Gary Greenberg lights the menorah at the “Fire on Ice” Chanukah celebration in Blue Back Square on December 21, 2014. Photo by Joy Taylor
Hundreds of people gathered in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square on Sunday afternoon to celebrate Chanukah publicly with an 8-foot ice menorah, live music, and a fire show.
By Joy Taylor. Photos by Barbara Ricketts and Joy Taylor
“Fire on Ice,” the largest community-wide Chanukah celebration in West Hartford, was presented by Chabad of Greater Hartford, and marked the sixth night of Chanukah.
A giant ice menorah was carved and assembled on the gazebo in Blue Back Square, and crowds gathered all around for the lighting ceremony. The upbeat and festive event included a giant dreidel LEGO workshop, raffle prizes, face painting, and performances by the Chabad Hebrew School and the Hebrew Academy Children’s Choir before the menorah lighting by Anti-Defamation League of Hartford County Chair Gary Greenberg.
While all eyes were on the stage, the “fire” continued with a lively flame-twirling show by Pyro Productions, which brought lots of “ooh’s” and “ahhhh’s” from the crowd.
The giant ice menorah is almost complete at the “Fire on Ice” Chanukah celebration in Blue Back Square. Photo by Joy Taylor
