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Huron Expositor, 2007-12-05, Page 101 Page 10 The Huron Expositor • December 5, 2007 News 198111111111111111111111111111•11111.1.1•17 Festive Sawmill parade draws more people than ever Susan Hundertmark With 21 floats and spectators lin- ing roads that are usually empty, the Sawmill Road Christmas farm machinery parade gets bigger and better every year, says organizer Irma Pryce. "It was wonderful. Every year, it goes up by a couple of floats. I think there were 17 or 18 last year," she says. The farm machinery parade began in' 1999 as a way to share the Christmas spirit between neigh- bours in McKillop Township. The parade route starts at the Pryce farm on Sawmill Road, trav- els east to Beechwood Road, goes down Hullett-McKillop to Hensall Road and back to Sawmill Road, returning to the Pryces'. Pryce says she gets calls from all over southwestern Ontario asking for directions to the parade each year. This year, a group home from Exeter and spectators from Lucknow, Clifford and Mitchell called for directions. As well, local residents have rela- tives from Toronto and Hamilton who travel to the area every year to, watch the parade. This year, for the first time, the parade opened up to welcome floats from out- side the neigh- bourhood and \IVA C.�j1,V FARM EQUIPMENT SEAFORTH 519-527-0120 EXETER 519-235-2121 www.teamvincent.com CJ- N 1V: M. l.d. N 45.111rnJ • CASH /II Box .furniture & Floor Coverings 20 Main St. Seaforth (519) 527-0680 www.boxfurniture.ca one float from Wingham joined the parade. Pryce says that with 20 sets of lights used just to decorate the family trac- tor and another 20 sets to deco- rate the wagon pulled behind, joining the parade is a big • SEAFORTH INSURANCE • BROKER LTD/HIMG • Home • Commercial •Auto • Farm • Out of Province Travel insurance 41 Main St. S. Seaiorth 519-527-1610 Ken Camino, Joanne Williamson. Colleen Bromley & Barb Wan If you are unemployed or on El FRE Group Professional Resume Development Interview Preparation Job Seekers & Coaching Club Call The Centre for Employment & Learning for more Information 519-524-2515 519-482-1700 519-235-0471 519-527-0305 519-357-4995 EMPLOYMENT Goderich Clinton Exeter Seaforth Wingham ONTARIOa Susan Hundertmark photo Kevin Murray of RR 4 Walton, drives a decorated John Deere tractor in the Sawmill Road parade Saturday. commitment. "It takes four of us to decorate the wagon. You have to staple every light into place. It's all time-consuming but you have to make it fun," she says. Despite all the work involved in deco- rating the farm machinery in the parade, Pryce says having a lot spectators makes it all wDrthwhile. "They honk their horns and flash their lights. It's better if peo- ple don't have their lights on, though, so our lights show more - the dark makes it that much more colourful," she says. She says 4u -he number of spec- tators rose dra- matically this year. "I've never seen so many vehicles on our road and there were cars parked along the whole route this time," she says. "It's great that they're there because the lights are our way of saying Merry Christmas to the neighbourhood," says Pryce.