Quick Thinking Saves Tree Lighting Ceremony

This article is about the tree lighting ceremony at the annual Holiday Parade in Portsmouth on Saturday night.  According to the article, the tree, which was supposed to be lit at 6pm was lit a half hour late because, when the switch was flipped for the tree to light up, the lights did nothing.  The author used a lot of the narrative techniques we've been using in class.  He dropped the reader into the scene right away.  The story started by vividly describing the anticipation leading up to the lighting ceremony then the sudden "uh-oh" moment when the tree did not light.  One of the paragraphs in the story was just the word "Nothing".  I liked this because it really built up the suspense of the story and made the reader want to know more.  This is something I'd like to try to use in one of my stores at some point.