– by Delilah Webb

Faneuil Hall Marketplace has launched “a new holiday tradition” in Boston.  Blink! is a six-week “light and sound extravaganza” that utilizes technology to bring the marketplace alive with the holiday spirit.  Over 350,000 LED lights engage with the music of the Holiday Pops in a seven-minute spectacle each night beginning at 4:30pm.  The Blink! performance runs every half hour until 10pm., ending December 31st.  That’s twelve shows each night, and the promoters of this new event claim that each of the twelve shows is unique!

Blink! is in partnership with Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Arts Boston, and
the Greater Boston Visitors and Convention Bureau.

-by JC

In addition to the music and lights described by Delilah above, Blink! and Super Tours is sponsoring a one-hour, free “Holiday Lights Trolley Tour” for “behind the scenes exposure to Boston’s holiday beauty.”  Today is the last day!  The tour guide happens to be a member of bostontourguide.org’s own team, Delilah Webb!  For more information call 617 523 1300.

Further Faneuil Fact:
It was from Faneuil Hall also that Ted Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency in 1979, thereby attempting to symbolically distinguish himself from his brothers.  He stood accused by pro-Carter opponents of living in his brothers’ shadow.  His legendary brothers having both announced their candidacies on Capitol Hill, therefore, Ted announced his from the “Cradle of Liberty.”