Holiday event filled with music, art, and charity
By Robert Doherty
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE
The people who live at Linden Ponds never cut any corners when putting on an event, and this years’ Trim the Community Tree Celebration on December 4 is no exception.
Since Linden Ponds opened, the annual Trim the Community Tree Celebration keeps getting bigger and better. And with more and more people moving to Linden Ponds every year, there’s no telling what will happen next year.
During the annual Trim the Community Tree Celebration, people of all religions who live at Linden Ponds are invited to bring an ornament that represents their culture, family, religion, or simply anything that represents them. This is the corner stone of the celebration which signifies that the people who live at Linden Ponds are part of one big happy family—but that’s just the beginning.
Linden Ponds singers
Since their riveting debut in August, the Linden Ponds Singers, which is a chorus comprised of 35 people, has been asked to perform many times. They traveled to the North Shore and performed at Brooksby Village, Linden Ponds’ sister community; they put on a Garden Promenade performance; and have been asked by two outside organization to perform during this holiday season. So it’s no surprise that the Linden Ponds Singers will perform at the Tree Trimming Celebration. “We are doing various holiday songs from different traditions. We’ll do some Jewish numbers, several spirituals, and other Christmas music. There will also be Christmas sing-a-longs; there will be a choral reading with background music to The Night Before Christmas.
We will also perform “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with a sing-a-long accompanied by very large signs for each of the twelve days. The Art Group will be designing them,” says Lo Steele, who lives at Linden Ponds. “We are combining a lot of different groups and activities in the program which should be wonderful.”