10-942 National Christmas Tree Music Performance Application

0MB Control No. 1024-0277
Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

NPS Form 10-942 (02/2021)
National Park Service

NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE MUSIC PERFORMANCE APPLICATION
[Insert Year]
PRESIDENT'S PARK

PERFORMANCE DATES

INSTRUCTIONS

[insert performance dates]

In order for your group to be considered during the selection process you must fill out
the [insert year] application in its entirety. Performers that do not fill out the application
completely will not be considered.
This application may be submitted via fax or email.
To Fax: Please fax completed application with a cover page addressed to [Insert
Name of WHHO POC] to [Insert Fax#].
To Email: Please email completed application as an attached file to
presidents [email protected].
The information below will be printed in the program for the Lighting of the National
Christmas Tree Ceremony. Please OMIT long name of performing group.
Group Name

President's Park
E-mail: presidents [email protected]
Phone: 202-208-1631
202-208-1643
Fax:
Park website: www.nps.gov/whho

Location (City, State)

Please provide valid contact information where you may be reached.
Contact Name
Contact E-mail
Contact Phone #

[

Performances take place Tuesday-Friday, 5 pm to 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm to 8 pm, with a break from 4-5pm. Please note,
there will be no performance scheduled on [insert date here].
Please select three preferred performance dates and times.
1.
2.
3.

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Afternoon (1 pm - 3 pm)
Afternoon (1 pm - 3 pm)
Afternoon (1 pm - 3 pm)

□ Evening (5 pm - 8 pm)
□ Evening (5 pm - 8 pm)
□ Evening (5 pm - 8 pm)

Musical Entertainment Policy
The National Park Service's National
Christmas Tree Music Program at
President's Park is intended to provide
musical entertainment for park visitors
during December on the Ellipse. In
celebration of the holiday season,
visitors can observe the National
Christmas Tree, visit assorted yuletide
displays, and attend musical
presentations. Park visitors come from
diverse backgrounds and nations, and
include individuals, families, and

groups with ages ranging from the very
young to senior citizens. Consistent with
the Constitution's Establishment Clause
and its mandate of Government
neutrality, which has allowed the
placement of holiday secular and
religious displays, the National
Christmas Tree Music Program's holiday
musical entertainment may include both
holiday secular and religious music. To
ensure that any proposed music
selection is consistent with

the Establishment Clause, and
presented in a prudent and objective
manner as a traditional part of the
culture and heritage of this annual
holiday event, it must be approved in
advance by the National Park Service.
Please check this box that you have
read the "Musical Entertainment
Policy".

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0MB Control No. 1024-0277
Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

NPS Form I 0-942 (02/2021)
National Park Service

YOUR PERFORMANCE

EQUIPMENT REQUESTS
Equipment is available on site.
Please indicate what equipment you need.

D Yes
Folding Chairs
(MAX. 40 chairs) How many?

D

No

Music Stands
D Yes
(MAX. 30 stands) How many?

D

No

Sound System
Microphone(s)
How many?

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D

CD Player
Yes

Electric Piano
D Yes
(Full keyboard with 88 keys)

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D

No

D

No

Music selections/songs (Please limit your program to 30
minutes).
1.
2.
3.

Digital Player

4.
5.
6.
7.

Choral Risers
D Yes D No
(There are 5 choral risers available on stage).

8.
9.

D

Band

D

Choir

D

Dance

D

Other

If "Other", please describe:
No. of P erformers:
Please limit groups to 100 performers.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq) requires us to tell you why we are collecting this information, how we will use it, and whether or not
you have to respond. We are authorized by the NPS Organic Act of 1916 (Organic Act) (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.) to collect this information. Consistent with
the Constitution's Establishment Clause which mandates government neutrality and allows the placement of holiday secular and religious displays, the
National Christmas Tree Music Program's holiday musical entertainment may include both holiday secular and religious music. The routine uses of this
information will serve as the application process to ensure that any proposed music selection is consistent with the Establishment Clause and presented in a
prudent and objective manner as a traditional part of the culture and heritage of this annual holiday event. All requests must be approved in advance by the
National Park Service (NPS) via Form 10-942. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number (1024-0277).

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions and
completing this form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, (MS 242) Reston, VA 20192. Do
not send your completed form to this address.