November 8, 2011

As you know, each Christmas season, Trinity Downtown invites its neighboring Orlando churches to join in a musical stage production and festival at the Lake Eola Park amphitheater as a gift to the people of the community. This year’s production of The Gift will be presented, free to the public, Friday, December 2, from 4:00 to 9:30pm followed by a full-length motion picture presented by the City of Orlando. Holiday Lights Orlando is our presenting sponsor for the entire evening this year, assuring it will be bigger and better than ever. We expect 1500 to 1800 to attend.

This year’s special “gift” will include the lighting of Orlando’s Official Christmas Tree, presented in a special ceremony with Mayor Buddy Dyer live on WKMG-Ch6 TV at 6:15pm. Enclosed is the News Release with details describing the Festival and Show. Proceeds from a free-will offering will benefit Project IDignity, a downtown ministry that helps provide proper identification for homeless residents.

There is a considerable expense involved in bringing this production to Downtown Orlando each year, and to help defray some of the production costs, we ask some of our business and service friends who are able to participate with donations and sponsorships.

This year our Title Tree Sponsor is Bethany Christian Services. Maxim Crane and SunBelt Rentals provide tree decorating “services in kind.” But additional sponsorships are still needed to support the effort, including printing programs, renting stage sound and lighting equipment, etc. As a “thank you,” sponsors are offered certain benefits that help them identify with the overall project as indicated on the attached Sponsorship Form.

Principal Stage Production Sponsors will have their logos included in the printed color program to be circulated to all audience members at the event. Principal Tree Sponsors will have their logos on the tree sign throughout the month of December. All will appear in the Production Website www.thegiftorlando.com and on the huge screen on the main stage during “The Gift.”

Please consider becoming a Partner or Sponsor of The Gift to help us share the gift of Christmas with all our neighbors in Orlando. By Tuesday, November 22, contact me at waber315@aol.com (407)295-6269 or send the enclosed Sponsorship Form with your check to the church office at the above address. Merry Christmas, and thanks from the entire cast and crew of The Gift!