The stars of the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights are the children and the teachers who prepare them for the annual holiday event. This year, 369 children from nine area elementary schools sing the songs of the season. The most poignant song continues to be “Silent Night, Holy Night” for the kids have added sign language to include the hearing impaired.
The overall coordinator for this event is Christina Bourne, music teacher at Mark Twain Elementary. Bourne writes, “The Carson City Tree Lighting is one of the highlights of our year. The students begin practicing the music at the end of October to be prepared to sing the first week in December. We are incredibly grateful to be invited by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce to participate in this magical event each year!”
SchoolTeacher# of students
Bordewich-Bray Elementary Alan Catron35
Fritsch ElementaryNicole Witkowski70
Fremont ElementaryStephanie Reynolds35
Seeliger ElementaryDom Van Orman35
Empire ElementaryKelly Krizan35
Mark Twain ElementaryChristina Bourne60
Bethlehem LutheranNatalee Medel21
Saint Teresa of AvilaKathy Roide23
Carson MontessoriKristina Meister and Will Durham55
-->The stars of the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights are the children and the teachers who prepare them for the annual holiday event. This year, 369 children from nine area elementary schools sing the songs of the season. The most poignant song continues to be “Silent Night, Holy Night” for the kids have added sign language to include the hearing impaired.
The overall coordinator for this event is Christina Bourne, music teacher at Mark Twain Elementary. Bourne writes, “The Carson City Tree Lighting is one of the highlights of our year. The students begin practicing the music at the end of October to be prepared to sing the first week in December. We are incredibly grateful to be invited by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce to participate in this magical event each year!”
SchoolTeacher# of students
Bordewich-Bray Elementary Alan Catron35
Fritsch ElementaryNicole Witkowski70
Fremont ElementaryStephanie Reynolds35
Seeliger ElementaryDom Van Orman35
Empire ElementaryKelly Krizan35
Mark Twain ElementaryChristina Bourne60
Bethlehem LutheranNatalee Medel21
Saint Teresa of AvilaKathy Roide23
Carson MontessoriKristina Meister and Will Durham55