The Grove Tree Lighting Event

Posted by Daynah on Nov 24, 2008 in Events | 0 comments | 1,455 views

Natalie Cole and Straight No Chaser

I love you forever! Dancing with the Stars Flying Santa

The traffic to The Grove wasn’t too bad. There was just a long line waiting to get into the parking structure. We got there a little after 5pm so we were still quite early!

After we parked and looked down to see the stage, I was just in awe. The lights and decorations were magnificent! I was immediately filled with Christmas spirit!

As I went down each flight of escalator, I could feel the excitement building up! We walked down the red carpet and into this Winter Wonderland… wow, lots of sparkling lights, Santa’s workshop, and giant lolipops!

Next to Santa’s workshop was The Band From TV’s booth. I wanted the cd! And lucky me, they had autographed ones! So I got that and they gave me a raffle ticket to fill out.

We met up with @TechFrog for a bit, had dinner, and he disappeared. lol We headed over to the crowd — and yes, it was VERY crowded. From where I was standing, I was able to see pretty much… nothing. haha But we were close to the speakers, so I could hear all the music.

The show started at 7:30pm and we were greeted by actor and comedian, Jon Lovitz. Natalie Cole sang us the official Christmas song… “Straight No Chaser,” an amazing Acapella group performed, “The Top Hats” danced for us, so did two stars from “Dancing with the Stars.” Santa ‘dropped’ in on stage, and there was falling snow and fireworks all in one night. And at the end, members from The Band from TV filled the stage including Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman from Heroes), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh from Heroes), Christine Rose (Angela Petrelli from Heroes), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli from Heroes), James Denton (Mike from Desperate Housewives), Bob Guiney (from the Bachelor), and many more!

And you know what the best part of the night was? Before they started the show, they pulled out the winning raffle tickets for the autographed guitars! Guess whose name got picked?! Yes……. I was so excited, I was all shaking! I still can’t believe I won!

After the show was over, I headed to Santa’s workshop to pick up the guitar. It’s beautiful!! I do need help with figuring out all the signatures. :) Help? Click on the photo and help tag them. :)