAINMENT

JENNIFER GATES AND DANIEL LANDAU

PRESIDENT’S REMARKS SCOTT WARDLAW

LIGHTING OF THE LANE

JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI DRUM CORPS

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We Proudly Support Christmas Tree Lane ... A Valuable Asset in Our Community

CHRISTMAS TREE LANE A HISTORY Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena (Santa Rosa Avenue, between Woodbury Avenue and Altadena Drive) is the oldest large-scale Christmas lighting spectacle in the United States.

In 1885, real estate magnate John P. Woodbury of the Woodbury Family, the founders of Altadena - planted 134 deodar trees (Cedrus deodara) as a grand mile-long driveway entrance to the mansion he would build. Woodbury’s mansion was never built, but the trees thrived and the “driveway” became Santa Rosa Avenue.

In 1920, Altadena resident and department store owner Frederick C. Nash organized the first tree-lighting spectacle. In that first December when deodars were decorated with colorful lights with the goal of attracting shoppers to Nash’s store, one of the most celebrated Los Angeles-area traditions was born. The Lane is recognized as the oldest large-scale outdoor Christmas display in the world, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as the California State Landmark No. 990.

Every Christmas season for more than 80 years, the majestic deodars on the “Mile of Christmas Trees” are strung with 10,000 lights.

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Since 1956, the tradition has been kept alive by the Christmas Tree Lane Association (CTLA), a non-profit group of volunteers that has preserved the Lane without corporate sponsors or government funding, relying only on community support. CTLA members put up the lights between October and early December, then work on taking them down from February to April. In the spring and fall, volunteers rebuild the lines, replace faulty bulbs, and clear the brush growing under the deodars.

All this hard work culminates on the second Saturday in December, when the festive lighting ceremony brings out thousands of revelers from all around the area, as well as local choirs, marching bands, solo performers, and of course - Santa Claus!

Thank you, Sponsors, who have generously donated materials to help save the/our trees Green King company - Lisa Marie Evans - Deep Drip Watering Stakes Mc Wane International - John McCready - Drip irrigation Stakes Toro - Scott Donoho - Advanced Drip Irrigation Technology

Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane cedars are dying, but there is a last ditch effort to save them

By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, August 15, 2016 http://www.pasadenastarnews.com ALTADENA: The 96-year-old tradition of colorful holiday lights draped over the outstretched branches of 150 deodar cedar trees that line both sides of historic Santa Rosa Avenue may be in trouble. That’s because 17 percent of the famous trees imported from the western Himalayas in 1885 are stressed and face imminent death unless they receive water quickly, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Tree Maintenance Department...

Green King, Inc. is the manufacturer of the Deep Drip® Watering Stakes. A product created as a more effective alternative to the conventional watering of trees and plants. Deep Drip® waters, fertilizes, and aerates directly at the roots, conserving up to 50% of your outdoor water use.

We are excited to a bring a little bit more Holiday Spirit to Christmas Tree Lane.

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Volunteers from the neighborhood and San Gabriel Valley high schools on Saturday began installing 78 dry wells, each about 4-feet deep that will trickle down 750 gallons of water per tree, explained Tony Ward, 72, lane foreman and Christmas Tree Lane Association volunteer since 1971...

“They need help. They need water. And they need water right away,” Ward said. “We are making an extraordinary effort to get more water to these trees.”

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The drought has lowered the water table beyond where the giant trees’ roots can reach, Ward explained. Aside from record low rainfall for nearly five years, conservation efforts as high as 29 percent have reduced private outdoor watering, which in many instances also cut off water to the cedar trees on the parkways. Last year, county crews stopped watering medians and pocket parks, cutting off irrigation to where some trees grow, he said.

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CHRISTMAS TREE LANE ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Dorothy Korostoff, Sarkis Aleksanian Sonya Barba, Kelley Brock Lynwen Hughes-Boatman proudly sponsor

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The Christmas Tree Lane Association thanks those from the community who have made contributions through membership, and our 2016 sponsors. Their generosity provides the spectacle of display, which has made Christmas Tree Lane known the world over.

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President ................................................................ Scott Wardlaw 1st VP, Lane Foreman.................................................Tony Ward 2nd VP, Membership ......................................... Maureen Ward 3rd VP, Publicity............................................ Linda Lane-White Secretary...........................................................Maggie Chatman Treasurer...................................................................... Steve Elliot Director, Winter Arts Festival ...............LuCinda Haagenson Director, Website ....................................................... Ron Baalke Director .......................................................................... Rene Amy Director ......................................................................Gisela Baker Director ...........................................................................Glen Hori Director ................................................................. Daniel Landau Director .................................................................... Mary Landau Director ................................................................... Len Schaustal Director ........................................................... Dr. Jae Townsend Director, Student Liaison ....................................Derek Nowak Director, Student Liaison ............................ Joshua Tomoyasu

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Happy Holidays from Your Local REALTOR®

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A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: LA CO SUPERVISOR, MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH SUSSY NEEMER, DIST. SUPERVISORIAL OFFICE LA CO DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS MS. DRAGON PRINTING & COPY ALTADENA LIBRARY ALTADENA SENIOR CENTER JACQUE FOREMAN GRAPHICS LAS FLORES WATER COMPANY MARIA KARRAS PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT & LORI WEBSTER, HOOPLA GIRL SCOUT TROOP NOS. 9531 & 5571

PATRONS/CORPORATE SPONSORS Alex P. Aghajanian Altadena Community Chest Altadena Hardware Altadena Town & Country Amy's Patio Café Jill Barnes K. Baumgartner Bilheimer Family Trust E S & A M J Blackwood R. Coleman & Cheryl Bode Walter Vicay Bovee Jane Brackman John & Guadalupe Calkins Michel Choban, Jr. Tina Claps Athens Consulting, LLC James Cook Elizabeth & Cameron Cripps John Crossley Deasy/Penner & Partners John T. Diel, State Farm Michael & Mary Dumas Ray Hayes & John Fairbanks Bob Nigbor & Pat Flynn Foothills Music Together The Forsberg Family Eva K. Goetz Shirley Gold Monika Grider Mark & Christine Haslett

Le Trinh Hoang, Inc. Homet Family Trust Glen Hori Dorothy Hull Jules Ibrao - Timesavers Steven & Jeanette Lamb Gary & Katie Macdonald Kathleen Mahaffey Leslie A. Margolin Chuck & Kathleen McClain Ruth & Kevin McLaughlin Herb & Karin Meiselman Tyler Miller Duane E. Mitchell Montecedro Madan Mukhopadhyay Nancy and Phil Naecker Giuseppe Napoli Joe Napoli, Century 21 Dorothy & Will Noe George & Cynthia Null Nuccio’s Nurseries Steven Oliver James Olson, LPL Financial Mimi Orth Pro-Active Property Mgmt Rancho BBH Bar Luczyski Real Estate Wilberta Richardson William A. Rogers

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