Virtual CT Trails Day and The Great East Thompson Train Wreck  Songwriting Competition

Welcome to Virtual CT Trails Day and The Great East Thompson Train Wreck  Songwriting Competition!  The Thompson stretch of the Air Line Trail State Park is also the location of one of the worst train collisions in American history.  Four talented singer-songwriters have composed modern-day folk songs commemorating this fateful event, and it's time for you to vote for your favorite!

Click the links below to listen to all four songs, and then follow the link to the poll. The poll will be open June 6th -26th, and the winner will be announced on June 30th.

The  winning songwriter will have his or her song recorded professionally at WICN Public Radio 90.5 FM in Worcester, MA and also have a video produced by Thompson's  own Geoff Bolte of Clarus Studios. In the event of a tie, members of the Thompson Historical Society and Thompson Trails Committee will serve as tie breakers.

To hear the songs, click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3pKM5ol1zntpTzSGjLgCcvyqRiKA8nR2

To vote, click here: https://forms.gle/J5553pJ2tVAuewvf8

Thank you for sharing in this online experience of our beautiful trail, and we hope that you will visit us soon!