Last year, when I was a Disneyland, I noticed that the front of the railroad station was all decked out. I asked a worker what they were getting ready for and she said," the candlelight processional."
Instant flashback to college, when I sang in the Golden West College choir, and we performed in that very processional. I was surprised to hear that they were still doing it. During the year, I checked around to see how you could perform it, and found out that only choirs were accepted, except Disneyland employees!
So, the next best thing to being in it was to watch it.
I have been toying with the idea of getting another annual pass, and this tipped the scales.
I did it, and now I can enjoy Disneyland for the entire year.
So, on Saturday, I stood in line for two hours, but had front row seats for the processional and program. It was amazing...hundreds of singers, a full orchestra, heralding trumpets, a bell choir, and Gena Davis as the narrator. She read the Christmas story from the book of Luke, as the choir sounded like the angels, foretelling of Christ's birth. A very moving program. And as a bonus, they performed the Hallelujah Chorus, which I turned it into a sing-a-long.
