The City of Las Cruces' annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony will be Friday, December 3rd from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. between the new city hall and Branigan Library. Mayor Ken Miyagishima will host the tree lighting.
(artist depiction-not actual Las Cruces Christmas tree.)
There will be hot chocolate and snacks served, and entertainment by the Starlight Children’s Theatre Company. The tree contains more than 100,000 lights. After the tree lighting ceremony, the Las Cruces Downtown Partnership will present Winterfest 2010 between Las Cruces Avenue and Griggs Avenue. There will be horse drawn carriage rides, vendors and entertainment.
History 101: November 24th, 1963: Nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement driveway of the Dallas city jail. It was viewed by millions live on TV!
Music History 101: November 24th, 2003 This singer, who once toured as one of the Beach Boys, was arrested after his BMW crashes into another vehicle near his home in Phoenix. He left the scene and later kneed and kicked a cop during questioning. It was Glen Campbell-
The 101 number one song of the day had an odd journey to the top of the heap and the lead vocalist wasn’t even a member of the band – ever – before or after it became a hit. It was recorded by a group called Thee Sixpence whose members had composed the instrumental track. The lyrics were added by a college student named John Carter who was invited to be at the session. Thee Sixpence resented someone putting words to their music and relegated the song to the status of an afterthought so they didn’t bother to protest when Carter said their lead singer wasn’t right for the song. Carter picked another guy who was there to sing lead. The next day, that guy was gone and when asked what happened to him, the band members said he was just someone who happened to be there that day and he wasn’t part of the group. Since they didn’t think much of the song in the first place, his vocals were left in place. When a couple of their songs were released on a small label, they looked in Billboard magazine and discovered two other bands with similar “sixpence” names. So they turned the page and closed their eyes and pointed to a random spot. A finger landed on a Beatles’ song. It was Strawberry Fields Forever and that pointed them in the direction of the name they would use when the song they didn’t care for arrived at number one. It was this week in November, 1967. And when they made appearances to support the song, the lead vocal was performed by their drummer who sounded the most like the anonymous guy whose voice is actually on the record. And by the way, he played the bongos with his hands on fire. Go figure – it’s the Strawberry Alarm Clock and “Incense and Peppermints.”
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