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Detroit
Christmas
tree
arrival
to
become
public
celebration
Nov. 4
Simon
Weinstein
- Media
Matters/Entertainment
Tell Us
Detroit
News
Bureau
DETROIT
-
Detroit’s
70-foot
Christmas
tree
will
arrive
at
Campus
Martius
Park on
Nov. 4
during a
newly
expanded
public
celebration
featuring
a
marching
band
performance
and a
crane
lifting
the
Norway
spruce
into
place.
The
Downtown
Detroit
Partnership
said the
event
will run
from
11:30
a.m. to
12:30
p.m.,
with the
public
invited
to
gather
on
Woodward
Avenue
near
Monroe
Street.
A formal
presentation
is
scheduled
for
12:05
p.m.,
followed
by the
tree-raising
at 12:26
p.m.
The
celebration
expands
the
annual
tree
delivery
into a
community
event
ahead of
the
holiday
season.
The
Detroit
School
of Arts
Marching
Band
will
perform,
and
complimentary
Carhartt
hats
will be
distributed
while
supplies
last.
Amazon
will
deliver
the tree
approximately
200
miles
from
Mesick,
Michigan.
Wrapped
in an
Amazon-branded
tarp and
escorted
by one
of the
company’s
electric
delivery
vehicles,
the tree
will
pass
through
New
Center
and
travel
along
Woodward
Avenue
before
reaching
the
park.
Amazon
also
plans
stops
along
the
route to
support
local
charitable
organizations,
according
to the
partnership.
Crews
will use
a large
crane to
position
the tree
atop the
fountain
at
Campus
Martius
Park,
800
Woodward
Ave.
The
Norway
spruce,
sponsored
by the
DTE
Foundation,
will
then be
decorated
with
more
than
25,000
LED
lights,
oversized
ornaments
and a
7.5-foot
star.
Presents
wrapped
in
Amazon
Prime
boxes
will be
placed
at its
base.
The
installation
is part
of
preparations
for the
23rd
annual
Detroit
Tree
Lighting,
presented
by the
DTE
Foundation
and
produced
by the
Downtown
Detroit
Partnership.
The Nov.
4
arrival
event is
separate
from the
lighting
ceremony,
whose
date was
not
included
in the
announcement.
Scheduled
participants
include
Downtown
Detroit
Partnership
CEO Eric
Larson
and
Chief
Public
Spaces
Officer
David
Cowan;
DTE
Foundation
Senior
Program
Manager
Patricia
Hinojosa;
Amazon
Head of
Community
Affairs
Ian
Conyers;
Crystal
Perkins
of
Detroit’s
General
Services
Department;
and Star
Crawford,
senior
vice
president
and
market
executive
for Bank
of
America
Detroit.
This
Tell Us
USA News
Network
report
is
produced
in part
by Ai
and can
make
mistakes.
Please
contact
and let
us know
of any
errors
you may
find.
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