SHELTON – Community members are invited to join Celebrate Shelton at the Rotary Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park in Downtown Shelton for the tenth Annual Community Tree Lighting on Friday, December 1st at 5:00pm. The event is rain or shine.
Enjoy hot cocoa and cookies while shopping local artisan vendors, with fire hoop performances by Sarotonin Flow Performance Art, mobile bar with Bees Knees Bartending and Silver Sand Pizza Mobile Truck! The Shelton Intermediate Choir will perform at 7pm and community bonfires will be burning all evening by the Boy Scouts of the Housatonic Council.
The tree lighting will be held at 7:30pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive thereafter on the Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Fire Truck. Children are encouraged to bring their letters to Santa and take a photo. Guests are reminded to bundle up in case it’s a chilly night and there will be a line for Santa.
This is an official drop-off for TEAM Inc.’s TEAM Toys 4 Kids. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy for children ages 0 – 12 to help the families directly in our community that are in need this holiday season. Let’s give them the best holiday yet!
This event is sponsored by Liberty Bank, City of Shelton, Tuttle Insurance, RD Scinto, Valley Community Foundation, Luxy, Cedar Village at Carroll’s, Griffin Health, Apple Rehab, Prestige Builders, Cohen & Thomas, M&T Bank, Carey & Guarrera, Peralta Design, Excelligence, and Jones Farm.
Founded in 2014 by Nicole Heriot-Mikula, Michael Skrtic, and Jimmy Tickey, Celebrate Shelton’s mission is to provide high quality concerts, community gatherings, and seasonal events that improve arts engagement within the Shelton community. They seek to strengthen the ties within our community, bring together families, and promote cultural enrichment.Throughout the year, Celebrate Shelton hosts events in downtown Shelton including the Downtown Sounds Summer Concerts, Food Trucks on the River, as well as a Community Tree Lighting during the holiday season. Additional information may be found at www.CelebrateShelton.com.
