Illumination Night is held every year in the middle of August… this year it’s Wed Aug 20, 2008.  If you are on MV you should not miss it, it’s an evening you won’t soon forget. 

  It all begins here at the Tabernacle in the Campground in Oak Bluffs. 

  

  

The gingerbread cottages are decked out in Japanese lanterns, many have been passed down from generation to generation, many are even still lit with candles. 

 The evening begins with music by the Vineyard Haven Band accompanying a lively community sing.  After the community sing is over all the lights in the Campground are turned off… a special person who has been already chosen lights the first lantern    which is then walked up the aisle to the entrance to the Tabernacle and suddenly all the lanterns in the Campground come to life.  The Campground is transformed into a magical fairyland delighting…

            

  … kids of all ages.  It has always been my favorite event of the summer and it never fails to transform me into a kid again.