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Ballston Singing Tree Lighting

BALLSTON SINGING TREE

SPONSORED BY PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST

Speak, sing, and celebrate near the tree to see its interactive lighting system come to life!


Join the Ballston BID, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, and the Arlington Children’s Chorus as we light the Ballston Singing Tree in Welburn Square from 5-7pm on Wednesday, December 6th.

Enjoy food from Rustico and DMV Empanadas, hot beverages from The Ballstonian and our hot chocolate bar, and festive beverages at our Jingle Bar for guests 21 and over. Celebrate the season with performances by the Arlington Children’s Chorus and other local musicians as we usher in the second year of this new Ballston neighborhood tradition.

The Ballston Singing Tree is an artistic, interactive, sound-responsive lighting system on the central tree in Welburn Square, sponsored by our friends at Piedmont Office Realty Trust.

Custom-crafted for Ballston by Canadian software developer, Limbic Media, the system features 1,200 lights on 12 strands draped across the tree.

Microphones capture audio input from the environment around the system, which interprets that data into colors and patterns that display throughout the tree.

Ballston’s Singing Tree, a new annual program, runs from mid-December through the new year.