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The New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Columbia included a free concert with Lauryn Hill. I went and met up with my mom there. We weren't close enough to the stage to see much*, but they had big display screens up as well. Since it was out in the open, surrounded by tall buildings, there was a lot of reverberation and the audio quality wasn't that great. But it was nice seeing and hearing her and the other musicians. She played some of her more popular songs after midnight.
*the crowd made me nervous; as more people kept pressing forward, I worried that there could be a crush. So at one point, we moved further away to the side, which took us further from the stage but ironically gave us a better view of the main screen.
The sky was drizzling, but it let up shortly after I arrived, and didn't start back up until right at the end of the concert.
At midnight there were fireworks from behind the state house - lovely. The big Christmas tree was still colorfully lit, next to the stage.
*the crowd made me nervous; as more people kept pressing forward, I worried that there could be a crush. So at one point, we moved further away to the side, which took us further from the stage but ironically gave us a better view of the main screen.
The sky was drizzling, but it let up shortly after I arrived, and didn't start back up until right at the end of the concert.
At midnight there were fireworks from behind the state house - lovely. The big Christmas tree was still colorfully lit, next to the stage.