The Christmas holiday season has returned to Moapa Valley again. And with it comes the Old Logandale Historical and Cultural Society (OLSHACS) annual Festival of Trees. This year’s festival will be held on this Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1.
Local businesses and residents have donated some beautiful trees and other items that will be available for sale, auction and raffle. All proceeds will benefit OLSHACS in continuing to operate the Old Logandale School facility. Items can still be donated for the festival up until Friday at noon.
Entertainment, drawing exclusively from local talent, will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon with the Mack Lyon Middle School Jazz Band. The headliner performance of the evening will be a special musical production from the Moapa Valley Children’s Choir at 6:00 pm on Friday. A lineup of local performers will take the stage starting at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday including Drue and Jane Solomon (10 am), Anjie Lee’s Elite Dancers (11 am), vocalist Rachel Garcia (12 pm), Zephyr Recorders (1 pm), Garret Jacobsmeyer and Pace Maughan (2 pm), Vicki Willard (3 pm) and Rose Whitmore (4 pm).
The festival will feature holiday food demonstrations in the kitchen area by Overton Lin’s marketplace staff.
Also featured in its second year will be the Christmas Bazaar with a number of new vendors selling their holiday wares.
The Nativity Room, which has become a festival favorite, will host many Nativity sets from different countries and cultures all over the world displayed by local collectors for festival-goers to enjoy.
This year a new room will exhibit numerous Christmas countdown displays collected by local residents.
There is still time to donate trees, decorations, wreaths and more for the silent auction. Contact Robin Maughan at 702-278-0704 for more information.
The Festival of Trees will be open from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday; and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
