Esplanade s Hatch Shell transformed into winter experience Share Updated: 6:18 PM EST Jan 21, 2021 Share Updated: 6:18 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript ESPLANADE. BEN: DOUG MEEHAN HAS MORE ON THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THAT COULD HELP WITH THE WINTER BLAHS. DOUG IT’S BEING DESCRIBED AS A MULTISENSORY WINTER ILLUMINATION EXPERIENCE. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FLYING THROUGH, MOVING AS KALEIDOSCOPE PIECES. DOUG: MARIA FINKELMEIER IS AN ARTIST WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THE HATCH SHELL EXTRAVAGANZA. HER LASER LIGHT MUSIC PERFORMANCE CELEBRATING THE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATIONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY. THEY SAID WE WANT TO CREATE , SOME JOY. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE SPACE AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE 202 IT STARTED WITH JUST WANTING TO BRING LIGHT TO THE HATCH SHELL IN WINTER. DOUG: MICHAEL NICHOLS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION IT HAS BEEN QUIET, LITERALLY DARK OVER THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.