Alone together without other family members this New Year’s Eve for the first time since we were newlyweds in 1978, we decided to join some of the revelers at the First Night festivities in downtown State College.
Under lightly falling snow we toured the ice sculptures and visited the live reindeer pen. We thoroughly enjoyed a performance of the Altoona Brass Collective, five tales from around the world enacted by the Adam Swartz Puppets, and a fascinatingly superb concert by Revamped, a husband and wife violin duo.
We retired early to home to watch Tractor Square Dancing from the Pennsylvania Farm Show (yes, that’s a real thing!), followed by our annual viewing of It’s A Wonderful Life.
We wish everyone a wonderful life! Happy New Year!
