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Detroit
tree
lighting
set for
Nov. 20
at
Campus
Martius
Park
Simon
Weinstein
- Media
Matters/Entertainment
Tell Us
Detroit
News
Bureau
DETROIT
— The
city’s
23rd
annual
tree-lighting
celebration
will
take
place
Friday,
Nov. 20,
at
Campus
Martius
Park,
with
free
entertainment
and
holiday
activities
from 4
to 9
p.m.
Presented
by the
DTE
Foundation
and
produced
by the
Downtown
Detroit
Partnership,
the
event
will
feature
live
performances,
Olympic
figure
skaters
and more
than 1
million
lights
throughout
the
celebration.
The
centerpiece
will be
a
70-foot
Norway
spruce
from
Mesick
in
northern
Michigan,
decorated
with
oversized
ornaments
and more
than
25,000
LED
lights.
Santa
Claus
will
join
city
officials
and
local
dignitaries
for the
ceremonial
lighting.
Elaine
Zinger,
whose
family
donated
the
tree,
said her
late
husband
and one
of their
children
planted
it
nearly
45 years
ago as a
gift to
her.
“It
holds so
many
wonderful
memories
for our
family,
and now
it gets
to
become
part of
a
special
holiday
memory
for
thousands
of
families
in
Downtown
Detroit,”
Zinger
said.
Visitors
will be
able to
watch
the
festivities
at the
MGM
Grand
Detroit
Main
Stage or
on large
screens
throughout
Campus
Martius
Park and
Cadillac
Square.
David
Cowan,
chief
public
spaces
officer
at the
Downtown
Detroit
Partnership,
said the
celebration
also
marks
the
beginning
of weeks
of
downtown
holiday
activities,
including
skating
at the
park’s
rink.
“These
experiences
create
connections,
support
local
businesses
and
deliver
an
important
economic
boost to
Downtown
throughout
the
holidays,”
Cowan
said.
Rodney
Cole,
president
of the
DTE
Foundation
and DTE
Corporate
Citizenship,
said the
annual
gathering
gives
families
and
friends
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
together.
“That
sense of
connection
is what
makes
this
tradition
so
meaningful,”
Cole
said.
WDIV
Local 4
will
broadcast
a
two-hour
live
special
beginning
at 7
p.m.
Coverage
will
also be
available
on Local
4+ and
ClickOnDetroit,
with
additional
reporting
throughout
the day.
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Tell Us
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Network
report
is
produced
in part
by Ai
and can
make
mistakes.
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