by Kristina Gabalski
The light drizzle was persistent but spirits remained festive as a large crowd of people lined Main Street in Brockport for the second annual Holiday of Lights Parade Sunday, December 2.
Organizer and Village Trustee Kent Blair said 40 units were included in this year’s event. In addition to floats, units included the Brockport Central School Marching Band, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the Brockport Police Department, Brockport Fire District, Brockport Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Town of Clarkson, Town of Sweden, Village of Brockport, the village DPW and many others.
Blair said the event this year, which included caroling, the lighting of the village tree and a fireworks finale was, “incredible, I’ve heard so many good things from people.”
People came out early to shop, Blair noted. “I would like to thank everybody for coming out to the village,” he said.
Brockport Police Stetson Club President and parade organizer Brian Winant said the day was a great success. “We hope the merchants had a really great day – we had a good day,” he said.
The list of winners according to Winant is as follows: Santa’s Pick: Spotlight Studio – $75; Most Creative: Dog Wash – $125; Best Non-Profit: Western Monroe Historical Society – Morgan Manning House – $100; Best Overall: Sunnking – $150
“People really stepped-up their creativity this year,” Winant says. “The scoring was close.” Additional notable floats included Partyka Farms, Pro-Brockport, ALPCO (which included Christmas trees made of recyclable materials), the Hilton Sno-Flyers, and the March Masters Band who had lights on their instruments, Winant adds. He notes that although there were 40 units, there were well over 45 actual vehicles, groups and organizations in this year’s parade.
Winant thanked Sunnking for their donation of the fireworks which were “the icing on the cake,” he says.
Again this year WBEE’s Jeremy “Newman” and WROC-TV’s Stacy Pensgen were parade MCs. They were joined by Amanda Ciavarri of WHEC-TV. Santa and Mrs. Claus were also a part of the parade and festivities.
Winant says next year’s parade will be Sunday, December 8 and asks everyone to: Save the Date!
