From Nov. 21-28, 2013, the Embassy Theatre hosted the Festival of Trees and welcomed more than 17,000 visitors into the crown jewel of Fort Wayne. During the 8-day festival, we offered area youth the opportunity to perform on the Embassy stage, showcased the talents of local designers and non-profits with 55 decorated Christmas trees and raise funds to support ongoing restoration and operations of Indiana’s largest historic theater.
The Festival of Trees at the historic Embassy Theatre and Indiana Hotel is a highly anticipated tradition during the holiday season. For eight days in November, the lobbies of the Embassy Theatre and Indiana Hotel are transformed into a beautifully decorated wonderland of Christmas trees. Founded in 1984, the Festival of Trees is a fundraising and community goodwill event that supports ongoing operational and restoration efforts for the Embassy Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Mark your calendars for the 2013 Embassy Festival of Trees: Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2013
A goodwill community event. A fundraiser for the Embassy Theatre and Indiana Hotel.
2012 Embassy Festival of Trees Award Winners
First Place People’s Choice – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, decorated and sponsored by CDI: Choice Design.
Second Place People’s Choice – A Pot of Christmas Gold, decorated by Asher Agency, sponsored by Embassy Theatre Board of Directors.
Third Place People’s Choice – Sugar and Spice, decorated and sponsored by A Party Apart.
Juried award winners included:
Best In Show – O Baseball Tree, O Baseball Tree, decorated by Young’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop, sponsored by Fort Wayne TinCaps.
First Place Artificial Tree Design – A Pot of Christmas Gold, decorated by Asher Agency, sponsored by Embassy Theatre Board of Directors.
Second Place Artificial Tree Design – A Tooth Fairy Christmas, decorated by Woodland Designs, Rene Hassett and sponsored by Afdent Dental.
Third Place Artificial Tree Design – Imagine A World of Peace, decorated by Katrina Kay and Larry Kay and sponsored Upstate Alliance of REALTORS®.
Best Live Tree Design – World of Imagination – Willy Wonka, decorated by Holland Elementary Special Education Preschool, sponsored by Indiana Michigan Power.
Best Traditional Theme Design – The Cat in the Hat, decorated by Armstrong Flowers, Sherry Miller, sponsored by Life Care Center of Fort Wayne.
Most Creativity – Sugar and Spice, decorated and sponsored by A Party Apart.
2012 Starlight Major Sponsors |
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
Sweetwater |
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| Starlight Minor Sponsors |
| Three Rivers Dermatology |
Windy Ridge Skin Care Centre |
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| 2012 Tree Sponsors |
| A Party Apart |
ABC 21Alive |
Afdent |
| Angel Corps |
Anonymous |
BAE Systems |
| CDI: Choice Designs, Inc. |
Do It Best Corp. |
Embassy Theatre Board of Directors |
| Embassy Youth-Focused Programming |
Five Star Distributing |
Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club |
| Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
Fort Wayne Newspapers |
Fort Wayne Orthopedics |
| Fort Wayne TinCaps |
Frontier Communications |
Fun View Photo & Video |
| Glenbrook Dodge Chrysler Jeep Hyundai |
Hoover the Mover/All Seasons Storage |
Indiana Michigan Power |
| ITT Exelis |
Ivy Tech Foundation |
Jam Theatricals-Broadway at the Embassy |
| Kingston Healthcare |
KPC Media Group |
Life Care Center of Fort Wayne |
| Lowe's |
Michael Kinder & Sons |
MoneySaver Direct Magazine |
| NIPSCO |
Northeast Indiana Public Radio |
OfficeOne |
| Raytheon |
Revelations Salon |
ROCK104 |
| Senior Life/HOME/GLO - Div. of TPI |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
Superior Essex |
| The Hagerman Group |
Three Rivers Dermatology & Windy Ridge Skin Care Centre |
Three Rivers Running Company |
| Upstate Alliance of REALTORS® |
Vera Bradley |
WBCL 90.3 |
| Wells Fargo |
WFWA PBS39 |
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| 2012 Tree Decorators |
| A Party Apart |
American Red Cross |
Arbor Farms Nursery |
| Armstrong Flowers, Sherry Miller, AIFD AACFD, PFCI, CFD |
Asher Agency |
BAE Systems |
| CDI: Choice Designs, Inc. |
Christine & Erin Arnold |
Concordia Lutheran High School JROTC |
| Consider It Done, Vanessa Lauritsen |
Corner House |
Do It Best Corp. |
| Early Childhood Alliance |
Embassy Theatre Organ Crew |
FAME |
| Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club |
Fun View Photo & Video |
Heather Hoover, Shelby Cox, Tiffany Cox |
| Holland Elementary Special Ed Preschool |
Julie Cox & Erin Salisbury |
Kate's Kart |
| Kathy & Joanne Heritier |
Kathy Speckert & Kris Church |
Kathy Swartz & Susie Collins |
| Katrina Kay |
Lopshire Flowers & Gifts |
Melanie; Melissa Dirig, Jasmin Carpenter |
| Memorial Park Middle School |
Northeast Indiana Public Radio |
OfficeOne To Go |
| One Eleven Design |
Patty Martz |
Picture Perfect Florals & Events, Pat Henson |
| Revelations Salon |
Scott C. Hermance |
Scott Rigdon & Karen Grieser |
| Team Frontier Communications |
The Fritz Family |
The League for the Blind & Disabled |
| Three Rivers Dermatology & Windy Ridge Skin Care Centre |
Three Rivers Running Company |
Vera Bradley |
| Vicki, Jim, Joyce Racine |
Vincent Village, Inc. |
WBCL Staff |
| WFWA PBS39 |
Williams Woodland Park Neighborhood |
Woodland Designs |
| Wunderkammer Company |
Young's Greenhouse & Flower Shop |
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| Breakfast with Santa Sponsor |
| Macy's |
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| 2012 Harrison Street Window Sponsors |
| Fort Wayne Metals |
MidWest America FCU |
NIPSCO |
| 2012 Jefferson Blvd. Nativity Window Sponsor |
| Mike's Carwash |
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| Harrison Street Window Designers |
| Kathy & David James-Corner House Creations |
Don Johnson |
Dennis Baker, Natural Powerz |
| Santa Land Sponsor |
| Phil's Hobby Shop |
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| Senior Day Sponsor |
| Kingston Healthcare |
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| Kids Day Activity Sponsors |
| Sweetcakes Comedy Entertainment |
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Want to be involved next year? Interested in sponsoring and/or decorating a tree at the 2013 Embassy Festival of Trees? Please contact Dana Berkes at 260.247.3695 or dana@fwembassytheatre.org.
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