Rockin’ Around the City Tree kicks off holiday season
Hundreds of people met at City Hall in Hamilton last night for an annual festival ringing in the Christmas season.
Rockin’ Around the City Tree kicked off the holidays with the lighting of the City’s Christmas tree.
Attendees were treated to food, music, performances and a chance to meet Santa Claus.
Maya Jones, 3, said her parents brought her for a very important mission — to meet Santa Claus and ask him for a Peppa Pig house.
Maya told The Royal Gazette: “I want to see Santa and the Christmas tree.”
Maya’s mother, Rema Jones, 44, said she enjoyed the lights, carolling and general festive spirit that came with Christmas.
She explained: “I’m from the Philippines and we start celebrating in September, so I’m really into all these things.”
Maya’s father, Ryan Jones, 43, said he enjoyed spending time with his family at these events.
Randy and Wendy Lowe said they attended the event for the first time as a way to try something new with their children.
“I’ve known about this for years just by being Bermudian,” Ms Lowe explained. “It’s very nice.”
She admitted that she would have liked a better sound system and a projector so that people closer to the street could see the performances better.
However, she added: “Overall, I love the effort, and I think it’s great that they’re doing stuff for Bermuda in the end.”
Ms Lowe said that she hoped to take a photograph with her family in front of the Christmas tree and round the night out with some dinner.
She added that she looked forward to seeing Santa Claus and “make sure I got on the nice list”.
Sarah Williams, 44, visited the event with her four-year-old son, Toby, and her nine-year-old daughter, Bass.
She said on her way out of the celebration that it was an “amazing” event and particularly appreciated the visuals and performances.
Ms Williams said: “The lights were amazing, the set-up is great and the cheerleader dancers were very energetic and very festive.
“It’s a nice way to start the season.”
Ms Williams said that she always appreciated the effort that went into events such as these.
She explained: “There’s so much to this kind of thing and everything behind the scenes I think takes a lot of work and a lot of thought — and it’s very well put together.”
Bermy Bouncers, Aalai, DanceSations, Sui Generis Dance Studio and Sia Spence performed at the lively event on a stage set up near the City Hall steps.
Autism charity Tomorrow’s Voices set up light-up toys to raise funds for its child and family services.
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