National Park Service Announces Performers for Lighting Ceremony of National Tree

The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced that blues legend B.B. King, Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter and pianist Sara Bareilles, and Grammy®-award winning band Maroon 5 will all perform at the 2010 National Christmas Tree Lighting. The event, which will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. ET on the Ellipse at President’s Park in Washington, D.C., will usher in the holiday season in our nation’s capital and can be viewed LIVE online at www.thenationaltree.org or on public television throughout the month of December. Additional performers and special guests for the event will be announced shortly.