Besides having a train decorated with all sorts of lights, musicians perform a mini-concert, and the whole event is free. Mind you, if you want to see the performance, you need to come early and our weather is unpredictable, so it could be cold, wet and sloppy. But it's free and fun. There are people of all ages out to enjoy the event.
Last year we showed up shortly before the train rolled in. We were actually still walking to the old train station when we had an amazing view of the entire train coming in to town. It was incredible. We got to hear JoJo Mason and the Sam Roberts band. I say hear because we were at the back and I'm short, so I got to see the shoulders of everyone. It was still fun though.
This year we arrived early and still only made it to the second row from the safety barriers. However I was able to see and had enough space to stick my camera between bobbing heads to get a few shots. I actually took a ton of photos, because people were sort of dancing, kids were bouncing and there was a lot of crowd movement. Alan Doyle and Beautiful Band played. It was a concert that wanted a lot of crowd participation, but there were a lot, and I mean a lot of children and he played a song or two, which nobody seemed to know, so the crowd was pretty quiet. It was fun though, and worth the 35 minutes of hanging out in the cold waiting for the train. The train itself is quite a view. It's more than a couple of cars, and there are lights all over it. It is a great way to get a start to the holiday season. It did make me wish I knew more of low light photography, and had a faster, closer lens. It's always something lol!
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