Hoops at Fire/Water!

Hoops took a weekend trip down with Springfield Library Associate Sarah Hodge-Wetherbe and her family to the Fire/Water festival in Providence RI! It’s an amazing riverfront festival where boats travel the canals after dark lighting pyres of floating wood so the water is illuminated by bonfires! Lights, candles, and fires are everywhere and there are many wonderful people about performing for the crowds!



Hoops and Sarah check in at the Providence Marriott Downtown!



Hoops had to make sure the beds were comfy!




Here is one of the street performers, a Ghost girl who stood stone still until you gave her a tip. Then she would blow you a kiss and change poses.



You could take a romantic gondolier ride down the canal.



Hoops and Sarah’s mom, Brenda, wait patiently for darkness to fall!



The river is ablaze with Light! This was Hoops favorite part!



The park was also lit with paper star lanterns! Hoops thought it kind of looked like we were walking through outer space!




These Gargoyle performers came in full costume to perch completely still. But if you gave them a tip, they would grasp your hand or pat your head and change poses. Hoops thought they were really cool...but some of the little kids were a bit scared of them!




Hoops had to have his morning coffee before heading home Sunday morning. He said it was the coolest festival in the universe!