Eastport Arts Center’s 15th Annual Festival of Trees will be held on Saturday, December 14, 4:30-6 pm. The holiday highlight features a wonderland of twinkling lights, ingenious decorations and holiday cheer in the form of tabletop trees ingeniously decorated by local individuals, teams and groups, auctioned off by silent bid.
Confirmed decorators include: St. Croix International Garden Club; Chris Grannis; Susan Ober and Gayle Wigley with ‘The Stars are Out Over Eastport’; Jessica and Rachel Williams; Amy Dicenzo; Lysa Intrator with ‘The Tailor of Pembroke’; Helen Swallow; Georgie Kendall with 'Rhubarb is Sexy'; Amy Ray with ‘Now Is the Time for Joy’; Jeanne Peacock and Cynthia Morse; David Oja; Kelly Grieco with ‘No Place Like Gnome for the Holidays’; Horn Run Brewing; Alison Ross/Eastport Gallery; Dianna Leigh; Claudia de Vries with ‘Do-nut be bad!’; Andrea Linden; Stephanie Thomas; Meg McGarvey with ‘Tide Tree’; Alberta Hunter; Catherine Lee; Joan Lowden with’ Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree with WSHD’; Janine LaForge; Georgie Kendall; Nia Aretakis and Ann Cannizzaro with ‘Forest Garden’; and Jenny Gillies, Kate Wilson and Katie, Emma and Ada Melancon with ‘A Magical Unicorn Christmas’. More tree titles will be added later this month to get potential bidders dreaming of their favorites!
Attendees of this beloved event will enjoy live music by talented pianist Chris Farr and treats while choosing favorites from among the forest of trees and trying for a win in a raffle of tempting gift items.
A key fundraiser for EAC's year-round programming for all ages, the Festival is also a favorite social occasion for the Center's community. For many of our decorators, it is also a 'stage' on which to showcase their artistry and creativity each year!
Thanks to Georgie Kendall, Kendall Farm Cottages, for donating lush trees for the event, and Cynthia Morse of the EAC Board for organizing the event.
Following are a group of images from last year's festivities—from decorators at work at the decorating party to some individual ornament 'glamour' shots, to the full forest aglow, to high bidders happily taking their trees home afterwards!
