Lighting of the Lawn

We went to the Lighting of the Lawn at UVa for the first time. There are groups singing and I guess playing music on the steps of the Rotunda. There are also parties going on in the rooms along the lawn where students live and in the pavillions which house professors or the school of medicine (for example).

There were a lot of people so it was kind of hard to hear what was being said or sung. It was also pretty cold but we bundled up. So a marching band came out and read a "Night Before Christmas" poem but of course it related to UVa. We couldn't hear it but I'm sure it was cute.

Finally 40 minutes after we thought they would turn on the lights they began the countdown.

The secret society "7"'s number lit up first.

When everything was lit they sang what I guess is the Alma Mater. All in all it seems to be a really neat tradition. We were glad we went.