Christmas Lighting of the Liberty Pole. Rochester, NY 2007

Robert Duffy, Mayor of Rochester, leads holiday merrymakers out of Midtown Plaza, and onto Main Street for the lighting of the Liberty Pole, for the Christmas Season. One of my best efforts, lots of good stuff in 10 short minutes, including four Christmas Carols, a Brass Band, a Mens Choir, it's home video, but you'll LOVE it! Merry Christmas. ron, on the ave, with the weather web cams..

Category:

Music

Tags:

• christmas
• lights
• music
• carols
• liberty
• pole
• rochester
• ny
• robert
• duffy
• mayor

[spcwright2002]

the liberty pole is so ghetto. you know how many bums piss on that thing nightly?

[RocPicDotCom]

Yeah well, You'd probably find a pile of horse manure at the end of a rainbow also, because that's your luck, or nature or... ?

[mistressbladez]

Christmas in Rochester ain't NOTHIN' like it was when I was a kid. Those who have lived here long enough should recall when downtown was not so ghetto, when Midtown was all bright and lit up inside...Santa had his Magic Mountain, and the monorail circled around it and the giant Christmas tree with baubles bigger than my head! There was music everywhere, and the smells of Christmas treats baking...and out on the street, lights hung from every light pole...It was once very beautiful...

[jdbmusiclover]

we have a liberty pole? hmmmmm i never knew that and ivelived here all my life

[evanberg247]

there are dumb or something

[hondolespaul]

Why did they light the Liberty Pole during the day?

[evanberg247]

i was there December 6, 2008 and it was still fucked up. it sucked

[taicatau]

of of ... wathc my videos .. :( romania :(((

[MayaMeows]

YES! DO IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN! I will always like Rochester, but having gone back a few weeks ago for a wedding, I realized I never, ever want to live there again, the overall pessimism was WAY too much for me to handle after living in SoCal the last 2 years.

[Tgoon1]

It was so cold outside that evening that the valves on out horns literally seized up. only 1 of the four rotors on my tuba worked! It was still a fun happening though, and it really warmed my heart to see this video. Thanks RocPicDotCom

[hondolespaul]

I guess Rochester could be a lot worse, MayaMeows. I am running out of viable reasons to stay here though. Our draying economy and lack of high paying jobs is enough to make anybody relocate. Our entertainment venues are nice and some of the people are decent. A part of me still wants to get out and explore.

[hondolespaul]

Midtown Plaza was that kind of place, lala12307. Now, we get to spend the holidays in a suburban shopping mall where nobody knows who you are. Closing Midtown will prove to be another famous political flop in Rochester. PAETEC stock was down today and at $2.28 a share. Things are not looking good.