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aturday, February 21, folks gathered on Hodges Street to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a parade. Out came the town’s two smaller dragons (imported from China), red and gold banners, and noisemakers of the pot-and-pan variety.

Pepi Stahlmann and Bill Hines dance the dragon down Hodges Street.

The small celebration has been going strong for years, spearheaded by Larry Summers.

Larry Summers leads the annual Chinese New Year Parade.

Participants cheer on the dragons as they – and their humans handlers beneath them – dance by the harbor, cheered on by the crowds that line the street.

The Chinese New Year Parade happens every year during the two week Lunar New Year Festival.

Mixed enthusiasm.

The dragons dance.

Clockwise from top: Larry Summers and his cart lead the parade, one of the two Chinese dragons – held by Bill Hines, and two of the Drumming Dragons create a rhythm for the parade.

Celebrating the Year of the Fire Horse.

The Drumming Dragons.

2026 being the year iof the horse, so ya gotta have a horse. Pony and handler delivered.

Wendy Osserman and Anne Neville cheer on the dragons.

A two-dragon parade.

Posted Tuesday February 24, 2026 by Allison DeWeese