“Wasn’t it quite the show.”
That’s how organizer Krystle Morey described the fifth annual Granville Lighted Tractor Parade on Friday evening, Dec. 9.
Several thousand people lined the streets from the starting point at Telescope Casual Furniture down Church and Main streets, several other vantage points and back to Telescope.
From some large tractors hauling floats, race cars lit up like they had just won the Daytona 500, to a small lawn tractor doing burnouts in the street, the parade had just about a little of everything.
There were 65 entrants for the parade, though a few did not show up for whatever reason. There was a chill in the air, but there should be for a Christmas parade.
Following the event, the awards ceremony took place at Telescope with the voting continuing into Saturday for the People’s Choice Award.
It’s been said several times, but with the tractor parade, the tree lighting in Veterans Memorial Park, the lights and decorations along Quaker and Main streets and all of the other events that have taken place the past several weeks, Granville has earned the right to be called Christmas Town USA, just as if it were out of a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Here are the winners from last Friday evening’s spectacular:
The People’s Choice Award: Brownie’s Lawn Care with 255 votes of 1,012 cast.
1st Place: #23 Aldous Family, The Grinch. Winner of the tractor trophy and $200.
2nd Place: #24 Maynes’s Elf. Winner of a slate ornament and $125.
3rd Place: #53 Hammond’s Santa’s Workshop. Winner of a slate ornament and $75.
Honorable Mentions
#25 Granville Central School District PTO’s Backpack Program. Winner of a $50 gift card from Stewart’s Shops.
#27 Middle Granville Fire Department’s Magical Christmas Firefighters. Winner of a Granville Family Diner $50 gift card.
#37 Ritchie’s Container Rentals’ Toy Story. Winner of a Tommy’s Place $30 gift card.
#14 Hayes’ Abominable Snowman. Winner of an On the Rocks $25 gift card.
#38 Szkutak Family Lights Up on the Rooftop. Winner of a Pine Grove Diner $25 gift card.
#29 Hunt’s Candyland Christmas. Winner of a Slate Town Brewing Company $25 gift card.
1st Registrant: #23 Aldous Family. Winner of a Stewart’s Shop gift card.
50th Registrant: #44 Seth Chapin, Chapin Family Farm. Winner of a Stewart’s Shop gift card.
The Granville Lighted Tractor Parade Committee wishes to thank all its supporters including The Village of Granville (Village Officials, DPW, Police and Fire Departments), Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Pawlet Constable, Granville Rescue Squad, Telescope Casual Furniture, Border Town Dumpster Services, Stewart’s Shops, Granville Family Diner, Pine Grove Diner, Tommy’s Place, Slate Town Brewing Company and On the Rocks Pub.
Each donated time, funds and support that made the fifth annual Granville Lighted Tractor Parade such a success.
Here are some scenes from Granville’s fifth annual Lighted Tractor Parade
(All photos by Becki Townsend, except where noted)
