Kevin Provance

The Old Time Summerville Christmas Celebration…

…formerly known as the Tree Lighting Ceremony, this event we do annually in Summerville, South Carolina, has become one of my favorites. Perhaps it’s the joyful ambiance. It might also have something to do with the Christmas lights. My old bedroom when I lived in Woodbine, Maryland, didn’t have any ceiling lights. Eventually, I began lining the walls and window with Christmas lights (you know the ones I mean…the kind that when one bulb burns out, they ALL go out). Every year I would add more and more until my bedroom looked light a float from Disney’s Main Street Electric Light Parade.

Anyways, I may have a Christmas light obsession I continue to feed as an old man. Who can say?

There’s a chance this is the last time I’m filming this event. Besides the graphics and music, it’s pretty much the same thing every time, and this is the third time I’ve done it. The challenge becomes, how do I present the same thing every year differently? Unless I come up with an answer to that question, this could be the last. It’s okay, though. It was a good run.

Enjoy the show.