Christmas Parade And Concert

Christmas Parade And Concert

As I said earlier, I had read in the newspaper that there was to be a Christmas parade and then a concert in the Plaza de Tres Presidentes. We ate early and then took the bus to centro to watch the parade. There were lots of families with their children waiting to watch the parade and it was a festive occasion. All of the salesmen were out in force, without even moving, we could have bought: toys, balloons, candy floss, candy apples, drinks and snacks of every description. The parade started as it got dark and it was fun to watch. There were a couple of fellows on stilts and one of them was a real crowd pleaser. He was hilarious to watch as he danced in the egyptian style. Good parade. As the parade ended we headed over to the plaza to see about the concert. They were just finishing the set up and we managed to get a couple of chairs to sit on. Lovely to be able to sit outside and enjoy the evening at this time of year. The Christmas lights were all on and it was a pretty scene. The concert started out with a number from the Nutcracker Suite, and we realised there was a problem. The sound system wasn't working correctly, it was transmitting very quietly, bet you didn't expect me to say that, did you? They kept playing and the fellows kept trying to find the problem. The choir then sang a number; but we couldn't hear anything. We waited for awhile and it didn't seem as if the problem was going to be rectified, so we got up and walked closer to the front. We still really couldn't hear much, so decided to head home. Roy had some fun with a little boy on the bus ride home, he loved the Christmas lights and we enjoyed watching his reactions. They got off the bus at our stop and we walked a couple of blocks together before going our separate ways. An enjoyable evening. I think we get as much fun out of watching the children at these type of gatherings as we do the actual event.
Some of the street decorations.

Toy salesman.

Frosty the snowman on a firetruck.

The Palacio Municipal building in it's Christmas finery.

Our landlords house with all the Christmas lights.

The rest of the photos are here on pages 9 and 10. http://travel.webshots.com/album/556224469YzzOJQ?start=96