<<insert Happy Dance>> Our first train show in almost two years!! <<end Happy Dance>>
The last of our club’s shows that we participated in was the annual Holiday show in December 2019. We have had a layout at White’s twice a year since the Fall 2015 event and it is a little show that we really enjoy doing. With everything being shutdown we missed two spring shows and the fall of 2020 one. It’s back this year and we had some Christmas going on with our layout with a little nod to Veteran’s Day thrown in too.
The large reclining Santa and tree were the nursery’s contribution to our layout, most of the rest are things we have had for shows in the past. We added a couple gingerbread houses and figures plus the military flag train and airport are new to shows for us.
Completely new this year is the sleeping (snoring and whistling) Santa. We have several animated Christmas figures, we got Mr. Klaus from our train club last month as they were cleaning out storage and getting rid of a number of things that did not get much use. The animation reminds us of Coleman’s Nursery holiday display in Portsmouth, Virginia from years ago. There’s no way to duplicate what they had going on there, especially not for a small, two-day show, but it’s nice to be able to replicate just a small part of it.
There was a good turn out for the show with a lot of kids there. The twice a year nursery show is one of our favorites to participate in as it is small and the kids are able to get up close to the trains and really be able to see everything. Not shown in the pictures is a “barricade” of mums that we put up around the border of our layout, but even so you can get a better view than at the larger shows we do where the setup is 25′ X 40′ and blocked off with ropes.
Dismal Creek Railroad 