House of worship that is.
Last night as part of my church's activities for Bardstown Road Aglow, I got to dust off my DJ skills and play Christmas music with flavor from 6-10 PM.
I also threw in some James Brown at my pastor's request and Michael Jackson's Thriller to commemorate the 25th anniversary of that album's release.
Bardstown Road Aglow is a now 22 year old tradition in Da Ville that takes place on the first Saturday in December. All the businesses and churches on the Baxter Ave-Bardstown Road corridor either open their doors or stay open until 10 PM and do various events to help usher in the Christmas season. Edenside Christian Church has been an enthusiastic supporter of the event and we've even done an art show around it in previous years.
In addition to DJ Monica being in the house, we had Jackie Pair singing Christmas songs in the sanctuary, the locally acclaimed Terpsichore Dance troupe perform and the Louisville Scottish Association Bagpipe band make their annual appearance at our event as well. My pastor Rev. Sally McClain is a member of the group.
We also had arts and crafts going on in the basement for the kids and served the peeps traipsing up and down Bardstown Road who ventured in hot coffee, wassail and cider. We also were blessed with temps in the 40's for Bardstown Aglow to give it a real Christmasesque feel as well.
Two trolleys filled with Santa’s elves rode up and down the Bardstown Road corridor. There were street vendors and Santas walking up and down Bardstown Road along with tons of peeps taking advantage of the shopping available that evening. To add to the flavor a Holiday Decorating Competition was being conducted as well.
It was a fun evening as it always is, and I enjoyed spinning Christmas music for several hours as well. But now I gotta get dressed and get ready to slide into Edenside.
