Polar Express pulls into Memorial Park
The GFWC Junior Women's Club of Butler led walkers through multiple train cars in Memorial Park on Sunday, which ended up at the North Pole.
Dana Summerville, arts chairwoman for the GFWC Junior Women's Club of Butler, said the stationary scenes were designed to take walkers on a journey that relays the story of the “Polar Express,” the movie version of the story which was released in 2004. The club members move the story along as characters from the movie.
“We are all elves who get the kids on the train to the North Pole to meet Santa,” Summerville said. “ I just love seeing (visitors) get on the train and do the train noises; it's just a super fun thing to do.”
The setup of a walk-along storytelling experience based on the animated “Polar Express” movie began in 2020 in Alameda Park, which was initially just a way to raise money during the COVID-19 pandemic. It turned out to be a huge draw for the community.
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