Please Note: Because of weather, the tree lighting program will be held in the Capitol Building Rotunda.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and First Lady Anne Gust Brown will host the 83rd Annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday, December 2nd in the Capitol Building Rotunda.
This year’s tree is a 53-foot tall white fir from Latour Demonstration State Forest located near Redding in Shasta County, the third Capitol Christmas tree to come from a state forest managed by CAL FIRE on behalf of the public.
The tree is decorated with 900 hand-crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services and support from the state’s development centers and 21 nonprofit regional centers.
The Governor and First Lady Anne Gust Brown will light the Capitol Christmas tree with eight-year-old Kimie Metcalf, of Chino. It will be illuminated by approximately 10,000 ultra-low wattage LED lights.
Kitty O’Neal of KFBK Radio will emcee the ceremony, which will also feature performances by the California Army National Guard’s DET 1, 40th Infantry Division Band, Brass Quintet, the Governor’s Own; poet Jibril Kyser; students from the Oakland Military Institute and Oakland School for the Arts; and St. Paul’s Baptist Church Choir.
When: Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. (formal program begins at 5:00 p.m.)
Where: California State Capitol, Rotunda, Sacramento, CA 95814
**NOTE: This event is open to the public and credentialed media. Members of the public are asked to RSVP and encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Sacramento Food Bank.
Parking for satellite trucks will be available on the east side of 10th Street between L and N Streets.
For more information on Kimie Metcalf, please contact Nancy Lungren, California Department of Developmental Services, at Nancy.Lungren@dds.ca.gov.
Photo captions can be found below
1.) Governor Brown, Kimie Metcalf and First Lady Anne Gust Brown after lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree. Photo Credit: Brad Alexander, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
2.)Kimie Metcalf speaks at Capitol Christmas Tree lighting. Photo Credit: Brad Alexander, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.