Members of the Shepherdstown Rotary Club turned out Friday and Saturday (November 21 and 22) to erect and decorate the town’s Christmas tree on the McMurran Hall lawn.
The Rotary Club has performed this service for the town each year since the town’s “Christmas in Shepherdstown” celebration began more than 30 years ago.
This year’s tree was again donated by Dan and Bryan Trees (formerly Sundback’s) of Shepherdstown, which has generously provided the town with Christmas trees for many years.
The accompanying photo shows some of the members of the Saturday tree-decorating crew on the steps of McMurran Hall. They are, from left to right: Foreground: Moka, Shannon and Adam Thomas’s dog, who helped a lot by letting everyone pet her. Front row: Darlene Truman, Shannon Thomas, Ann Baronner, Michael Keys, Eveline Keys, Steve Cho, Lee O’Neill, Linus Bicker. Second row: Doug Alexander, Brian Palank, Jack Lantzy, Celine Wilson, Cara Keys (Michael and Eveline’s mother), Mark Duvall, Judith Wilson. Third row: Brian Truman, Adam Thomas, Walt Eifert, Liz Wilson (Celine’s mother), Becky Bicker, Dick Klein. Back: Tom Miller, Gary Heichel, John Aldis, Sean Murtagh, Daan Vreugdenhil, Dale Homan, Charlie Smith.
This year’s Christmas celebration will begin formally at McMurran Hall around 6:00 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, November 29) with the lighting of the tree, a holiday bonfire, a children’s story reading, and Santa’s arrival.
The town will hold its annual Christmas parade, which is organized by the Rotary Club, at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 7.
