Candle light processional 2005

[MickeyLumbo]

the Spirit of Christmas future?

here, have some more egg nog, it will help.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by MickeyLumbo

the Spirit of Christmas future?

here, have some more egg nog, it will help.

Uh.....hmm…how do I say this…..while the wagging tail appeals to me on one level, and the Christmas music and eggnog may put me in the mood for…..well, something...I think I'll let you save the wrap for SacTown, as I would hate to break up a long standing relationship such as yours no matter how much you want to earn your new appliances.


My thanks, but I think I will have to save the wrap (unwrap?) to use on someone else with more…..shall we say…feminine type curves (and other accessories).

[Not Afraid]

We were there on Saturday night and this was the first time I had seen Candelight on Main Street.

WOW!

Memories of Christmases past flooded into my head as I got goosebumps from the trumpeter fanfare. I silently sang along with all of the carols and hymns and was brought to tears by Silent Night. It was a thrill to hear and see Dick Van Dyke read the story in his wonderfully familiar and comforting voice.

When I was a child, my church performed a "Drive thru Nativity" every year which I was always involved with. The crowning achievement was to perform the role of one of the "Angels" high atop one of the buildings near the end of the path. I wonder if they still perform this pagent? I might want to take another trip down nostalgia lane.


I'm very glad we were able to make it to the park that evening. It was also great to spend some quality time in the park with some good friends and a new friend. I'm so glad we were able to geel him out.

[Ponine]

I will go right along with ML's description of the evening, it was wonderful.
Being an old choir monger myself I knew almost all the songs...

I didnt realize I still knew my part to the Hallajuia chorus!
Silent night was lovely, but... why not german????

Dick van Dyke was glorius, and I have the WHOLE thing on shaky video!!!!


(Now, if only I could erase the non-participatory young man in the choir from my tape)

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I'm very glad we were able to make it to the park that evening. It was also great to spend some quality time in the park with some good friends and a new friend. I'm so glad we were able to geel him out.

Pssst, for those who don't speak N.A. Typo, that last line was supposed to read "geek him out."


I hope zappp will post some of his photos and links to some video clips. Dick Van Dyke was awesome, had one minor line flub, but clearly never had the stroke, heart attack, or bout of emergency alcoholic onset that Marie Osmond, seated two rows behind us, was clearly waiting in the wings for.

Dick got a huge collective goosebump out of the audience when he told us that this was his second stint as Candlelight narrator - - having last done the honors in 1965, at the height of Mary Poppins fame.


And heheh, as Ponine alluded to ... there was one guy among the hundreds of choir members who did not sing a word. Ironcially, I think he became the most noticed of them all by virtue of his stubborn non-participation.

It was a moving ceremony, and I hope they never again make the misguided move to hold this event in the Fantasyland Theater.

Town Square = Candlelight Ceremony.