We met JM's meetup photography group at the Plaza tonight so they could take photos of the pretty lights.
This first pictures is crappy (aren't they all lately?) but I was trying to do this quick so I wouldn't look like a psycho - but JM's group is on the right and on the left we got to watch a wedding! It was a really small wedding and they were an older couple so I think it was a quick casual, but nice little ceremony at the plaza! I thought that was neat! 
Again, not a great pic - JM took some really pretty ones, so you'll have to check his blog for those. But the Plaza lights are so pretty! And David Cook is the one that came and flipped the switch this year (we didn't go, but still neat....) I remember on the news they said that they started putting up the lights in August and worked until they were done for Thanksgiving!
Jenna and I spent a lot of time in Barnes and Noble so she could play. She had a blast "reading" books and playing with the train table.
The Plaza Lights started with a string of 16 lights over a doorway in 1925. The first Plaza Lighting took place in 1930.Tower lights are always one color. For example, The Time Tower, at Broadway and Ward Parkway, is always red.
The lights don’t stay up all year long. The hard-working crew from Capital Electric begin hanging the lights in August and take them back down starting in mid-January through the beginning of March.
The big switch on the stage at the Plaza Lighting Ceremony really does turn on all the lights. The child chosen from the audience is always chosen at random.
A lights test occurs on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (the day before Thanksgiving) from 2 to 6 am.
The only time that the Plaza lights were not in operation occurred in 1973 when President Nixon called upon all Americans to curtail the use of Christmas lights to reduce dependence on foreign oil imports.
Guests that have been invited to turn on the Plaza Lights include: George Brett, Trent Green, Kate Spade, "Fastest Man in the World" Maurice Green, Paul Rudd, Walter Cronkite, Derek Thomas, Marcus Allen, Buck O’Neil and Oleta Adams
2 comments:
That sounds like a lot of work to just have them down for 6 months!
We love staying and shopping on the Plaza when the lights are up. It's so beautiful!
By the way, I have the D50. I love it but feel like I should learn more what it can do! I will have to look into the clickin moms. It seems I never can find the time to work on bettering my photography though!
WE have been trying to get up to the Plaza and see the lights. David's work schedule has been a little bit less than desirable!! But I love seeing the pics. Thanks for sharing them!! Oh and the train tables are always a big hit!! I almost got one for Landon this year but we are going to wait another year!
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