Festival of Trees

Tim Adding stars

The almost finished tree in the dark.

This weekend is the festival of trees on base. Basically, groups from all over the base decorate a tree provided by MWR. There's a contest, the CO of the base a reception tonight, and then tomorrow the trees will be on display for everyone to see.

Last night, we decorated there trees. A few people from the FRG and myself have been working for a little over a week (but seems endless) on folding and cutting 635 stars. There is one for each Sailor on the Blue Ridge, and each star has a name of a Sailor on board.. Our little group of volunteers really got the tree going, and it took a LOT shorter of a time than I thought it would. About 4 hours includes getting there, setting up our stuff, taping hooks onto ALL of the stars, decorating, and even eating a dinner that MWR provided!

Just so you can see.. This is only a partial view of one side of the hall.

We had a lot of fun getting all those stars on the tree, and I think it was a great night! We had some issues with our babysitters at the end, but considering how bad the rest of the day was, the night was just awesome. :)

Tim and I at the end of the night in front of the almost finished tree!