As you all probably know, tonight is Boston's 64th Offical Holiday Tree Lighting beginning at 6:30 PM and ending at 8:00 PM. This is not what suprises Bostonist, the great debate is over our fine city's decision to have the likes of Jordan Knight as a performer. We get the connection, The New Kids are Boston boys and there is a lot of pride in something like that - but we are not sure what kind of crowd the City was expecting to pull with booking Knight.
Back to the event on hand, the evening promises to be jam packed according to About.com, "The lighting of Boston Common and The Public Garden will feature entertainers including Jordan Knight (see above rant), Jon Secada, The Holy Tabernacle Church Choir, The Magic of Lyn, ParkARTS talent search winner Casey Pollard, vocalist Merle Perkins, The Boston Children’s Choir, an appearance by Santa Claus, and additional surprise guests."
For more information check out this site for a thorough run down of tonight's festivities.
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I attended the tree lighting last night.
Masquerade - Boston's song & dance troupe - appeared too many times. Their dancing was a v. mediocre, singing was ok.
Jordan Knight - seems like a nice guy, but lacks talent. Also referred to us in the crowd as Bostonites before remembering we are Bostonians.
Jon Secada - engaging performer, gave a strong vocal performance.
Mumbles & Santa - pretty much as you'd expect.
Carrie ... thanks for the run down. Knight referred to Bostonians and Bostonites? Wow, that is pretty impressive.
I was there last night as well. Masquerade was clearly filler material during the commercial breaks, and they definitely did appear too many times. At times they appeared a bit unrehearsed, but they did a decent job. It was rather amusing, though, each subsequent time they were announced for a singalong, the crowd let out a little bit louder moan. By the time they announced the last singalong when the Mayor and Santa were on stage, everyone in the audience was going "oh man, not another singalong!".
It's great that they telecast the show, but all the commerical breaks really kill the whole flow of it. At one point, Jordan Knight was awkwardly standing on the stage looking blankly into the audience waiting for his cue. It would be nice if they could just find a sponsor to make a nice donation so it could be commercial-free.
Hello,
After watching Jon Secada perform how likely would you purchase his latest CD "Same Dream" ?