Have a Jolly Trolley Holiday!

[cthulhia]

The Somerville Illuminations Tour is set for December 20th, 2008.

Tickets are now on sale at Blue Cloud Gallery in Ball Square.

I am tour guide for Trolley C (for cthulhia!) 5:45 pm and 7pm.

Time	Trolley A Guide	Trolley B Guide	Trolley C Guide
5:45			cthulhia
6:15		wobblymusic
7:00			cthulhia
7:30		surrealestate
8:15		wobblymusic
8:45	Tom Champion	surrealestate

(Other tour guides: Please comment and I can add your trolley info here!)

Comments

[ron_newman]

I hope the less convenient ticket location doesn't cut down on advance sales. I wish they'd picked Magpie instead.

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

Or simply more than one location. I'll be trying to make it up to the gallery tonight for tickets while it's not so chilly out (though it may be too late by the time I get home :) )

[ron_newman]

More than one location would be challenging, since you'd have to allocate actual physical tickets (with times and A/B/C printed on them) to each store.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

That's not all that difficult, actually--all you do is give each location a group of tickets with each option included. The only extra work it adds is someone having to check in every few days to see if each outlet has a roughly equal number of tickets for each slot.

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I don't think the location is hurting sales. I went in at 11:30 this morning, and all the of 4:30 tickets were gone (except for 1), and the 5 o'clock tickets were going fast. There was a short line of people. And the store didn't even open until 11.

Also, the woman selling the tickets was extremely friendly. All in all, it was a very good experience.

[ron_newman]

Thanks for the report. I'm surprised the 4:30 tickets would sell out first, since it isn't even fully dark for that tour and the effect of the lights is somewhat reduced.

think: small children

[cthulhia]

the earlier tours always sell out first.

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

Parents with little kids like to go early. I went on the 4:30 tour once, and, you are right, it wasn't quite dark when the tour started, and some of the houses hadn't yet turned on their lights. But the trolley driver stopped in front of the unlit houses and clanged his trolley bell. Then everyone on the trolley shouted in unison, "Turn on your lights!" The kiddos liked it, and sometimes it even seemed to work.

[nomacmac.livejournal.com]

I was there when they opened at 11:00, and I believe 2 of the 4:30 trolleys were alredy sold out for the Council in Aging