Catherine Ellerton
Moapa Valley Progress
An ancient folk legend tells of a quest by the three Virtues: Faith Hope and Charity who were sent from Heaven to find the very first Christmas Tree. Their purpose was to find a tree as high as hope, as great as love and as sweet as charity, with the sign of the cross on every bough and to be lit from the radiance of the stars.
Community members were greeted by just such a sight last weekend upon entering the Old Logandale School during the Festival Of Trees. This annual event, which is the annual fundraiser for OLSHACS, has grown to be so much more to the community.
The beautifully and creatively decorated trees told the story of Woodland and Scandinavian Wonders as they stood majestically for all to view. Barbie was there and Cinderella too as they waited for the Princess to arrive. They told the Homespun stories of beautiful Snowflakes and Winter Wonderlands.
There was a Manger Room that held an astonishing variety of nativity collections of Valley residents.
There was food galore. John and Joyce Van Alfen offered good dips in Lin’s Kitchen while swapping stories of life on the road.
There were gifts to buy from Valley vendors. Best of all were the new friends and old to greet and to catch up. A special welcome to a new local business “Flowers on the Blvd” Good fun was shared and the joyous crowd gathered together to listen to the music of Christmas as sung and danced by the Valley’s talented residents including MVHS and Mack Lyon Middle School Choirs, members of the MVHS and middle school Orchestras, Valley Voicettes, Children’s Choir, The Goldenettes, pianist Rose Whitmore, the Anderson Boys and the solo vocal talents of Megan Potter, Sammi Webber, Tanner & Pace Maughan, Vicki Willard and Rachel Garcia.
