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our Favorite Christmas Carol was the theme of this year’s Spirit of Christmas Parade. There were 45 entries – not all of them song-related – and a lot of vehicles, a fair number of dogs, a few antlers and halos and many, many red hats.

The parade marshal was Town Manager Wyatt Cutler, who is retiring from that job in just a few weeks.

Wyatt Cutler. No wire-tap needed. The out-going town manager was heard on the route offering to sell his job.

Angels on high. Drummers drumming. Variations on the Jingle Bell theme. A few references to Rudolph, some intentional, some caused by exposure to the cold weather. Here are some of the faces and floats that came down Broad and Hodges Streets and South Avenue:

Angels from First Citizens Bank were high up on a large pick-up truck.

Dashing Through The Snow.

..on a board. This may have worked as a medley with “(I’m Dreaming of a) White Christmas.”

Several drummers – from the Pamlico High School band — drumming their way down Broad Street.

Clarinetist.

One float was a work in progress, and perhaps a new song: Two Artists Painting. Susan Cheatham and Toni Leavitt, part-owners of the new Station Gallery, worked at their easels as their wagon went down the parade route.

Susan Cheatham and Toni Leavitt of the Station Gallery. Susan got started early while waiting on Ragan Road for the parade to start. She worked the Deaton float behind them in to the painting.

Susan Cheatham ..

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Posted Sunday December 14, 2008 by Melinda Penkava

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