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athrobes and dragons and the color red were in abundance at the 2012 Spirit of Christmas parade on Saturday afternoon.

Top honors went to Arapahoe Charter School’s float which featured students in pajamas and robes.

Liz Ann Taylor, a teacher at Arapahoe Charter School, walked the parade route alongside the ACS float. Their entry took the top honors in the parade. (For more photos of the ACS entry, visit Page 6)

The theme of the parade this year was Songs of the Holidays. One entry took a stanza from the Twelve Days of Christmas and reprised an appearance from a few years ago as the Eleven Piping Pipers. Instead of a horn section, though, the 11 bathrobe-clad men carried — and smoked — tobacco pipes.

The Eleven Piping Pipers on Hodges.

For their efforts at synchronized bowing, the pipers won the judges’ Best PJ’s and Knees honors.

From the knees down… most of the 11 Piping Pipers. (More photos of this entry are at Page 4)

A brightly painted Model A Ford rolled down the parade route with a surprise 50th birthday message for a local resident, plastered to the sides. The references to antiques won for Best Humor.

The Best Humor Award winner. The 80+ year old Model A served as a birthday greeting.

It was a surprise for Rita Vorleiter when the float wishing her a happy 50th birthday rolled by in front of Nautical Wheelers.(More photos of this entry on Page 5)

Meanwhile, the trailer towed behind that Model A won the Judges’ award for Best Pun: Missile Tow.

The parade’s prize-winning play on words — Missile Tow. A facsimile of a rocket missile was towed, while beneath the missile, a drawing showed a Santa getting a smooch as he might under mistletoe. (Pun and Photo Credit: Jennifer Smart)

Pilgrim Church singers. The Oriental church won the Best Spirit of Christmas award from the judges.(Ben Casey photo.)

Baseball in Pamlico County was represented by the Pamlico Swamp Rats, a youth team. The judges, perhaps taken in by the name and the choice of vehicle perhaps, tapped this entry to be Most Likely To Make The Grinch’s Heart Grow Three Sizes.

A dog, riding with the Corvette Club from Craven County, checked out the spectators.

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Posted Wednesday December 12, 2012 by Melinda Penkava