Alan and the band will be making 32 stops along the way performing shows for approximately 30 minutes at each stop. The schedule from the official CP Holiday Train site is copied below. They played a mix of Christmas carols and other songs.
From the Visit Minot blog...
"All About The Holiday Giving Train" published 12 December, 2017...published at http://blog.visitminot.org/2017/12/12/all-aboard-the-holiday-giving-train/
The post has been edited for copyright reasons...
"The festive train arrives on December 14 around 6:45-7:15 p.m. at Main Street Crossing in Downtown Minot. This event is free and open to the public. With the warm weather, we’ve been having this is a great year to see the train as it chugs into town.
The Holiday Train is around 1,000 feet long and has 14 decked-out cars making it a truly magical sight. The thousands of LED lights that cover the train are never turned off, except for when the train passes through customs.
Once the train arrives–though known to be a tad late–the side doors of one of the cars opens up to become a stage for a cheery musical performance. This year’s performers are Terri Clark, Dallas Smith, and Kelly Prescott.
After the first song, a short presentation takes place with a selected local food bank and a city official after which, the show carries on.The Holiday Train is about more than just holiday spirit. Put on by Canada Pacific, dating and giving back is the true destination.
Minot Area Homeless Coalition executive director Mac McLeod organizes the event and is excited about what the people of Minot can do when they come together.
“When the holiday train comes in, its to raise awareness of hunger and to benefit one of the local food pantries. Food pantries get hit hard during the holiday season,” McLeod said.
McLeod said the train is a wonderful thing to bring attention to their food pantries as the pantries are “hit hard” during the holiday season.
At the event, there will be a donation center put on by Minot Community Foundation who will give all donations to the Lord’s Cupboard–this year’s chosen beneficiary. Acceptable donations are all non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations.
There will also be a small concession stand hosted by Minot Area Homeless Coalition at the event where all items are paid for by free-will donation. Every dollar spent at the Holiday Train event goes right back into the community.
Some special guests will also make an appearance when the Holiday Train arrives. Mayor Chuck Barney will be at the event as he does almost every year. Santa will also be there and will be available for photos.
Since their start in 1999, the CP Holiday Train has raised more than $13 million CAD and $4 million pounds of food for North American food banks."
The music videos...
The official CP Holiday Train Facebook page shared some awesome videos of Alan Doyle and The Beautiful Beautiful Band taken from the stage at various stops along the way and the great crowds who came to seem them. They sang some Christmas carols, Great Big Sea and Alan Doyle songs.
The videos are available at the official CP Holiday Train Facebook page.
The social media posts...
Alan has shared some amazing social media posts along the way via his official social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter including photos and videos. As there are a couple of days to go I'll wait before posting any more.
I love absolutely love the videos Alan has taken from the train. It certainly would be an amazing journey travelling across Canada on the train.
Some photographs...
There are a nice collection of photographs of Alan Doyle and the Beautiful Beautiful Band and Colin James on the CP Holiday Train on the online music site Canadian Beats and their Facebook page.
The photographs are by Adriana Malinowska and no copyright infringement intended.
The schedule...
Some photographs...
There are a nice collection of photographs of Alan Doyle and the Beautiful Beautiful Band and Colin James on the CP Holiday Train on the online music site Canadian Beats and their Facebook page.
The photographs are by Adriana Malinowska and no copyright infringement intended.
The schedule...
