Update on the Thorndike St. willow tree

[ron_newman]

(I've been waiting for someone more involved with the situation to post. But they haven't, so I will.)

On SomervilleVoices, Greg Nadeau reports that harpist Deborah Henson-Conant and the 70-person Arlington High School Choir gathered Tuesday afternoon at the willow tree to sing songs and film a video. Greg also hired an independent arborist from Boston Tree Preservation who will visit next Tuesday to "assess the tree's health and fate."

Here's Deborah Henson Conant's page about the tree, with photos of the choir, three streaming audio song tracks about the tree, and more photos, lyrics, and other cool stuff. She promises a YouTube video soon, but it's not up yet.

Some links to this week's Somerville Journal coverage:
Neighbors plan fond farewell for a neighborhood willow today
Harpist dedicates song to threatened Somerville willow tree

and Somerville News coverage:
Somerville loves trees: Neighborhood standoff saves weeping willow, for now (also has a blog comment from Henson-Conant)
Arlington loves trees, too: Arlington High choir celebrates endangered Somerville tree

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Any minute now...

[georgy.livejournal.com]

I heard someone spotted his visage in the tree bark. ;-)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Then once the tree is cut down he can raise it from the dead.