{"id":54485,"date":"2016-11-30T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=54485"},"modified":"2016-11-30T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:28:16","slug":"community-holiday-open-house-menorah-and-tree-lighting-ceremony-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2016\/11\/garden-programming\/community-holiday-open-house-menorah-and-tree-lighting-ceremony-at-the-new-york-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Holiday Open House Menorah and Tree Lighting Ceremony at The New York Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Senator<\/a>
New York State Senator Jos\u00e9 Serrano and family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Sunday, November 20, NYBG held its\u00a0annual Community Holiday Open House and Menorah and Tree lighting ceremony. Aaron Bouska, NYBG’s Vice President for Government & Community Relations at NYBG, welcomed the audience, which included many members of the Bronx community as well as several\u00a0elected officials with their families.<\/p>\n

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\"Assemblyman<\/a>
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and New York City Councilmember Andrew Cohen with family members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and New York City Councilmember Andrew Cohen participated in lighting the menorah and Congressman Jose Serrano joined in the tree lighting ceremony\u00a0with his son, Senator Jos\u00e9 M. Serrano.<\/p>\n

\"Congressman<\/a>
Congressman Jos\u00e9 E. Serrano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Garden opened the doors to\u00a0the Holiday Train Show<\/a><\/em>\u00ae\u00a0for\u00a0the community’s enjoyment while the Westchester Chordsmen sang holiday classics, including\u00a0‘Feast of Lights.’<\/p>\n

The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Women\u2019s Choir provided additional musical entertainment under the direction of Choral Director Jacqueline Bergland, singing ‘It\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ and ‘Jingle Bell Rock.’ NYBG offers tremendous\u00a0thanks to all who\u00a0participated in this program. Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n

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\"Celia<\/a>
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Women\u2019s Choir led by Choral Director, Jacqueline Bergland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This community program is supported by the NYC Council\u2019s <\/em>A Greener NYC Initiative and Council members Andrew Cohen, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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