Festival Hall will be awash with green and aglow with holiday atmosphere Sunday when the second annual Festival of Trees gets under way at 10 a.m.
The eight-day event, which benefits the Kennedy-Krieger Institute for Handicapped Children, features more than 100 decorated 7-foot Christmas trees, a snow-filled village square, children's activity area and a lineup of live holiday entertainment by area marching bands, dance troupes, choirs and choruses, including the Handel Choir.
It will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Dec. 15. Admission is $3 for adults and $1.50 for seniors and children younger than 12. For more information, call (410) 550-9487.
The Kennedy-Krieger Institute is dedicated to improving the lives of children with disorders of the brain through research, teaching and comprehensive patient care.
The entertainment schedule for the festival is as follows (* denotes special ticket requirement):
SUNDAY
1 p.m.: Opening ceremony
2 p.m.: Towson State University dance department
2:30 p.m.: Kaleidoscope in Dance
4 p.m.: Heart of Maryland Chorus
5:15 p.m.: Mary Carter Smith
6 p.m.: U.S. Olympic Trial Tumblers
7 p.m.: Nordic Dancers
MONDAY
9:45 a.m.: McCormick and Co. laser show
10 a.m.: Woodland Middle School chorus
12:30 p.m.: Gilman Traveling Man
2 p.m.: Baltimore Vaudeville Theatre Co.
7 p.m.: Die Liedersaenger
TUESDAY
9:45 a.m.: McCormick & Co. laser show
10 a.m.: Holabird Middle School chorus and handbell group
11 a.m.: John Carroll School band
Noon: Celebrity Lunch *
3 p.m.: New World Theatre Co.
6 p.m.: Disorderly Conduct
7 p.m.: Calliope
WEDNESDAY
9:45 a.m.: McCormick and Co. laser show
11 a.m.: John Ekin-Abracadabra Entertainment
2 p.m.: Department of Recreation and Parks choir
3:30 p.m.: Regency
5:30 p.m.: Cahill Children's Choir
6 p.m.: Scout Night *
THURSDAY
9:45 a.m.: McCormick and Co. laser show
10 a.m.: John Ekin-Abracadabra Entertainment
2 p.m.: Semi-quavers-Roland Park Country School Singing Group
3 p.m.: Teddy Bear Tea *
5 p.m.: Kennedy Institute Choir
6 p.m.: Archbishop Curley Jazz Ensemble
7 p.m.: Amhranai Na Gaeilge
DEC. 13
9:45 a.m.: McCormick and Co. laser show
10 a.m.: Kenwood High School band, strings and chorus
Noon: C. Milton Wright High School orchestra
1 p.m.: Lansdown Middle School
3:30 p.m.: Manheim Central High School band orchestra, chorus and band
5:30 p.m.: Baltimore Brass Band
7 p.m.: Calvert Hall dance band
DEC. 14
9:45 a.m.: McCormick and Co. laser show
10 a.m.: CeanannasMor Irish Dancer
11 a.m.: Second Hand Bells
Noon: Paddyfield's
2 p.m.: Sokol, Baltimore
3:30 p.m.: Denny School of Irish Dance
5 p.m.: Peabody Preparatory Dance
6 p.m.: U.S. Olympic Trial Tumblers
7 p.m.: DeVe's Christian School of Ballet and Tap
DEC. 15
10 a.m.: McCormick and Co. Laser Show
11 a.m.: Skandal
Noon: Keiki Wahini and Maria Broom Dance
1 p.m.: Clown Corps.
2 p.m.: Kindersingers
3:30 p.m.: Pikesville High School concert choir
5 p.m.: Paddyfield's