WHEELING — The 29 decorators who have put their blood, sweat and tinsel into the 32 trees featured in this year’s Festival of Trees unveiled their creations Saturday during the event’s opening gala at the Pine Room at Oglebay Resort.

Proceeds from the sale of the decorated trees will go to Wheeling Health Right, which provides free comprehensive medical care and pharmaceuticals for medically underserved, uninsured or under-insured residents in and around the Ohio Valley.

Festival of Trees Founder Ivan Myles said this was one of the smoothest setups for the festival he could remember.

Myles founded the festival alongside Donna Glass 20 years ago. The pair passed the mantle of the event to Oglebay Institute 12 years ago, but decided to retake the reins to organize this year’s event at the same location the inaugural festival was held.

Though they had an over decade-long hiatus from the festival, Myles said organizing and setting up the trees this year was much easier than he originally anticipated. He added he “could not believe” the number of trees on display and decorators participating in the event.

“The setup went so smoothly it was almost like we never took a step away,” Myles said. “All the decorators are happy the festival is back at the Pine Room because it is the room that everybody feels comfortable in. Decorators like this space because it’s a wide-open room.”

The 32 trees were decorated to fit a wide variety of themes, from a Disney tree with ornaments displaying popular movie characters to a disco-Christmas tree covered in reflective disco ball snowmen.

The floor of the Pine Room is filled with trees for the festival, wreaths and a large train display.

Local train enthusiast Steven Mitch organized the two Lionel Trains on display. One train is themed “Polar Express,” while the other is the newest Lionel Trains holiday-themed set.

Drawings will be held for the train sets during the festival’s final day. The entry cost for the drawings are $1 for one ticket or $5 for six tickets. Birdhouses and bird feeders, courtesy of the Wheeling Park High School Carpentry program, also will be on display and for sale at the festival.

The trees will remain on display at the Pine Room until Saturday. Visitors are welcome to tour the display from noon to 8 p.m. through Friday. The festival will be open on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.

In addition to viewing the tree displays, visitors can enjoy a variety of classes and events throughout the festival.

The festival will conclude with two Breakfast with the Grinch events on Saturday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., followed by a wine-tasting event from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Festival of Trees decorator Rebecca Niess will host bow-making classes on Friday from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. The classes are $20 per person.

Purchasers can pick up their trees as early as the late afternoon on Saturday. Trees can also be wrapped up and delivered to purchasers by Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration on Sunday.

“Everything has fallen into place this year,” Myles said. “We’re doing something good for the community, and it’s a fun event that I’m just glad to be a part of. We’re glad to return a holiday event to where it started.”