November 20: Holiday Bazaar in Three Rivers
The 25th annual Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by Three Rivers Senior League, will be held on Saturday, November 20, from 9-4 pm at the Three Rivers Memorial Building. It will offer more than 50 booths featuring handmade gifts, hot food, drinks, a bake sale and an auction and door prizes.
November 26-27: Perfect Gift Boutique in Three Rivers
Six local artists will participate to provide the opportunity to find the perfect gift for everyone on their holiday shopping list. Sponsored by the Kaweah Artisans. Free admission. Open from 10-4 pm at the Three Rivers Arts Center on North Fork Drive. Call 559-561-1307.
Three Rivers master handweaver, Nikki Crain, will be one of the artists exhibiting.
December 4: First Saturday Arts Event
To learn more about this monthly event with local artists, see First Sat blog.
December 11: Holiday Music Concert in Three Rivers
The second of 6 concerts in the 2010/2011 Winter Concert Series, brought to you live by Three Rivers Performing Arts Institute (TRPAI), is the Holiday Concert featuring the College of the Sequoia (COS) Chamber Singers, at 7 pm at Community Presbyterian Church, located at 43410 Sierra Dr (Hwy 198) in Three Rivers. Tickets are $12 each, or $72 for the series of 6 concerts, available at Chumps Video located at 41707 Sierra Dr (Hwy 198) in Three Rivers. For more information on this concert or TRPAI, call Bill Haxton at 559-561-0300.
December 12: Nation’s Christmas Tree Celebration in Grant Grove
The Sanger Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Christmas “Trek to the Tree” on the second Sunday of December at 2:30 pm. For more information, contact them at 559-875-4575.
This tree has inspired thousands of people including the late Charles E. Lee of Sanger, California. In 1924 he visited what was then General Grant National Park, and found himself standing by the Grant Tree with a little girl. As they admired the huge tree, the girl exclaimed, “what a wonderful Christmas tree it would be!”
The idea stayed with Mr. Lee, and in 1925 he organized the first Christmas program, held at the Grant Tree at noon on Christmas Day. Mr. Lee, then secretary of the Sanger Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. R.J. Senior, president of the Chamber, conceived the idea of an annual ceremony. Mr. Lee wrote to President Calvin Coolidge, who designated the General Grant as the Nation’s Christmas Tree on April 28, 1926.
