Illuminations Tour tickets now on sale

[ron_newman]

McIntyre & Moore is now selling tickets for the Somerville Arts Council's Illuminations Trolley Tour, which will take place on Saturday, December 15. This event always sells out, so get your tickets soon.

Some members of this LJ community are leading a few of the tours; if you're one of them, please step forward. I'll be one of the greeters at City Hall from 6 to 8 pm.

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Re: "here"

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I actually talked to someone at the Arts Council last year about adding more trolleys. If I recall correctly they said that the main issue was not being able to hire enough drivers.

And no, we have not been sent away disappointed -- the first year, a very kind volunteer whose name I never got gave us her tickets, and I would thank her again repeatedly if I knew who she was. The second year, we ran up to a trolley just as it was starting to leave, and they let us on because there were plenty of empty seats. So I'm not too worried that we'll manage to get on somehow. I just find it frustrating that the whole thing is such a "production."

Re: "here"

[ron_newman]

The other issue with a second day is whether the residential neighborhoods would consider it an imposition. The tour brings noise and traffic to their streets, from 4 pm to around 10 pm. It also requires "no parking" zones on some small streets, so that the trolleys can make the necessary tight turns.

Re: "here"

[ron_newman]

As it turns out, a fourth 'D' trolley was added at the last minute for the 5:00 and 7:00 runs. I hope you were able to get a ticket and enjoy the event yesterday. Did you?