The Canadian Pacific Railway Holiday Train will be rolling into our local communities starting tomorrow (December 8). Performing on the train will be Tenille Townes and Aysanbee. 

Tenille Townes is looking forward to putting on a good show this year for her first holiday train experience.  

“I just I'm so excited to get to play in all of these wonderful places that the train goes. We'll just be there with a little holiday music to hopefully lift everybody's spirits and get us in the Christmas mood. I'm really looking forward to it,” explained Townes. 

Townes is a Canadian country music singer from Grand Prairie and has won several awards from the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. 

Although Townes tends to love a slow-paced Christmas song, she is promising a good mix of songs on the Holiday train tour. 

“I'm a sucker for the sad ones. I love the Christmas song ‘chestnuts roasting on an open fire.’ I love ‘White Christmas,’ just kind of thinking about that snowy, beautiful atmosphere.  I think that we're going to try to mix a few in our set on this train. They're a little more rock and I really love Brenda Lee's ‘Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.’ That one will really get you going.”

She says hopping aboard the Holiday Train has been something she’s always wanted to do.  

“I've been hearing about it for years and always thought it would be such a cool thing to get to go and do. The opportunity came up this year it was like, hey, do you want to ride this holiday train? I was like yes, I love trains. I'm obsessed with trains,” said Townes. 

You can catch the scheduled for some local stops down below. Don’t forget to bring a donation for your local food bank!

December 8th 

Blackfalds  

Location: the CP tracks at Greg Street between Broadway Avenue and East Avenue  

Arrival time: 12:45PM  

Event time: 1:00PM-1:30PM 

 

Lacombe 

Location: Len Thompson Fish Pond 

Arrival time: 2:00PM  

Event time: 2:15PM-2:45PM 

 

Ponoka 

Location: 50th Street and 47 Avenue  

Arrival time: 3:45PM 

Event time: 4:00PM-4:30PM 

 

Wetaskiwin  

Location: CP ES Building 4009 50th Street 

Arrival time: 5:30PM  

Event time: 5:45PM- 6:15PM  

 

On December 10th  

Innisfail  

Location: 52 Avenue and 50 Street crossing 

Arrival time: 1:15PM 

Event time: 1:25PM- 1:55PM 

 

Olds  

Location: 50th Street Level Crossing  

Arrival Time: 2:45 

Event time: 3:00PM- 3:30PM